Child nutrition
Resources - Fruit + Veg program

Professional development for teachers

Fruit + Veg kit

• Fruit + Veg Kids in the Kitchen Teachers’ Manual
  
  This teachers manual has been developed to help primary school teachers include healthy food preparation in classroom activities, and to reinforce the healthy eating message across the curriculum.
  
  Sections of the manual can be downloaded below.
  
  Fruit + Veg Kids in the Kitchen Teachers' Manual - Introduction (483kb, pdf)

Nutrition education and health-promoting schools (114kb, pdf)

Making the most of the learning and teaching activities (101kb, pdf)

Student food challenges (100kb, pdf)

Whole-of-school activities to promote nutrition (129kb, pdf)

Fruit + Veg Fiesta (399kb, pdf)

Eat Your Way Through Fruit + Veg (525kb, pdf)

Lower Primary – Years Prep – 2 (598kb, pdf)

Middle Primary – Years 3–4 (1,318kb, pdf)

Upper Primary – Years 5–6 (933kb, pdf)

• Kids in the Kitchen Cookbook
  Available from the Children's Health Development Foundation

• Fruit and vegetable posters, fruit and vegetable availability guides and Fresh Tastes recipe brochures provided by the Melbourne Market Authority. These materials were distributed to schools registered in the program.

• Fruit + Veg character stickers (635kb, pdf)
  All available character stickers for use in various classroom activities were distributed this year to schools who registered.

• Fruit + Veg Information for School Canteens

• Linking Schools with Fruit + Veg Retailers

• Pictures of the F+V Fruit Characters (110kb, pdf) and the F+V Vegetable Characters (153kb, pdf)
  These images are used to add interest to posters or class displays.

• Fruit + Veg Recipes for 30 (169kb, pdf)

• Nutrition information for teachers

• The Fruit + Veg Fiesta aims to maintain or increase students’ positive attitudes towards healthy food preparation using fruit and vegetables, and to increase their knowledge and skills in healthy food preparation.
  
  The Fruit + Veg Fiesta (977kb, pdf)

• Student Fruit and Veg Diary
  Provides a diary to keep a record of the number of fruits and vegegables eaten.
  Student Fruit and Veg Diary (278kb pdf)

• Kids - 'Go for your life', Fruit and Veg recipes for children
  The recipes in this booklet are designed to be simple enough to make in the classroom while reinforcing the fruit and vegetable message.
  Kids - 'Go for your life', Fruit and Veg recipes for children (612kb, pdf)

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