Crunch&Sip

This week (25-31 August 2014) is National Literacy and Numeracy Week. Reach for the Stars is the numeracy activity with teachers, students and parents invited to get involved in collecting information and data at your school. This year, the Reach for the Stars activity is all about drinking water! Some of this year's questions are: What is the major source of drinking water in your school? How many water bottles does your class have today? How many of each type and capacity? Is there an...

Teachers - have a look at these new suites of curriculum materials to support healthy eating in your classroom. Refresh.ED Refresh.ED is a comprehensive online resource to help teachers introduce food and nutrition in classrooms from kindergarten to year 10. The website contains classroom teaching materials and professional learning materials to enhance teacher knowledge and confidence to teach nutrition. Age-appropriate teaching units address content descriptions in different learning area...

With over 350 certified Crunch&Sip schools across Western Australia and hundreds more schools participating 'unofficially', Crunch&Sip is a part of the day for many students. Here are some of the common hitches we hear from schools. Hitch - Students will make a mess during Crunch&Sip Solution - Students have reported to us that they don't like Crunch&Sip making a mess on their school work either! Some fruit and veg can create mess and it is important to establish some rules to minimise this. F...