Your school is aiming to encourage all students to eat fruit and veg everyday at school.

Make a plan to achieve Plant Fruit and Veg in Your Lunchbox

• Use the Plant Fruit and Veg in Your Lunchbox Action Plan


• The Plant Fruit and Veg in your Lunchbox Starter Pack Booklet is under review. Contact movewelleatwell@health.tas.gov.au for information.


• Use the Move Well Eat Well Annual Events Calendar to promote fruit and veg during event.
• Move Well Eat Well Events Calendar (accessible)


• Survey how much fruit and veg students are eating at school each day


• Use this planner to decide on one thing your school will do to encourage all students to eat fruit and veg and who will do it.

Ideas for promoting fruit and veg at school

• Fruit and veg breaks in the classroom


• Cooking & Recipes
• Using the Healthy Plate and practical resources

• Food safety: how to pack a hot lunch -  step by step instructions for families to safely use an insulated food container (like a Thermos)

• Warming lunch ideas - ideas for families over the colder months

• Gardening, sustainability and 'Nude Food'


• Books that nourish


• Find the answers to some frequently asked questions about children's eating


• Invite a dietitian to lead a food and nutrition focussed discussion at a staff meeting


• Success stories: ideas from other schools


• Extra resources that support Plant Fruit and Veg in Your Lunchbox

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)

• 5 tips for more fruit and veg each day

• Easy and interesting fruit and veg breaks - ideas for what to pack

• Put the veg into fruit and veg breaks!

• Are you getting enough fruit and veg?

• Juice is not the same as fresh fruit

• Don't forget breakfast

• Pack a rubbish free lunch

Displays and posters:

(If you require an alternate version of these posters please contact movewelleatwell@dhhs.tas.gov.au).

• Eat a Rainbow
• Let's Talk About Lunch Poster
• Snack Ideas Poster
• Plant Fruit and Veg in Your Lunchbox icon

Ideas for families:

• 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 encourage all students to eat fruit and veg at school.

• A blank policy template

Sample Plant Fruit and Veg in Your Lunchbox policies:

• St Peter Chanel Catholic School
• Rokeby Primary School
• St Josephs Catholic School Queenstown

Samples of entire Move Well Eat Well school policies.