Resources
National Healthy School Canteens – Food safety fact sheet
This fact sheet provides advice to food handlers on health, hygiene, food preparation, hand washing and gloves procedures.
National Healthy School Canteens – Manager training (parts 1 and 2)
These training documents help canteen managers set up healthy canteens.
National Healthy School Canteens – Guidelines for healthy foods and drinks supplied in school canteens
These guidelines provide information to school canteen managers who want to supply healthy foods and drinks in their canteens.
National Healthy School Canteens – Pocket guide
This pocket guide provides a summary of the guidelines, including what makes a healthy canteen menu, what foods to select, and what to avoid.
National Healthy School Canteens – Trainer's manual
This document enables trainers to provide school canteen managers with the skills and understanding needed to use the National Healthy School Canteens food categorisation system.
National Healthy School Canteens – Participant's workbook
This workbook is for participants of National Healthy School Canteens training. It outlines what they need to know to provide healthy canteen menus.
National Healthy School Canteens – Healthy kids need healthy canteens poster
This poster shows the green, amber and red foods, to help canteen managers provide a healthy menu.
National Healthy School Canteens – Program briefing (parts 1 and 2)
This document outlines why healthy food canteens are important and how to have a healthy canteen menu.
Infant formula
This Get Up & Grow brochure provides information to parents about safely giving formula to their baby.
Breastfeeding and returning to work
This Get Up & Grow brochure provides tips on continuing to breastfeed after returning to work.
Lunchbox ideas: meals for early childhood settings
This Get Up & Grow brochure provides ideas for parents to fill their child's lunchbox with healthy food and drinks, and what to avoid.
First foods: food provided by the early childhood setting
This Get Up & Grow brochure provides advice on introducing solid food to children from the age of 6 months, what foods to introduce and talking to your child's carer about the stage your child is.
Keeping children on the move
This Get Up & Grow brochure provides some tips on how to increase physical activity in children and reduce the amount of time they spend being inactive.
The importance of drinking water
This Get Up & Grow brochure provides advice on how much water children of different ages need, and tips on getting children to drink water.
Positive eating practices
This Get Up & Grow brochure provides tips on setting up healthy eating practices within the family, to help children develop good eating habits.
First foods: food from home
This Get Up & Grow brochure provides advice on introducing solid food to children from the age of 6 months, what foods to introduce and talking to your child's carer about what stage your child is.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander handbook
This Get Up & Grow booklet is for people who care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. It provides advice on childhood nutrition and physical activity.
Breastfeeding – strong mums strong babies
This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about breastfeeding.
Infant formula booklet
This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about infant formula.
First foods
This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about introducing solid foods to babies aged about 6 months.
Healthy foods, strong kids – 1 to 5 years
This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about healthy eating.
Good drinks for our kids
This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about drinking healthy drinks.
The Australian Dietary Guidelines
The Australian Dietary Guidelines provide evidence based recommendations on the types and amounts of foods Australians should eat to meet nutritional requirements.
Director/coordinator book
This Get Up & Grow booklet provides advice on early childhood healthy eating and physical activity, how to develop nutrition and physical activity policies and ways to support and encourage staff, carers and families.
Cooking for children book
This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information and advice on early childhood nutrition, menu planning and food safety. It contains delicious and nutritious recipes for settings and families.
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