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Munch & Move Quarterly, WSLHD Spring Edition 2015 1
Spring Edition 2015
Munch & Move Quarterly, WSLHD Spring Edition 2015 2
Welcome to the Spring Edition of the
Munch & Move Newsletter from the
Western Sydney Local Health District.
Be sure to circulate this newsletter
amongst your staff to share ideas for
implementing nutrition activities and
fundamental movement skills in your
service. Hopefully you can use the
Newsletter to help you with your Munch
& Move goals.
If you have any questions or ideas for
future newsletters please contact your
Munch & Move Support Officer as we
always love to hear what wonderful
things are happening in your service!
Western Sydney Local Health District
Munch and Move Support Officers:
• Alicia Kenyon
Anthea U
• Claudia Lee
To speak to your support officer or
someone from the Munch & Move team
please call us on 02 9840 3603
Spring Edition 2015
Bananas Cherries Cumquat Grapefruits Honeydew Lemons Lychees Oranges Papaya Rhubarb Tangelo
Artichokes Asparagus Broccoli Cabbage Cauliflower Fennel Leeks Mushrooms Peas Silverbeet Spinach
What’s in Season in Spring?
EVENTS TO PROMOTE IN YOUR SERVICE :
1st-30th Sept: Social September
18th Sept: World Water Monitoring Day
11th –17th Oct: National Nutrition Week
1st-30th Oct: Walktober
15th Oct: Nude Food Day
8th-15th Nov: Food Safety Week
Don’t forget to like and follow our South West
Sydney LHD colleagues Facebook and Twitter
pages with a variety of stories and tips for your
service:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Munch-and-Move-
SWS/454583547949366
http://twitter.com/MunchandMoveSWS
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Beyond Munch & Move workshop - 20th August 2015
On Thursday 20th August, the Western Sydney Local Health District held their
first ‘Beyond Munch & Move’ workshop at Rooty Hill RSL which was delivered
by the Early Childhood Training and Resource Centre (ECTARC).
38 services attended and participated in the day’s activities which involved a
range of practical healthy eating and physical activity ideas (including
fundamental movement skills) to extend on the Munch & Move key messages
and practices, as well as some lucky door prize giveaways!
The workshop was a great success with over 90% of participants reporting
feeling confident about using the ideas to make both MUNCH and MOVE
changes at their service after the workshop.
Three more ’Beyond Munch & Move’ workshops will be held during
September, October and November as well as more in 2016. To find out more
information or to submit an expression of interest, please contact your
Munch & Move support officer (details on previous page).
Please note that places in these workshops are limited and will be prioritised
for those services who are currently meeting less than 80% of the Munch &
Move Program Adoption Practices.
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NEW MUNCH AND MOVE RESOURCES!
We are excited to inform you about two new resources that are now available
to help you further implement physical activity and fundamental movement
skills at your service. Your Support Officer will bring these resources to you
during your next scheduled visit or you can call them to receive these earlier.
Fundamental Movement Skills in Action: FMS for 3-5 year olds
Provides additional game ideas to implement each FMS, including visual
cues to ensure the skill is being performed correctly.
Ring bound to enable easy access and storage in active play areas
Physical Activity for Babies and Toddlers
Provides additional ideas for floor-based play (including tummy time) as
well as stability, manipulative and locomotor activities for this age group
Ring bound to enable easy access and storage in active play areas
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Breastfeeding Promotion Toolkit (pictured above) - COMING SOON!
A useful toolkit for early childhood centres to equip staff with the
knowledge and resources to support breastfeeding at their service
Includes activities for educators, information handouts for parents, useful
resources and links, sample breastfeeding policy, and more!
Lunchbox Orientation Package
COMING SOON!
Designed to help early childhood services
support their children and families to make
healthy food choices for lunchboxes.
Includes a lunchbox presentation for
educators to deliver to parents, sample
nutrition policy with lunchbox information,
ideas for ’lunchbox challenges’, and more!
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“My Lunchbox” CHORUS
My lunchbox, my lunchbox
What would I like in my (clap) lunchbox?
Healthy food that will help me to play
I would like healthy food today
A tasty sandwich with salad and cheese
Yoghurt and fruit – “Oh yes please!”
Just what I love to eat for lunch
Healthy food is what I love to munch
CHORUS
A tuna sandwich and a plum
Vegetable sticks – “Oh yum yum!”
Healthy food that will help me to grow
Healthy food is the way to go
CHORUS x 2
I love healthy food in my lunchbox
“THANKS” (children’s voice)
From the FREE Munch & Move CD Songbook availa-ble for download at: www.healthykids.nsw.gov.au or contact your Munch and Move support officer
for a copy.
This song will encourage children to enjoy having
healthy food in their lunchbox. It provides ideas of
healthy food they could have for lunch and snacks
and teaches them that healthy food will help them
to grow.
FMS Focus: Leaping What is leaping?
A graceful long step so the body lifts off the ground to cover a distance or go over a low obstacle. A short run before a leap aids the momentum of the leap.
Does it looks right? Detect and Correct:
Take off on one foot and land on the opposite one
There should be a brief period where both feet are off the ground
The arm opposite the lead foot should reach forward during the leap
Practicing the Skill
As with all Fundamental Movement Skills practice is needed! You could try:
Hurdles—place some small objects on the ground which will act as hurdles for the children to leap over.
Leap frog—encourage children to leap from one lily pad to another
Obstacle courses—get the children to leap over “streams” and “rivers” made up of different objects to avoid the alligators!
Ensure that you are tracking each child’s skill development and provide opportunities for
all 12 skills to be attempted. For more ideas, refer to the resources FMS with Franky &
Friends, Fundamental Movement Skills in Action: FMS for 3-5 year olds, or USB!
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Healthy Ears Happy Kids - NSW Aboriginal Ear Health Program
As part of the NSW Health’s Aboriginal Ear Health Program to help prevent
otitis media (middle ear infection) in Aboriginal children aged 0-6 years, a
range of educational resources are available for use by early childhood
education and care services, schools, health professionals and families.
The Healthy Ears Happy Kids resources (pictured) aim to
raise awareness of good ear health for Aboriginal
children 0-6 years. Healthy Ears Happy Kids resources are
fun and easy to read educational and promotional
material including storybooks, posters, brochures,
stickers and caps.
For order forms, please visit www.kidsfamilies.health.nsw.gov.au
PRESCHOOLERS ARE SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME SITTING DOWN!
A recent article published in The Daily Telegraph described sitting as the “new
smoking” among adults. Researchers have estimated that Australian kids who
are in preschool, spend half of the time there sitting which increases their
risk of health, growth and development problems.
Midson Road Child Care Centre, who feature in this article, support regular
physical activity at their service through providing both structured and free
play opportunities including focusing on one fundamental movement skill
(FMS) per week in each room. To ensure that parents are informed about FMS
and educators can plan a series of activities to use the FMS, there is a
permanent space in their daily curriculum for this information. Great work
Midson Child Care Centre!
If you need ideas on supplementing or increasing the amount of physical
activity at your service, there are several Munch & Move resources available
including the MOVE LEARNING section of the resource manual, FMS with
Franky & Friends, Physical Activity for Babies and Toddlers, and FMS in
Action: Fundamental movement Skills for 3-5 years resources.
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UPCOMING EVENTS TO PROMOTE AT YOUR SERVICE
National Nutrition Week: 11-17th October
Raises awareness of the role of food on our health
and supports the community to enjoy healthy eating.
Visit the Nutrition Australia website at
http://www.nutritionaustralia.org/national/national-
nutrition-week
Nude Food Day - 16th October 2015
Nationwide initiative to encourage kids and parents to eat well and live well,
and eliminate all unnecessary packaging and wrapping that goes into schools.
To find out more about this initiative, including the resources available, visit
the website at http://www.nudefoodday.com.au/
Supporting these events at your service
Set a ‘try for 5 veggies per day’ challenge
Promote a fruit or vegetable of the week
Use the Munch & Move lunchbox awards
(pictured)
Share healthy recipes with families and invite
them to share their own recipes
Collect lunchbox packages/wrappings for one
week, display this at your service and then set
a challenge among families, to reduce the
amount of packaging for another week.
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GOOD NEWS STORY!
We can all relate to celebrating birthdays in our services and some of the
decadent cakes families provide. This year Tregear Presbyterian Preschool
started a new fruit birthday ‘cake’ initiative. The service offers to make cakes
for children’s birthday cakes for a nominal fee and purchase fresh seasonal
fruit and make a cake using the fruit.
Not only is providing fruit as a cake a healthier option, the service reports that
it also creates less waste as the kids love it. Director Bernadette Reyes says that
“The children actually enjoy it more than the sweet cakes. When we have them
at the preschool, it’s all finished in a few minutes unlike the cupcakes. The
parents are also happy about it as they don’t have to worry about buying cakes
to celebrate their child’s birthday.” Check out their creations below!
Thanks and well done Tregear Presbyterian Preschool!
Feeling inspired? Here are some more fruit ‘cake’ ideas.
