The Of ficial Ne wsletter Pu blicatio n of Co go na n Eleme nta ry Sch ool Issue 1 No.

1 B ATANGAS PRO VI NC E
Re gio n I V- A C ALAB ARZO N NASUGBU, BATANGAS JULY 2018

The Cogonian
Pulse

TOOTH FOR LIFE: As part of the OK sa DepEd program

implementation, the Grade V pupils ensures that their teeth are in
good hands through participating in tooth -brushing activity.

Sobrado leads SBFP DepEd launches Oplan Kalusugan,

implementation,
Undernourished pupils Different activities to highlight healthy lifestyle
expected to decline

T T
hrough the effective implemen-
he Department of Education
tation of the School-Based
launched the Oplan Kalusugan sa
Feeding Program (SBFP) , the
Department of Education (Ok sa
number of undernourished
DepEd) which focuses on
pupils is expected to decline.
DepEd's major school health programs
“The feeding program truly supports
such as the School-Based Feeding
the needs for eliminating hunger and
Program (SBFP), National Drug
malnutrition among our children,”
Education Program (NDEP), Adolescent
stressed Mrs. Leonicia A. Sobrado, the
Reproductive Health Education (ARH),
SBFP coordinator.
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
Based on DepEd Order No. 54, s.
in Schools (WinS), and Medical, Dental,
2013, the SBFP is being implemented
and Nursing.
mainly to improve nutritional status, im-
Relative to the implementation of OK
prove school attendance, and to reduce
sa DepEd program, the Cogonan
dropouts among school children.
Elementary School teaching staff adapted
“Parents should be encouraged and
the different activities such as Health
involved because the attainment of their
inspection, toothbrushing and handwashing
child‟s nutritional well-being is primarily
activities and zumba. Lectures about rabies
their responsibility,” said Mrs. Sobrado.
and drugs were also explained by the
In addition, cleanliness during the
teachers in order to increase their pupils‟
preparation and serving of food must be
awareness.
observed in accordance wiith DepEd
“The health of our pupils is the most
Orders No. 14, s. 2005, No. 8, s. 2007 and
important thing we should consider in order
No. 52, s. 2008.
to become active in the process of learning
“The feeding activity started last July 9
the lessons provided by their teachers,” said
and will end on September. The sources of
Mrs. Laarni Villegas, the School Health
vegetables and fruits for feeding the
coordinator as she explained the importance
underweight school children are coming
of conducting this program.
from the „gulayan‟, Mrs. Sobrado added.
According to Mrs. Sobrado, the data in
terms of height and weight sereved as the
basis for identifying the SBFP beneficiar-
ies. By: Marcela C. Ramos
' Gul ayan sa Paa ra lan
ad voc ac y rea ll y wo r ks' - D e Pad u a

A
s a support to School-Based
Feeding Program, Cogonan
Elementary School
Ensured the maintenance of the
„Gulayan‟ for continuous supply of vegeta-
bles and also to inculcate the positive
values it can give to the learners.
“For many years, GPP truly helps a lot in
fighting issues like hunger and malnutrition
among our children, thus the goal of the
program is justified, ”explained by Mrs. Ma.
Rita Luz M. De Padua.
GPP which is one of the underlying
programs of National Greening Program
which aims to promote food security and
economic stability.
To improve the GPP, Mrs. De Padua
made strategic plan such as organizing a
series of PTA meetings wherein the parents‟
awareness on the significance of gardening
is emphasized.
“Collaboration between the teachers and
the parents in GPP is highly requested. All
teachers should have direct communica-
tion with their pupils and same with the
parents. Ask them to support the children‟s
health by letting them eat vegetables which
are available in our school,” Mrs. De
Padua said.
In response to the advocacy campaign
of GPP, support from local government
units (LGU) and non-government
offices organizations is also needed.

TOOTHBRUSHING PAGE 2 HEALTH INSPECTION PAGE 3 ZUMBA PAGE 4

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CES intensifies promotion of health care
Teachers engages learners in toothbrushing,
handwashing activities
I
t is very important to learn how to
properly take care of our teeth. This
way, you will be able to keep your
teeth clean and healthy. When we
don‟t take care of our teeth,we can get
toothache as well as tooth decay. Keep-
ing our teeth clean, will keep us happy
and feeling good.
In support with Oplan Kalusugan sa
Department of Education (Ok ka sa
DepEd), Cogonan Elementary School
.
actively participates the program by
promoting proper teeth brushing as
one of days activity in school. Dif-
ferent conducted like lecture dis-
cussion on how to brush teeth
properly and the actual brushing of
teeth of every learner.
Learners from Kinder to Grade
VI participated in the said activity.
The school believes that chil-
dren acts as agent of change, taking
good practices of hygiene learned at
school back into their homes and
communities. The active participa-
tion of school and involvement of the
learners will surely promote the
community of handwashers.
The said activity was done
successfull because children learned
and enjoyed the proper teeth brush-
ing.
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Villegas: Health

o
Inspection is still the best policy
plan sa Kalusugan sa DepEd is a convergence of health program and activities to deliver to the schools
where learners are provided with essential care and services to help reach their full educational poten-
tial.
Cogonan Elementary School always look for the welfare of its students particularly on the academic
performance as well as the health condition of its clientele.
Health inspection in all grade level is observed. The advisers checked the nails, ears, teeth and even the
hairs of the pupils.
These health inspection inspired the Grade Three adviser, Mrs. Laarni Villegas to say that, “Health is still
the best policy”.

Villegas: Health Inspection is still the best policy

P
ursuant to the DepEd Memorandum No. 80, s. 2015, entitled “Guidelines on the Implementation of the
National School Deworming Day with the Theme “Oplan Goodbye Bulate”, Cogonan Elementary will
implement and participate in nationwide program.

Deowrming permits were distributed based on the number of enrolment per section while deworming tablets
were given based on the number of signed permission slip to all classroom advisers.
Furthermore, a smooth conduct of the NSDD will be observed by all working committees. The school clinician
consolidated the masterlist of pupils dewormed. Finally, the result showed that out of 311 enrolled pupils, a total of one
hundred forty-one will be permitted o undergo deworming. It was also revealed that most pupils who did not undergo
deworming were not permitted by their parents/guardians because of hesitation on safetiness and uncertain adverse
effect of the deworming tablet to their child. Consequently, the results indicate that there is a need to orient and edu-
cate parents and other stakeholders not only in guidance and motivation of school personnel but also with the pres-
ence of advocacy of health officer in order to achieve closely 100% targeted outputs.

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MOVE YOUR BODY: Ms. Alyssa Mae G. Barrios, the Grade Three
Adviser led the zumba dance wherein the CES pupils enjoyed the
“Boom -Boom”.

Barrios heads OK sa DepEd’s zumba dance,

teachers accepted challenge
Every flag raising ceremony,
Cogonan Elementary School pupils
dance to Nestle‟s Wellness Dance
which started since 2016 as it became
mandated. Wellness program is being
monitored ever since then. Last July
13, 2018, Cogonan Elementary
School launched its Zumba program,
in accordance to DepEd‟s Oplan
Kalusugan in which both pupils are
teachers partook. After flag raising
ceremony, the pupils were encour-
aged to actively participate in the said
activity. A routine of 3-minute length
song repeated for 3 times during the
program.
4:00 PM, after the after-
noon classes and LAC session, the
teachers spent 20 minutes to perform
their own activity.

CES commits support to rabies awareness

R
abies is a viral infection that causes inflammation of the human‟s brain occurs after a transdermal bite or scratch by an inf ected animal, like dogs, cats ,bats, mon-
key and many more.. It can also be transmitted when infectious material, usually saliva, comes into direct contact with a vic tim‟s fresh skin lesions or have contact
with the eyes, mouth or nose. . Rabies may also occur, though in very rare cases, through inhalation of virus containing spray or through organ transplant.

In line with Oplan Kalusugan sa Department of Education (Ok ka sa DepEd), Cogonan Elementary School had its awareness campaign about rabies last July 12,2018.
It is a room to room activity that started with a film showing about how a person can be infected by this virus since it is r egarded as a significant public health problem which
is one of the most acutely fatal infection responsible for the death of 200-300 Filipinos annually according to DOH.Teachers discussed some tips on how to avoid rabies
and what to do in case a person was bitten or infected by an animal with rabies most especially the importance of vaccination.. After a thorough elaboration, the pupils are
given a quiz bee to evaluate their understanding on the said virus.
The day‟s activity was very meaningful because everyone gained knowledge and awareness in relation to rabies prevention. Let us remember that “prevention is better
than cure”, and be aware that rabies is considered neglected disease, which is 100% preventable .