Healthy Schools Online Program

Empowering young people to make healthy choices for life.

The Healthy Schools Online Program is a practical nutrition education program designed to give secondary school students the knowledge, skills and hands-on experiences to build confidence with food and make informed, healthy choices for themselves.

Through engaging nutrition education and practical food-based learning, students explore the role nutrition plays in their physical and mental wellbeing, while developing food literacy and skills they can carry with them beyond the classroom.

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Why food literacy matters

The foundations for lifelong food behaviours begin early. Giving young people the opportunity to understand food, nutrition and the role they play in health can help build the knowledge, confidence and practical skills needed to make informed choices.

Healthy Schools goes beyond simply teaching students what to eat. Through practical, engaging nutrition education, students build food literacy - developing the skills and understanding to navigate food choices with greater confidence, both now and into adulthood.

What The Healthy Schools Program Offers

Learning that Connects

Our program is designed to captivate the minds of secondary school students, utilizing interactive lessons, multimedia resources, and thought-provoking activities. From exploring the food groups to decoding nutritional labels, we inspire curiosity and foster a deep understanding of the vital connection between diet and overall health.
Physical and Mental Well-Being

Students explore how nutrition supports the body and brain, including the role of nutrients in energy, concentration and overall wellbeing. We also introduce the gut–brain connection in an age-appropriate way, helping students understand how food forms part of the bigger picture of physical and mental health.
Practical Skills for Real Life

Nutrition knowledge becomes more valuable when students know how to apply it. Healthy Schools develops practical food skills through real-world learning around meal planning, food preparation, budgeting and navigating everyday food choices.
The goal is to build students' confidence and capability with food, giving them practical skills they can carry beyond the classroom and into greater independence.
Extending Learning Beyond the Classroom

Healthy choices don't happen in isolation. Healthy Schools encourages students to take their learning beyond the classroom, creating opportunities for conversations about food and nutrition with their families and wider community.
By making nutrition practical and relevant to everyday life, we aim to help students connect what they learn at school with the food choices and experiences around them.
Building for Measurable Impact

As Healthy Schools grows, so does our commitment to understanding its impact.
We are working to strengthen the program's evaluation framework, with the goal of measuring outcomes such as student engagement, nutrition knowledge, food literacy and confidence in applying practical food skills.
This evidence will help us continue to refine the program and ensure future growth is informed by what creates meaningful value for students and schools.

Program Overview

The Healthy Schools Program for years 7-8 is divided into 4 modules with 2-4 lessons in each.

Modules 1-3 are the core components of the program and module 4 is an optional additional 3 lessons to participate in the Wholefoodie Chef Experience.

The program offers a full terms worth of Australian Curriculum aligned nutrition focused content for years 7-8.

Module One introduces students to the foundations of food and nutrition, helping them begin to build their food literacy and confidence with the language of nutrition. Students explore macronutrients and micronutrients, food groups and different levels of food processing, developing the foundational knowledge needed to better understand food, nutrition information and the choices they encounter in everyday life.
Module Two builds students’ confidence in making informed food choices. Students develop practical skills in reading and interpreting food labels, comparing food options and recognising how food marketing can influence their choices. Through real-world examples, they learn to look beyond marketing claims and use nutrition information to make choices that work for them.
Module Three explores the relationship between nutrition, the brain and overall wellbeing. Students are introduced to the gut–brain connection and learn how nutrition forms one part of supporting physical and mental wellbeing, while developing an understanding of the many factors that contribute to how we feel and function.

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What is involved?

Nutrition Planning - One Term (9 lessons)

Teacher Study Guide and Student Workbook

Assessment material that can be used for reporting

Take home resources for families including recipe books, meal planners, healthy shopping on a budget guide, Healthy swaps and alternatives shopping guide and much more!

1 x virtual classroom visit with Danae via Zoom