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Assessors may sight program planning including cooking experiences that promote healthy eating and knowledge of nutrition.

Assessors may observe children being supported by educators to feed themselves.

Assessors may observe babies being fed individually by educators according to each child’s routine.

Assessors may observe educators responding to babies’ verbal and non-verbal cues about their preferred food preferences and meal times.

Assessors may observe educators consulting children about their routines and meal times.

Assessors may observe educators sitting with children and modelling, implementing and reinforcing healthy eating and nutrition practices with children during mealtimes.

Assessors may observe educators encouraging children to eat healthy food without requiring them to eat food they don’t like or to eat more than they need, including supporting children to recognise when they are hungry or full.

The following additions have been made to the assessment guide in the NEW Guide to the National Quality Framework: There are additions to the assessment guide in relation to healthy eating and mealtimes that settings should be aware of and implementing in their daily practice. Healthy eating is now included in element 2.1.3 Healthy lifestyle – Healthy eating and physical activity are promoted and appropriate for each child.

Assessor may sight visual aids and hand-washing signs displayed where children wash their hands.

Assessors may observe children consuming food and drinks in a hygienic manner.

The assessment guide for food safety related activities and issues remains relatively unchanged. Here is our quick snapshot of what you need to know!įood safety and healthy eating continue to be included in Quality Area 2 – Children’s Health and Safety.įood safety is now included in element 2.1.2 Health practices and procedures – Effective illness and injury management and hygiene practices are promoted and implemented. You may be wondering what has changed in relation to healthy eating and food safety in the new National Quality Framework. The new National Quality Framework came into affect on the 1st of February 2018.

Measuring and levelling dry ingredientsĬheck out some of our food game resources here.įinally, make sure you document experiences ready for Assessment and Rating!.

Pouring dry and liquid ingredients into a bowlįrom 4 – 5 years introduce slightly more complex tasks like:.

Let them feel different fruits and vegetables.īetween 18 Months – 3 Years children are often ready to help out with simple tasks including:.

Be given safe equipment to participate in the activity (i.e wooden spoons and plastic bowls).

Develop children’s mathematical skills by discussing size, shape, weight of different food types in a fun and enjoyable way.Įnsure age appropriate recipes and tasks are given to children. Cooking with children can develop fine motor coordination, promote maths and literacy concepts, colour recognition and creativity.

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Outdoor – establish a vegie patch or herb gardenĬooking activities in particular are a fun and much loved group activity.

View recipes books with a variety of foods from other cultures. For older children, consider books about growing foods and where different foods come from. Storytime – Picture books with a focus on food for babies and toddlers.Fruit and vegetable recognition games -memory, matching, colours.Music and movement– Use fun, interactive songs, music and rhymes about foods, different food groups, foods that are good for your body.Turn the home corner area into a restaurant, cafe or grocery store. Home corner/ pretend play – Add a variety of healthy pretend food or food cartons from varying food groups and cultures and appropriate cooking utensils.Here are some ways you can meet the criteria through planned experiences: Learning where food comes from, how it’s grown, how it helps fuel our body and ways to prepare it is vital. Giving children the opportunity to have hands on experience with food is an important part of developing a positive relationship with food into adulthood. The guide to the NEW National Quality Framework states “ Assessors may sight program planning including cooking experiences that promote healthy eating and knowledge of nutrition.” Program planning that promotes healthy eating

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