HEALTHY EATING AND TIPS FOR HEALTHY LUNCHBOXES
Please see the new school Healthy Eating Policy by visiting the Parents' section of the website.
See below also for further information on healthy eating.
See below also for further information on healthy eating.
FOOD DUDES
Food Dudes is starting in Scoil Bhríde this week! There are three phases to the Food Dudes Healthy Eating Programme, designed to encourage children to eat fruit and vegetables. These include the school element, the home element and the maintenance phase. The programme is based on the three Rs: repeated tastings, rewards and role models.
School element includes:
Home element (Post intervention) includes:
Maintenance phase includes:
School element includes:
- 16-day intervention (Junior Infants - 1st Class)
- 8-day intervention (2nd Class - 6th Class)
- Daily fruit and vegetable deliveries
- Rewards
- Letters from the Food Dude role models
- Episodes featuring the Food Dude role models
- Lunchbox at the end of the Phase
Home element (Post intervention) includes:
- Parents encourage children to bring fruit and vegetables to school in Food Dudes lunchbox
- Teachers record daily progress on classroom wallcharts
- Children receive certificates on reaching/completing phased milestones/goals
Maintenance phase includes:
- Tasting days
- Specially-designed educational materials