These tools and resources support primary schools and OSHC service staff including leadership team, teachers, canteen and support staff as they seek to increase children’s vegetable intake.

User guides set out seven best practice guidelines for primary schools and OSHC that can be used in existing programs or to develop new initiatives. Additional practical tools and resources will assist with planning and implementing new ideas and changes.

The guidelines and associated resources can be applied across the range of activities from policy and curricula through to excursions, events and with children and families.

Best practice guidelines for increasing children's vegetable intake: Out-of-School Hours Care

The OSHC user guide, designed to be utilised by management, educators and cooks (if applicable to your service) details the best practice guidelines for increasing children’s vegetable intake alongside many practical examples and resources specific to OSHC to assist with implementation. 

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What you can do: A checklist of simple ideas that work in OSHC

This checklist is a useful tool directed to management and educators that can help your service to track implementation of activities known to help increase children’s vegetable intake.

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Best practice guidelines for increasing children's vegetable intake: Primary schools

The primary school user guide, designed to be utilised by leadership team, teachers, canteen management, staff and volunteers details the best practice guidelines for increasing children’s vegetable intake in schools alongside many practical examples and resources to assist with implementation. 

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What you can do: A checklist of simple ideas that work in schools

This checklist is a useful tool directed to leadership team, teachers and canteen staff that can help with tracking implementation of activities known to help increase children’s vegetable intake.

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Infographic: Best Practice Guidelines for Increasing Children's Vegetable Intake

The seven best practice guidelines outlined in this infographic which is designed as a quick reference tool to be on display for all staff.

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7 Days of Veggie Snacks

This resource provides inspiration and recipes for five delicious vegetable snacks – it can be used by cooks or as a take-home communication for families.

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How to encourage kids to eat more vegetables from your school canteen

This brochure is for primary school canteen managers and provides suggestions on how to increase the vegetable offering through primary school canteens.

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VegUP study results infographic

VegKIT researchers undertook an intervention study in Australian primary school canteens and concluded that by implementing several different strategies, canteen vegetable sales increased by 75%.

The study also reported no increase in vegetable waste and that canteen managers found the strategies easy to implement and not time consuming.