From Shame to Curiosity: A New Era of Food Education in Schools
From Shame to Curiosity: A New Era of Food Education in Schools Do we still need to teach ‘healthy eating’? I’m a ‘no’ on this. At least not in the way we’ve been doing it. It’s not because healthy eating is unimportant, but the way we’ve been teaching it is doing more harm than good. […]
Creating Calm Classroom Mealtimes
How to implement trauma-informed care when returning to school after isolation Trauma can have a long lasting physical and mental impact. Adverse experiences and events affect children in multiple ways. Prior to entering isolation, Australia endured some of the most catastrophic bushfires we’ve ever seen. While we do consider ourselves the lucky country, we’re not […]
That Sugar Activity
That Sugar Activity Confession: as a teacher, nutritionist and feeding therapist, I no longer place soft-drink bottles on a table with sugar cubes and ask children to guess the sugar content. Nor do I use the same concept with chocolate bars, lollies, cereals, condiments, and fruit. If you’ve used this activity before, you’re not alone. […]
The Australian Health Curriculum – Is it helping or harming our children?
“When you eat junk food, you get fat!” and “Is this food healthy?” When working with children, there’s nothing off limits and thoughts are heard out loud. Children think it and say it. These are the kinds of comments and questions I’ve had from primary students in the last twelve months. This seems to be […]
