Download Healthy Canteen Kit

The 'Go for your life' Healthy Canteen Kit is a resource to assist schools to develop healthy canteens and other food services.

Policy

'Go for your life' Healthy Canteen Kit – School Canteens and Other School Food Services Policy (PDF - 1.6Mb) - information about building a school culture in which students actively choose nutritious foods and a healthy lifestyle.

School Confectionery Guidelines - guidelines outlining what foods are considered to be confectionery and advice for implementation.

Food planner

'Go for your life' Healthy Canteen Kit – Food Planner (PDF - 2.1Mb) - assists schools and canteens to make appropriate healthy food choices.

This document may be dowloaded in sections:

• Introduction and Background (PDF - 456Kb)
• Food Categories (PDF - 1.3Mb)
• Food Guide Tables (PDF - 328Kb)

Getting Started

'Go for your life' Healthy Canteen Kit – Getting Started (PDF - 1.3Mb) - provides advice about how to establish a healthy school food service. It includes healthy fundraising ideas, frequently asked questions, a sample canteen policy and school case studies.

This document may be dowloaded in sections:

• Introduction and Background (PDF - 573Kb)
• Getting Started (PDF - 363Kb)
• Planning the Changes (PDF - 116Kb)
• Making the Changes (PDF - 125Kb)
• Evaluating the Changes (PDF - 95Kb)

Canteen Manual

'Go for your life' Healthy Canteen Kit – Canteen Manual (PDF - 3.1Mb) - is a practical resource for canteen managers and school personnel to assist with the management and day-to-day running of the school canteen.

This document may be dowloaded in sections:

• Introduction (PDF - 339Kb)
• Practical food ideas and preparation (PDF - 1.2Mb)
• Recipe ideas file (PDF - 432Kb)
• Food safety (PDF - 421Kb)
• Canteen management (PDF - 835Kb)
• Information and resources (PDF - 254Kb)

Student learning curriculum

'Go for your life' Healthy Canteen Kit – Student Learning Activities (PDF - 2.0Mb) - provides a suite of learning activities for each of the six levels of the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS) for Years Prep to 10.

This document may be dowloaded in sections:

• Introduction (PDF - 71Kb)
• Level 1 (PDF - 198Kb)
• Level 2 (PDF - 407Kb)
• Level 3 (PDF - 323Kb)
• Level 4 (PDF - 220Kb)
• Level 5 (PDF - 232Kb)
• Level 6 (PDF - 217Kb)
• Useful websites (PDF)

Posters

At a glance food planner (PDF - 797Kb) - provides a quick reference in poster form to assist with healthy food choices.

Promoting healthy eating (PDF - 2.4Mb) - a poster to promote healthy food choices to students.

More information

For more information about healthy eating and physical activity visit Victorian Government -'Go for your life'