What can I do as a teacher or school to encourage healthy eating habits and to be active?
School communities are increasingly becoming places where healthy habits can flourish. The responsibility for teaching children healthy habits does not fall only on teachers though.
A healthy school community involves all partners and sends children the same message in the home, school, and community. Children who attend a healthy school can make informed, healthy decisions that affect their own lives and the lives of their families.
It doesn’t take a lot to create a healthier school. Some changes could include:
◾Incorporating healthy eating and physical activity across the curriculum in fun and creative ways
◾Creating partnerships with the broader community, for example local food growers, sporting clubs, library etc.
◾Providing professional development opportunities for teachers and other support staff to teach and promote healthy eating and being active.
Healthy eating
Schools can encourage good nutritional habits by:
◾Developing a whole school food policy
◾Involving pupils and parents in guiding food policy and practice within the school, and enabling them to contribute to healthy eating, and acting on their feedback
◾Offering healthy foods in school canteens
◾Providing clean, cool-water fountains
◾Assessing the food provided at the school canteen and vending machines
◾Providing parents with information on healthy food choices and active living
◾Developing a school vegetable garden
◾Offering regular snack breaks for students to eat fruit and vegetables
◾Allowing students to bring their water bottles into the classroom with them
◾Providing a welcoming eating environment that encourages positive social interaction.
Physical activity
Ways in which schools can help students to become more active, include:
◾Developing a whole school physical activity policy, which encourages all staff and students to be physically active, then implement, monitor and evaluate it for impact
◾Providing a school environment that encourages being active, for example adequate playground facilities, access to equipment, walking paths etc.
◾Providing secure bike racks or storage to encourage students and staff to ride to work
◾Scheduling more physical education and physical activity
◾Involving students in decisions about the school environment
◾Including students when deciding the type of physical activity to be undertaken, making them more committed to participation
◾Providing parents/carers with the opportunity to be involved in the planning and delivery of physical activity opportunities
◾Ensuring that adequate time is spent on developing fundamental motor skills.
Be a role model
Positive modelling by school staff is important to support healthy eating and physical activity policies and actions. It helps to show leadership and commitment that others, such as students and parents, can be inspired by.
Teachers are in a good position to act as positive role models for students, parents and the community. As a teacher, you know that students watch what you say and do very carefully. Any difference between your words and your actions is picked up quickly. This can be frustrating, but keep in mind that students learn by watching and copying the behaviour of others.
A teacher who makes healthy choices – including healthy eating and regular physical activity – can have a good influence on the health of students, others and most importantly, yourself.
Schools and teachers can model healthy eating and being active at school by:
◾Packing a healthy lunch and taking the time to eat it
◾Providing healthy snacks at school and staff functions (staff meetings, parent-teacher interviews, etc.)
◾Using non-food rewards (pencils, skipping ropes) instead of lollies and sweats
◾Walking rapidly during yard duty
◾Joining in the activities during physical education classes, recess or lunchtime
◾Using public transport for school excursions – it is often cheaper and you can get in your physical activity for the day
◾Taking activity breaks during classes
◾Supporting physical activity opportunities during and after school
◾Sharing your physical activity interests with students.
It’s your health, too!
Here is the best part. When you model healthy habits, your own health improves.
By choosing to eat healthy foods and be physically active, you will find that you are more alert, have more energy, smile more, remember more and generally feel better about yourself.
Ideas for the classroom
Not sure how to make healthy eating fun? Running out of ideas for fitness and PE lessons?
Have a look at some of the resources below:
◾Firstly, there are a range of resources available from the be active, Go for 2&5® and Swap It! campaigns to order, free of charge, to help support schools. See the order form under Related Resources.
◾Healthy Eating Curriculum Kit for SA Primary Schools (second edition)(opens in a new window)
◾National Heart Foundation Resources for Teachers(opens in a new window)
◾Australian Council for Health and Physical Education and Recreation(opens in a new window)
◾Nutrition Recommendations for kids and teens
◾Physical Activity Recommendations for kids and teens
◾Activate Your School(opens in a new window)
◾Healthy Active Australia(opens in a new window)
◾Premier’s (opens in a new window)be active (opens in a new window)Challenge(opens in a new window)
◾Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden(opens in a new window)
◾Natural Resources Management Board – School Food Gardens Resources
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ما يمكن القيام به كمدرس أو مدرسة لتشجيع عادات الأكل الصحية، والقيام بدور نشط؟ المجتمعات المدرسية بشكل متزايد من الأماكن التي يمكن أن يزدهر فيها العادات الصحية. على الرغم من المسؤولية عن تعليم الأطفال عادات صحية لا تقع فقط على المعلمين.مجتمع مدرسة صحية تشمل جميع الشركاء ويرسل الأطفال نفس الرسالة في المنزل والمدرسة، والمجتمع. الأطفال الذين يلتحقون بمدرسة صحية يمكن اتخاذ قرارات مستنيرة وصحية تؤثر على حياتهم الخاصة وحياة أسرهم.لأنها لا تأخذ الكثير لإنشاء مدرسة أكثر صحة. ويمكن أن تشمل بعض التغييرات:◾Incorporating الأكل الصحي والنشاط البدني عبر المناهج الدراسية في متعة، وطرق مبتكرة◾Creating شراكات مع المجتمع الأوسع نطاقا، وعلى سبيل المثال منتجي الأغذية المحلية، والنوادي الرياضية، مكتبة إلخ.دعم ◾Providing فرص التطوير المهني للمعلمين وسائر الموظفين تعليم وتشجيع الأكل الصحي وينشطون.الأكل الصحيويمكن تشجيع المدارس العادات الغذائية الجيدة من:◾Developing سياسة غذاء مدرسة كلها◾Involving التلاميذ والآباء والأمهات في توجيه السياسات الغذائية والممارسة داخل المدرسة، وتمكينهم من الإسهام في الأكل الصحي، وبناء على ملاحظاتهم◾Offering الأطعمة الصحية في المقاصف المدرسيةينابيع ◾Providing نظيفة ومياه باردة◾Assessing الأغذية المقدمة في المقصف المدرسي وآلات البيع◾Providing الآباء والأمهات بالمعلومات بشأن الخيارات الغذائية الصحية والمعيشية النشطة◾Developing مدرسة حديقة نباتيةفواصل ◾Offering الوجبات الخفيفة العادية للطلاب أن يأكل الفاكهة والخضروات◾Allowing الطلاب لإحضار زجاجات المياه بها إلى الفصول الدراسية معهم◾Providing بيئة مرحبة أكل التي تشجع التفاعل الاجتماعي الإيجابي.النشاط البدنيالسبل التي يمكن أن تساعد المدارس الطلاب على أن يصبحوا أكثر نشاطا، وتشمل:◾Developing سياسة نشاط البدني في مدرسة كلها، التي تشجع جميع الموظفين والطلاب أن يكون نشاطا بدنيا، ثم تنفيذ ورصد وتقييم للأثر◾Providing بيئة المدرسية التي تشجع بنشاط، على سبيل المثال مرافق ملعب الكافية، والحصول على المعدات، المشي مسارات إلخ.رفوف الدراجة الآمنة ◾Providing أو التخزين لتشجيع الطلاب والموظفين لركوب على العمل◾Scheduling المزيد من التربية البدنية والنشاط البدني◾Involving الطلاب في القرارات المتعلقة بالبيئة المدرسية◾Including الطلاب عند تحديد نوع النشاط البدني التي يتعين الاضطلاع بها، مما يجعلهم أكثر ملتزمة بالمشاركة◾Providing الآباء/مقدمي الرعاية لهم الفرصة لأن تشارك في تخطيط وتقديم فرص النشاط البدني◾Ensuring ذلك الوقت الكافي وينفق على تطوير المهارات الحركية الأساسية.أن يكون نموذجا يحتذى بهوضع نماذج إيجابية من موظفي المدرسة من المهم دعم الأكل الصحي والنشاط البدني السياسات والإجراءات. أنه يساعد على إظهار القيادة والالتزام بأن الآخرين، مثل الطلاب وأولياء الأمور، ويمكن أن تكون مستوحاة من.Teachers are in a good position to act as positive role models for students, parents and the community. As a teacher, you know that students watch what you say and do very carefully. Any difference between your words and your actions is picked up quickly. This can be frustrating, but keep in mind that students learn by watching and copying the behaviour of others.A teacher who makes healthy choices – including healthy eating and regular physical activity – can have a good influence on the health of students, others and most importantly, yourself.Schools and teachers can model healthy eating and being active at school by:◾Packing a healthy lunch and taking the time to eat it◾Providing healthy snacks at school and staff functions (staff meetings, parent-teacher interviews, etc.)◾Using non-food rewards (pencils, skipping ropes) instead of lollies and sweats◾Walking rapidly during yard duty◾Joining in the activities during physical education classes, recess or lunchtime◾Using public transport for school excursions – it is often cheaper and you can get in your physical activity for the day◾Taking activity breaks during classes◾Supporting physical activity opportunities during and after school◾Sharing your physical activity interests with students.It’s your health, too!Here is the best part. When you model healthy habits, your own health improves.By choosing to eat healthy foods and be physically active, you will find that you are more alert, have more energy, smile more, remember more and generally feel better about yourself.Ideas for the classroomNot sure how to make healthy eating fun? Running out of ideas for fitness and PE lessons? Have a look at some of the resources below:◾Firstly, there are a range of resources available from the be active, Go for 2&5® and Swap It! campaigns to order, free of charge, to help support schools. See the order form under Related Resources.◾Healthy Eating Curriculum Kit for SA Primary Schools (second edition)(opens in a new window)◾National Heart Foundation Resources for Teachers(opens in a new window)◾Australian Council for Health and Physical Education and Recreation(opens in a new window)◾Nutrition Recommendations for kids and teens◾Physical Activity Recommendations for kids and teens◾Activate Your School(opens in a new window)◾Healthy Active Australia(opens in a new window)◾Premier’s (opens in a new window)be active (opens in a new window)Challenge(opens in a new window)◾Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden(opens in a new window)◾Natural Resources Management Board – School Food Gardens Resources
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