Fruit n Veg Week 2009
  Mail Home Tuesday 24 November 2009
About Fruit 'n' Veg Week Teachers Students Canteens School Promos Healthy Eating Links
 
 

You can win some great prizes by entering the 2009 Fruit ‘n’ Veg Week student competition (PDF 500KB)! Get your teacher to send us your entry.

K–Year 1 students – Fruit and vegetable prints
Dip cut up fruit and vegetables into paint and create a masterpiece!
The winning entry will have their artwork made into a personalised Australia Post stamp. The winning entry will also receive a $75 sports equipment voucher and a Go For 2&5® prize pack.

Years 2 to 4 and Years 5 to 7 – Create an active vegie character
Create a vegie boy or girl playing a favourite sport or physical game. The character can be made from cut up fruit and vegetables and then photographed, or drawn. Include one to three paragraphs on the topic “Get your skates on – how to get fruit and veg and physical activity into your day.”
The winning entries will receive sports equipment to the value of $100 and a Go For 2&5® prize pack.

Fruit 'n' veg facts
Did you know that a banana plant is really a giant herb or that one tomato gives us 80% of the vitamin C we need each day for healthy gums, muscles and skin.
Learn more about the amazing world of fruit and vegetables

Fruit 'n' veg characters
Print out and colour the Fruit 'n' veg characters Hard Core Apple, Bud the Spud, Celerina Celery,
Ben D Banana, Pugs Pumpkin, Crazy Carrot and Squashed Orange.


  Lower primary (Years K-3)
 
•  Challenges

•  Recipes

•  Activities

 
 
  Middle primary (Years 4-5)
 
•  Challenges

•  Recipes

•  Activities

 
 
  Upper primary (Years 6-7)
 
•  Challenges

•  Recipes



 

© All Rights Reserved 2009. Department of Health  |  Disclaimer and Privacy