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Healthy Lunchbox Week 2024

HLW videos: sandwiches, wraps and rolls

HLW educator resources

OSHC menu reviews

2024 Food Safety Supervisor Courses

Recipes

Subscriber spotlight: We'd love to hear from you!

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Healthy Lunchbox Week 2024

Healthy Lunchbox Week is almost here!

This year's campaign will run during Term 1 from 4th - 10th February!

The Healthy Lunchbox Week website features a range of user friendly recipes, fact sheets and guides, as well as videos. Be sure to inform families of this great annual initiative led by Nutrition Australia, which inspires Australian families to create healthy lunchboxes for their children.

Click here to visit the website

HLW videos: sandwiches, wraps and rolls

Here are six Healthy Lunchbox Week inspired recipe videos for making sandwiches, wraps and rolls. Why not run this as a cooking experience in your OSHC service, or see if the kids want to make their own sandwich recipe video!

HLW educator resources

Take your students on a Healthy Lunchbox Week adventure!

Each adventure includes five pit stops to help students complete their lunchbox journey by the end of the week. The intention of the adventure activities is for children to have positive exposure and engagement with healthy food and drink that could be applied to their own lunchboxes.

Educators are encouraged to adapt these activities to suit their students. Each classroom adventure kit contains educator notes, activity templates, pictorial guides, adventure planning map and class certificate of completion. To access these free resources simply complete this registration form.

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OSHC Menu Reviews

Have you had your menu reviewed recently?

Reviewing your OSHC menu and nutrition practices will support your centre to meet the National Quality Standards, but more importantly, ensure the children in your care are receiving nutritious foods for growing healthy minds and bodies.

Why review your menu?

Having your menu reviewed is a quality improvement activity where you will receive support from an experienced OSHC Dietitian to:

Improve provision of the five core food groups and reduce the amount of discretionary foods on your menu
Support your centre to meet Smart Choices recommendations
Get ideas for snacks, meals and simple recipe modifications
Get more positive feedback from parents about your centre menu

What is included?

A meeting with a Dietitian over the phone
Review of a 4 week menu
A comprehensive report with detailed assessment and recommendations
Follow up phone support

Email us to book your menu review in today!

2024 Food Safety Supervisor Courses

Food Safety Supervisor Full Course Cost: $385

This full-day face to face course is available to participants in early years, OSHC, aged care and disability settings and prepares food safety supervisors to supervise and oversee day to day operations and to prevent and recognise food safety hazards through nationally recognised training.

Upon completion, students achieve a statement of attainment for the following units of competency:

HLTFSE001: Follow basic food safety practices
HLTFSE007: Oversee the day to day implementation of food safety in the workplace
HLTFSE005: Apply and monitor food safety requirements

Upcoming full course dates:

Tuesday 6th February 2024 9am - 4pm

Tuesday 19th March 2024 9am - 4pm

If these options don’t suit, please don't hesitate to email us at training@naqld.org with your preferred date and time. We also offer private courses at suitable venues for a minimum of 8 people. We will try to accommodate your request if possible.

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Food Safety Supervisor Recertification Course Cost: $290

If you are due to renew your food safety supervisor certificate in light of the new five year requirements, we are offering many recertification courses in 2024 as enforcement commenced 8th December 2023.

This 3-hour face to face recertification course is available to participants in early years, OSHC, aged care and disability settings that have previously obtained a food safety supervisor certificate. Please note: you will be required to provide a copy of your previous statement of attainment upon registration in order to confirm your booking.

Upcoming recertification course dates:

Tuesday 27th February 9am - 12pm OR 1pm - 4pm

Tuesday 26th March 9am - 12pm OR 1pm - 4pm

If these options don’t suit, please don't hesitate to email us at training@naqld.org with your preferred date and time. We also offer private courses at suitable venues for a minimum of 8 people. We will try to accommodate your request if possible.

Click here to book into a recertification course

Recipes

Egg Bites

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Cheesy Tuna Pesto Pasta

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This month we have two delicious 5-ingredient recipes to share:
Egg bites that are great for morning tea or a lunchbox snack, and our cheesy tuna pesto pasta, a one pot meal for feeding hungry tummies.

Please feel free to share these recipes with families.

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We would love to hear from subscribers and share some of your stories within our Nutrition in OSHC eNewsletter. Feel free to send us an email with your story along with some photos to share!

For example, this could be a story about:
- Cooking experiences with children across the term or during vacation care
- Harvesting your vegetable or herb garden
- Favourite recipes at your service
- New menu items that promote healthy eating
- Upgrading your service's kitchen or dining space
- Your recent NQS assessment and rating score

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