Central Coast Local Health District NSW
The Q4: Family ACTIVation Pack is a fun packed resource to help parents/carers of 5 to 12 year olds get active with their children.
It’s full of quick and easy games to play at home, in the park or wherever….
Games that reinforce the fundamental movement skills like throwing, catching, hopping and skipping….the same movement skills being learnt at school.
Q4: Family ACTIVation Pack – download
Other great resources
Find out how to replace screen time
Healthy kids get active each day
The Central Coast Environmental Education Network is challenging schools to reduce single use plastic and champion plastic free canteens. Schools that can demonstrate change can win a $50 voucher and will be presented with a plaque for their canteen to show they are the winning school for the term.
Schools can choose what steps they can take, from replacing plastic cutlery with re-usable (or compostable) cutlery, phasing out plastic straws, talking to their suppliers about reducing unnecessary plastic packaging or other alternative plastic reduction actions.
New schools can get involved by completing the online Green Canteen survey (on Rumbalara EEC’s website) and will receive a gift of wooden cutlery or paper straws.
Schools that have already been involved can choose a new action and tell us what you have changed by sending us a photo of the change along with a photo of your actions poster. Please send us an email to inform us of your schools involvement.
Email to [email protected]
1. All schools will receive a “How Green is your Canteen?” poster. Hang your poster near your canteen to show your support.
2. New schools that take the challenge should fill in the survey on the Rumbalara website and will receive free sustainable cutlery or straws.
https://rumbalara-e.schools.nsw.gov.au/green-canteens.html
3. Make some sustainable changes to your canteen and school and tick off the changes on the “Steps to A Green Canteen’ poster.
4. By the end of Term 3 tell us what you have changed by sending us a photo of the change along with a photo of your actions poster and email to
[email protected]
5. A panel will review each schools submission and advise the winner.
Green Canteen project is supported by Rumbalara Environmental Education Centre, Kariong Eco Garden, Community Environment Network, Central Coast Council, Australian Take3 and Cleanaway.
With only 5 months left to until 2020 to implement the NSW Healthy School Canteen Strategy, which is compulsory for NSW Government Primary and Secondary schools and is also strongly encouraged for Catholic and Independent schools to also implement. Why not join us for a practical workshop aimed at helping canteen managers & staff to work through the Menu Check process.
Bring along your canteen menu, get useful information and by the end of the workshop you will be on your way to submitting your Menu Check application to the NSW Healthy School Canteen Menu Check Service.
Our next Menu Check workshop will be held on September 3rd between 2.30pm and 4.30pm at the Health Promotion Office (Level 1/4 Watt St, Gosford)
If you would like to come along. please complete the RSVP form below.
Read More If you cannot make it to the workshop and would still like help with submitting a menu check application, please contact Lesley Marshall on 43292057 ([email protected]) or Chad Partridge on 43209716 ([email protected])
Fantastic free Fruit & Veg Month 2019 resources are being delivered to registered schools now!
Register now so that you don’t miss out on receiving:
This year’s theme, The Adventures of Captain Fruit N Veg!, is all about making eating fruit and vegetables fun. How? By linking them with good times, superheroes, superpowers and adventures!
Registration is free, quick and easy. Just fill out the simple online form. But don’t leave it too late as stocks of hardcopy resources are strictly limited!
The Central Coast Liquor Licence Response project works to reduce harm related excessive alcohol availability. Read More
