The pupils at Sunbury’s Holy Trinity Catholic Primary are learning all about making meaningful changes to their food and drink environment, to help build healthy habits for life.
Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation’s Healthy Kids Advisors have teamed up with state government’s Vic Kids Eat Well movement to teach the philosophies of pleasurable food education.
The Vic Kids Eat Well movement is a fresh opportunity for schools, community houses, sports clubs, after school care services and libraries to to look to the guidance of a Health Promoter like Hume’s Christie McIntosh to inspire children to make healthy choices and create healthier environments – she will be on board until 2024.
After the school signed up to Vic Kids Eat Well, Ms McIntosh was invited to participate in a health and physical education day expo, where she taught children to make healthy afternoon snacks like rice paper rolls.
“Empowering children to choose their own vegetables and be hands on with preparing their food shows them what they are capable of,” she said.
Holy Trinity physical education teacher Kathryn O’Brien said she signed up the school to be part of the Vic Kids Eat Well movement because the institution placed an emphasis on student wellbeing and providing a flourishing learning environment.
“By providing our school community with the knowledge and tools required to make healthy food choices, we are enabling our students to have the energy and focus that facilitates optimal learning,” she said.
Ms McIntosh is thrilled to be a part of the healthy learning pathway.
“Over the next 18 months I will be supporting schools, sporting clubs and [out of hours care] through their own Vic Kids Eat Well journeys with a sustainable, community-focused approach,” she said.
Details: www.vickidseatwell.health.vic.gov.au/.
Elsie Lange
