Fruit 'n' Veg Week 2008

Friday 5 December 2008

Resources for teachers

Read Fruit ‘n’ veg information for teachers (PDF 36KB)

Why is it important for children to eat fruit and vegetables?
How many fruit and vegetables are children eating?
How many fruit and vegetables do children need to eat?

For additional nutritional information see the healthy eating section

Other Fruit ‘n’ veg curriculum activities
Higher order thinking frameworks
Other Fruit ‘n’ Veg Week promotional materials

Feedback

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Cooking workshops with Swan TAFE trainee chefs
New this year – Perth metropolitan primary schools can have two trainee chefs visit their school to run cooking workshops!

Fruit ‘n’ Veg in the classroom
For some fantastic ideas on activities to promote the Fruit ‘n’ Veg message into the learning areas, download the Cook a Surprise! Go for 2&5 Fruit ‘n’ Veg Week booklet (PDF 1.1MB).

Use the Fruit ‘n’ Veg Week teacher’s planner (PDF 444KB) to help organise your activities for the week.
A free fruit and vegetable (PDF 84KB) offer, to the value of $60, is being offered to the first 200 schools to register before 29 August 2008.
Order a resource pack (PDF 42KB) – one pack is available per school. This includes stickers, scratchie cards, pencils and other goodies to help promote Fruit ’n’ Veg Week. Complete your order form and fax it back to us before 22 August 2008.
Enter your students in the Fruit ‘n’ Veg Week student competition (PDF 44KB). Entries close 12 September 2008.
Enter your school in our design a banner competition (PDF 259KB). Design a Fruit ‘n’ Veg Week banner and display it in your local fruit and veg store – entries close Friday 12 September 2008. Be one of the first 20 schools to register before 15 August to receive a free banner.
Why not encourage your students to participate in our passport challenge? Students completing at least 6 of the 8 challenges will win a prize. Passports must be received by Friday 19 September 2008.
To encourage parents to participate have the kids download an invitation (PDF 116KB) to mum and dad asking them to eat a piece of fruit or vegetable at work.
To reward students for their involvement in 2008 Fruit ‘n’ Veg Week use this participation certificate (PDF 170KB).
Download some classroom activities (PDF 316KB) for Fruit ‘n’ Veg Week.

Science Activities
For lots of great science curriculum ideas around fruit and vegetables, have a look at our science ideas booklet (PDF 750KB). It contains a range of activities suitable for junior, middle and upper primary school students.

To support the science classroom activities, download the science investigation activity sheets for your students:

Crunch & Sip® in the classroom
Crunch & Sip® is a set break to eat fruit or vegetables and drink water in the classroom. Re-fuelling during class time assists students' physical and mental performance and concentration. Teachers implement Crunch & Sip® in the classroom. Students bring a piece of fruit or vegetables to eat in the classroom each day and a water bottle. Set your classroom up to be a Crunch & Sip® classroom.

If your school becomes certified between now and Fruit ‘n’ Veg Week, you will receive these additional fantastic resources.

A fruit and veg tally chart for each classroom – students use this to record their fruit, veg and water intake.
An apple slinky machine – limited to the first 40 schools who become certified leading up to Fruit ’n’ Veg Week.
Three class sets of desk mats, which is one set of 25 junior, middle primary and upper primary mats. These are laminated A3 leaners with one side supporting classroom learning and the other side containing nutrition, exercise and sun safety information.
Your school’s name will also be included in the Crunch&Sip® school list to be published in School Matters in Term 4.

For more information visit www.crunchandsip.com.au or contact Brenda Cheveralls on 9212 4340.

FOODcents information for teachers
FOODcents teaches simple skills that assist students to assess the 'value' of the foods in their diet. Many people mistakenly believe that healthy foods cost more. They are pleasantly surprised by what they find when they compare foods on a cost per kilogram basis. The curriculum activities help students identify the impact of marketing, processing, and packaging on foods.

The supermarket is the ideal classroom for students to explore the value of their own food choices and how they compare to the Healthy Eating Pyramid.

FOODcents Schools Program
All the information needed to plan and conduct a supermarket tour or a virtual tour for students in Years 4 - 10.

Identify and recruit a supermarket, or create a "virtual" supermarket in which to conduct your tours
Plan your tour
Recruit assistants (parents, teachers, school health nurses)
Conduct and assess your tour

This program is divided into four areas:

Read about the main objectives of the FOODcents Schools Program.