Crunch&Sip® for Health Professionals
Health professionals play a major role in promoting Crunch&Sip® to schools and then supporting schools to implement the program.
Health professionals can assist schools in their area by:
- Promoting Crunch&Sip® via newsletters, mailouts and existing school communication networks
- Distributing the Crunch&Sip® brochure to schools
- Presenting Crunch&Sip® to principals and teachers using the
- Crunch&Sip® presentation and presenter’s notes
- Assisting schools to write their Crunch&Sip® policy
- Including Crunch&Sip® in healthy eating messages to schools
Health professionals working with schools can contact Healthy Kids SCA on info@healthy-kids.com.au to purchase resources.
Discussions with Schools
Health professionals can learn a lot about how they can help schools to implement Crunch&Sip® by having discussions with Principals, Assistant Principals and Teachers.
The following questions can be discussed with schools to gather important insight into the school’s views on Crunch&Sip®:
- What problems or barriers are there in implementing Crunch&Sip® in your school?
- What benefits can you see in participating in Crunch&Sip®?
- What assistance would you like in beginning Crunch&Sip®?
Recognising Outstanding Schools
If you have a school in your area that is doing an excellent job of making Crunch&Sip® work, please let Healthy Kids SCA know. We are always on the lookout for schools to use as case studies for our Member’s Magazine, Crunch&Sip® News newsletter and other publications.
Please let us know if there is a school that has innovative or novel methods of:
- Implementing Crunch&Sip®
- Linking with other school activities, such as a vegetable garden or curriculum
Promoting fruit, vegetables and water - Overcoming difficulties, such as providing fruit or vegetables to students who don’t bring a Crunch&Sip® snack
- Linking with local retailers, wholesalers or growers