Healthy Eats School

Did you know that we are part of the Life Education ‘Healthy Eats’ initiative and we are working towards becoming a Healthy Eats Accredited School? Healthy Eats is

an exciting, new program from Life Education Queensland focused on increasing fruit and veg consumption in primary school aged kids. Facilitated by Life Education Queensland’s Community Development Officers and spanning the full school year, Healthy Eats is an innovative program that works with schools, parents and community partners, to provide a whole school, place-based approach to healthy eating. Healthy Eats aims to empower children to make healthier food choices now and throughout their lives. Some of the things we do at St Benedict’s to encourage students to make healthy food choices include: 

• Daily brain break for every class (fruit or veg)
• Student led initiatives to encourage fruit and veg consumption
• Smart and healthy choices from the Tuckshop
• Fruit and vegetable gardens (Year 3 eProject)
• Healthy Eats Workshop to Year 5/6 classes later this Term
• Sharing Healthy Eats Tips on Facebook and in the newsletter

You can access parent information from the ‘Healthy Eats Parent Resources.’