School Canteen Day
Healthy Kids School Canteen Day is a day to celebrate, recognise and raise awareness of the role of the school canteen in our communities. The event will be promoted to all schools (both primary and high) throughout NSW.
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Healthy Kids School Canteen Recognition Awards 2010
Is someone in your community making a healthy difference to the school canteen? Nominations are now open for the Healthy Kids School Canteen Recognition Awards 2010!
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Healthy School Canteen Management
Canteen management involves everything from organising a canteen committee, and reviewing canteen policies to Occupational Health and Safety and surveys. This section tells you everything you need to know about daily canteen management. Read more
Fresh Tastes @ School
The Fresh Tastes @ School NSW Healthy School Canteen Strategy came into effect in 2005. It is mandatory for all NSW Government schools (from Term 1, 2005) and strongly supported and endorsed by the Catholic and Independent Education Sectors. Read more
Healthy Kids Food Expo and Training Day
On March 9 Healthy Kids once again ran its Food Expo & Training Day. The day proved to be a great success with food sampling, cooking demonstrations and workshops to sharpen the mind! Read more
Healthy School Canteen Staff and Volunteers
This section of the website describes how to choose the people you need to efficiently run your canteen. One formula that has worked in many canteens is to have several volunteers and one paid canteen manager. Here we give advice about employing a canteen manager and recruiting, retaining and rewarding volunteers.
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Financial Management in the School Canteen
A school canteen should operate as an efficient small business. These fact pages will assist you to monitor the financial position of your canteen and ensure sound financial management. Some of the templates in this section have been loaded as PDFs so that you can print them and use them in your canteen.
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School Canteen Business Advisory Service
The success of a school canteen is more than the food it prepares, packages and serves to the children. It is a set of practices, which allow for a variety of healthy foods to be prepared at a good price and delivered without incurring a financial loss. Read more
Food Safety & Hygiene in the School Canteen
All canteens have a responsibility to provide safe food. Safe food means that it is prepared, cooked, transported and served in such a way as to retain nutrients, and to minimise bacterial contamination and growth. Handling food poorly can cause food poisoning. It can also reduce the quality of the food being served. Read more
Healthy School Canteen Recipes
The recipes in this section include sandwich combinations, salads, wraps, hot foods such as rice dishes, slices and burritos, muffins, snacks and much much more! Update your menu with some of these great recipes. Read more
Menu Development & Nutrition in the School Canteen
This section assists canteen managers when planning a canteen menu. It looks at topics such as preparing menus, reading food labels, alternative ideas for occasional foods and some sample high school and primary school menus. Read more
Marketing & Promotion of the School Canteen
Promotions may include planned theme days, meal deals, daily price specials or taste testing. Read more
Fresh Tastes @ School Booster Program
The Fresh Tastes@ School Booster Program is a new four-year program that will help schools requiring further assistance to fully implement the Fresh Tastes Strategy. Funded through the Australian Better Health Initiative: A joint Australian, State and Territory government initiative, the Fresh Tastes Booster Program will be delivered by Healthy Kids. Read more
Resources and Links for Schools and Canteens
Healthy Kids sells a range of products for your canteens. We currently have aprons and menu boards for sale. This section will also lead you to other websites where you can find useful information and resources for your canteen. Read more
Training Courses for School Canteen Workers
Need to refresh yourself on the NSW Healthy School Canteen Strategy, food safety or any aspect of hospitality? The following courses are currently avaiable through TAFE NSW and will give you all the skills you need to run a successful canteen. Read more
School Canteen Network Meetings
If you have any network meeting dates that you would like posted on this page and in our members magazine please email the details to emily@healthy-kids.com.au
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Healthy Kids Sponsors and Partners
Thanks to the following companies and organisations who support us. You can find further information about healthy food and healthy kids on their websites. Read more
School Canteen Employment Opportunities
Looking for some work as a canteen manager or volunteer? or would you like to advertise a position that's available in your canteen? Click here for current opportunities or to submit a job advertisement. Read more