1. Healthy Eating at School and ECECS Health Promotion Service School focus

2. FVSSRW Ministry of Health Snapshot Overweight and Obesity- Healthy Children’s Initiative _June 2014.PNG

3. Childhood Prevalence STATUS REPORT Year 1 2014 Healthy Eating and Active Living Strategy 2013-18

7. Live Life Well @ School Practices 1.The school provides curriculum learning experiences regarding healthy eating physical activity and sedentary behaviour 2.The school explicitly addresses fundamental movement skill development as part of the PDHPE programs 3.The school provides the opportunity for classes to eat vegetable and fruit and drink water 4.The school encourages physical activity during recess and lunch 5.The school provides a supportive environment for healthy eating 6.The school provides information to families on healthy eating, healthy lunchboxes, physical activity and limiting small screen recreation 7.Teaching staff are provided with professional learning/ development to promote healthy eating and physical activity to students 8.The school has an identified team/ committee with executive membership to support the implementation of Live Life Well @ School or similar initiatives 9.School planning processes incorporate Live Life Well @ School strategies 10.The school monitors and reports annually on the implementation and outcomes of Live Life Well @ School strategies

9. What’s happening in your ‘backyard’?

10. Healthy eating conversations Healthy Lunchboxes Kitchen Gardens Healthy Eating Learning Experiences across the Curriculum

11. Categories of Green foods Menu Items. Fruit Vegetables Reduced fat Dairy Lean meat, fish, poultry and alternatives Cereal foods Breads Drinks Legumes

12. Overcoming barriers to greening up the menu Common perceived or actual barriers Persuasive food distributors of amber and red commercial food products Lack of volunteers to prepare healthy foods Healthy foods are more difficult to prepare and cost more to produce and are not as profitable Healthy foods don’t sell well Parents against change, want ‘treats’ offered Others??

13. Benefits of a school kitchen garden. They enable children to be outdoors, active and creative! They enable children to be outdoors, active and creative! Kitchen gardens are possible in a variety of locations, climates, spaces and budgets! Kitchen gardens are possible in a variety of locations, climates, spaces and budgets! Children growing food commonly results in them trying it and liking it! Children growing food commonly results in them trying it and liking it! There are potential flow on effects for the child’s family and the wider community. There are potential flow on effects for the child’s family and the wider community. Gardening and related learning activities provide connections to the origins of food. Gardening and related learning activities provide connections to the origins of food.

14. More benefits of a school kitchen garden. Gardening and related learning opportunities generate questions and stimulate curiosity! Gardening and related learning opportunities generate questions and stimulate curiosity! It promotes awareness of biodiversity and seasonal influences in the garden. It promotes awareness of biodiversity and seasonal influences in the garden. It facilitates team work. It facilitates team work. It enables the development of new skills, confidence and self esteem. It enables the development of new skills, confidence and self esteem. It encourages students to care and nurture and be excited about learning. It encourages students to care and nurture and be excited about learning.

15. Linking the classroom, canteen and garden. Consistency in healthy eating messages and behaviours will help build a whole of school healthy eating culture. Areas of school life where healthy eating can be reinforced: Healthy eating education in the classroom Crunch&Sip Healthy canteens Healthy food served at events to students, family and community Healthy fundraisers Information shared with families on healthy eating and lunchboxes Teachers undertaking further education in healthy eating Team work when planning and implementing healthy eating activities School plans and reports including healthy eating Role modelling? How?

16. Some examples of classroom- canteen activities. Money & change. Survey, tables, graphs of purchases. Graph green/ amber/ red foods. Numeracy Literacy Debate healthy vs unhealthy canteen Write green food recipes PDHPE Sort menu into food groups Design healthy menu item Cooking Creative arts Design posters to promote green foods Create a pictorial 24h food diary. HSIE Research impact of food packaging Cultural food days Science & Technology Design poster electronically to promote healthy options Food tasting, senses Acknowledgement to

17. What is your school doing to promote healthy eating? PolicyClassroomCanteen

18. How could your school promote and model more healthy eating? Make your goals SMART: Specific- think of a specific area you want to improve. Measurable- how will you be able to tell you have done it? Achievable- who will do it? do you have capacity to do it? Realistic- do you have all you need to achieve this goal? Timely- specify a timeframe. Examples: Before the end of the term, we will meet with the School Principal to discuss the importance of a healthy canteen and healthy fundraising. In the next 3 months we will make the canteen healthier by introducing 3 new green foods. Within the next 6 months, there won’t be more than 2 red foods per term offered at the canteen.

19. Other support activities

20. Curriculum resources aplenty