Your school is aiming to limit 'sometimes' foods in the school canteen and wide school community.

What are ‘Sometimes’ foods and drinks?

They include chocolate, confectionary, sweet drinks, crisps, chips, fried foods and some cakes, biscuits and pastry items that are high in fat, sugar or salt.

Make a plan to achieve 'Limit Sometimes' Foods'

• Use the Limit 'Sometimes' Foods Action Plan


• The Limit 'Sometimes' Foods Starter Pack Booklet is under review. Contact movewelleatwell@health.tas.gov.au for information.


• Survey rubbish and packaging in lunches

• Use the Move Well Eat Well Annual Events calendar to promote the limiting of Sometimes foods on different occasions:
  • Events Calendar (pdf)
  • Events Calendar (accessible)

Ideas for limiting 'sometimes' food at your school

• Wrapper free food


• Fundraising, school celebration/event and recipe ideas

• Ingredient swaps for recipes using 'everyday' foods 


• Find out how to start a Breakfast Club and menu ideas


• Classroom reward and motivation ideas without using 'sometimes' food


• Extra resources that support Limit 'Sometimes' Foods


• Find out how other Move Well Eat Well schools have worked to meet this criterion

School canteen or food service:

• We have a canteen


• We don't have a canteen, but we do have a lunch service


• We use an outside supplier or shop for our lunch orders

Learning about and understanding 'sometimes' foods:

• Make contact with a dietitian to arrange a food and nutrition focussed discussion at a staff meeting.


• Find answers to common questions about childrens' eating.

Information to share with your school community

Newsletter inserts

(Save the jpg file to your computer, then insert the file into your newsletter. Please note that these may take some time to download)

• Packing a rubbish-free lunch


• Don't forget breakfast


• Healthy food fast - healthier options for take away and eating out


• Buy in bulk and save!

Displays/posters

• icon (jpeg file)


• Healthy Plate poster


• Eat a Rainbow poster

Ideas for families:

• Lunchbox Flyers

Let families know they can visit the For Families section of this website to find fun ideas on how they can be active. No password is needed.

Curriculum materials

The four curriculum units developed by Move Well Eat Well and the Tasmanian Department of Education link to the achievement standards of the Australian HPE Curriculum and most cover elements of being physically active.

Policy

Write a simple policy statement about your whole school approach to limiting 'sometimes' foods.

A blank policy template

Sample Limit 'Sometimes' Food policies:

• Miandetta Primary School
• Perth primary School
• Sacred Heart College New Town

Samples of entire Move Well Eat Well school policies.

The Move Well Eat Well Primary Schools program has changed the icon message from 'Limit 'Occasional' Foods' to 'Limit 'Sometimes' Foods'. Find out more about this change.