Crunch&Sip

Are you that person at your school who wants to improve the health of students, but keeps hitting resistance? You’re not alone! Health programs and initiatives work better when the whole school community is on board, but that can be easier said than done. For example, you may be trying to improve healthy eating, sun protection, or staff health, but there can be opposition from school administration, parents or teachers, or all of the above! There is little argument that good health is important...

Thanks to everyone who submitted an entry to the Fruit&Veg September Canteen Competition. We were thrilled to see the many ways that canteens promote healthy eating to students and staff at their schools. The winners of this year’s competition are: 1st prize – Churchlands Primary School Churchlands Primary School’s Canteen Manager Anna Prosper had a busy month this September! To encourage students to eat vegetables Anna linked in with the garden programme to host a garden cooking day (featuri...

During the week commencing the 5th September, over 21, 500 Western Australian primary school aged children representing 94 Primary schools participated in The Great Aussie Crunch. Funded by the Agricultural Produce Commission for the second year, the event encouraged students to bring their choice of crunchy fresh vegetables to school and all CRUNCH simultaneously. Teachers used specially made ‘crunch-o-meters’ to measure whether their crunch was more of a ‘caterpillar nibble’ or a ‘crocodile cr...