Using school gardens for health promotion

...compiled by Brad Shone, CERES, Melbourne

Children’s Health Development Foundation
 Information on children’s health, health promoting schools, nutrition, physical activity and school canteens. Including Virtually Healthy, a newsletter for schools, Food Matters, a newsletter for childcare providers and parents, professional development information for teachers. http://www.chdf.org.au/

The South Australian Health Promoting Schools Network
An electronic communication network supporting Health Promoting Schools in SA. Free Membership. http://www.sahps.net/

Eat Well SA
Healthy eating guidelines for South Australian schools and preschools http://www.schools.sa.gov.au/schlparents/pages/63/12283/

Kitchen Kits and Teacher's Manuals, Children’s Health Development Foundation 2003.
The Kitchen Kits contain equipment ranging from an electric frypan to wooden spoons, as well as a 'Kids in the Kitchen Cookbook and Teacher's Manual. The Kit has been designed so that most recipes in the cookbook can be made with the equipment provided. Available for loan from locations in metropolitan and regional SA details at http://www.chdf.org.au/

An Introduction to Health Promoting Schools in South Australia, Lucy Angley and Anne Young (1996) DECS
Assists schools to promote the health and wellbeing of all school community members, and presents key questions schools can use as a checklist. Includes examples of good practices occurring in South Australian schools. Free

Tooty Fruity Vegie Program
http://www.nrahs.nsw.gov.au/population/promotion/tooty_fruity/  Increasing fruit and vegetable consumption among primary school children

YHUNGER: nutrition manual for youth workers
http://www.cs.nsw.gov.au/pophealth/dph/community/yhunger/yhunger_kit.htm

Environmental Resource Service – Logan City Council Library.
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