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Nutrition in OSHC
In This Issue
Brainy Breakfast Ideas
Reducing Mealtime Food Waste
Ingredient Substitution Tool
Menu Reviews
Menu Planning for OSHC - FREE Workshop
2025 Food Safety Supervisor Courses
Recipe of the Month
Training Opportunities
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Brainy Breakfast Ideas
Do you provide breakfast options at your OSHC?Breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day because it breaks the overnight fasting period and provides essential nutrients to keep kids’ energy levels up throughout the day. Skipping breakfast reduces children’s ability to think clearly and focus well.
A nutritious breakfast does not have to take a long time to prepare or eat. Click on the button below for some nutritious ideas to add to your breakfast menu!
Reducing Mealtime Food Waste
Children's preferences and mealtime environments can have a big impact on food waste! Some key strategies to help reduce mealtime food waste include:
Make sure children know they are allowed to come back for second helpings, and don't have to overfill their plate.
Educators can role model positive eating through joining in the mealtime, talking about trying new foods, and encouraging positive language when talking about food.
Offer some 'family style' meals where children are able to select foods from the middle of the table. This also promotes independence, development of motor skills, and intuitive eating skills.
Ingredient Substitution Tool
This tool from the All About Allergens Resource Hub provides a list of alternative ingredients that can be substituted for allergen containing ingredients. It includes substitution suggestions for wheat/ gluten, peanut, tree nut, eggs, cow's milk, soy, fish, crustacean, mollusc, sesame, and lupin.
You can download this resource as a word document and add your own ingredient substitutions to the list. This is a great resource to keep on the wall of your kitchen as a quick reference guide.
Menu Reviews
Have you reviewed your service menu recently? Our Dietitian's can work with you to ensure that your menu is meeting children's nutrition requirements and aligns with the National Quality Standards. We provide suggestions for improvement, ingredient swaps, and recipe ideas that are tailored to your service's unique environment.
For our Nutrition in OSHC subscribers, a menu review costs $390+GST. If you would like to have a menu review, email us at oshc@naqld.org with a copy of your menu (up to 4 weeks) and standard recipes for menu items, and we will be in touch to organise a meeting.
Menu Planning for OSHC - FREE Workshop
This virtual workshop will provide ideas for creating menus with nourishing snacks and meals, and managing dietary requirements of children attending OSHC. Up to 2 staff from your service who are involved in menu planning and preparing food are invited to join - cooks and chefs, educators and coordinators.
Click on the button below to find out more and register for our next workshop.
2025 Food Safety Supervisor Courses
We offer Food Safety Supervisor training for those working in early years, OSHC, aged care and disability settings. This practical course enables you to complete all assessment on the day, and is delivered by our team of experienced trainers who work within community settings. The course prepares food safety supervisors to supervise and oversee day to day operations and to prevent and recognise food safety hazards in their workplace through nationally recognised training.
Live Virtual and Face to Face Course Cost: $385
Click on the button below to register and find out more about the requirements for completing this course (please note the additional requirements for a live virtual course). The course runs from 9am-4pm. Upcoming courses available:
Tuesday 5th August (Live virtual)
Tuesday 9th September (Live virtual)
Tuesday 30th September (Face to Face - Northgate Hall)
Tuesday 21st October (Live virtual)
Tuesday 18th November (Live virtual)
If these options don’t suit, please don't hesitate to email us at training@naqld.org with your preferred date and time. We will try to accommodate your request if possible.
We also offer private courses delivered at your workplace for a minimum of 6 people ($385 per person). Please phone or email us to find out more.
Recipe of the Month
This month we are sharing four of our favourite dip recipes. These are great to serve for afternoon tea with flatbreads, crackers or vegetable sticks. Try these recipes on your menu, or share these with families at your service. Recipes yield approximately 20 serves each. Click on the button below to download the recipe.
Training opportunities
Online Training
We offer self-paced online training programs through our partner In Safe Hands. Click on the following buttons for more information and to register.
Level 1 - Safe Food Handling for OSHC Settings
Advanced - Safe Food Handling for OSHC Settings - coming soon
Positive Mealtimes and Nutrition Requirements for OSHC Educators - coming soon
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Do you have a question for the Nutrition in OSHC team?
Feel free to give us a call (07 3257 4393) or email through your questions to oshc@naqld.org
Nutrition Australia
Ph: (07) 3257 4393
Email: oshc@naqld.org
Website: www.naqld.org
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