Resources
Here you’ll find a selection of resources to support your school in implementing Pick of the Crop with your students and community.
COMPONENT #1
Teaching and learning
Integrating Pick of the Crop activities into the classroom is important to provide students with knowledge and understanding of the paddock to plate process.
This activity pack (PDF, 552KB) includes links to the Curriculum, instructions on growing beans from seeds in the classroom, and a resource list.
COMPONENT #2
Healthy school environment
Embedding and sustaining a positive school food culture through school gardens, tuckshops, fundraising and events builds a healthy school environment. This has been demonstrated by Pick of the Crop schools.
Sustainable gardens
Schools are establishing gardens give students opportunities to grow, taste and eat veggies and fruit. This can also improve behaviour, concentration, and attitudes. These resources can help schools set up and manage a garden during the holidays.
Connecting with school tuckshops
School tuckshops can encourage students and staff to choose and eat more veggies and fruit during the school day. This resource highlights the importance of tuckshops and presents ways on how you could connect the tuckshop with Pick of the Crop actions in your school.
Under 8’s day activities and ideas
Schools often hold under 8’s day events as part of the national initiative. This resource provides a range of fun and nutritious ideas and activities you could provide in your school, to make sure Pick of the Crop is integrated across all your school events.
COMPONENT #3
Grower connections
Connecting with growers, producers, families, parents and the community is important to encourage the availability of healthy choices at home as well as in school.
Connecting schools with local growers, producers and farmers provides a great opportunity for students to experience all stages of ‘paddock to plate’.
These fact sheets have been designed for schools to gain more information on how they can connect with farmers or agriculture businesses.
COMPONENT #3
Community connections
Schools commonly connect with parents and carers through newsletters and social media. These resources include sample articles on a range of evidence-based food and nutrition topics to help inform the school community. Schools are encouraged to copy these (acknowledging Health and Wellbeing Queensland).
Resources for families and caregivers
Cost of living
Rising cost of living is impacting healthy eating. This factsheet provides practical tips and tricks to help families increase veggie and fruit intake without breaking the budget.
Smart swaps
Simple swaps to food and drinks choices can create healthier eating patterns now and into the future.
This factsheet provides some easy and simple swaps you could try with kids.
Videos
Pick of the Crop in action
Throughout the school year, Pick of the Crop regional coordinators support schools through many different events and activities. These videos demonstrate some of the ways Pick of the Crop and schools have encouraged students to learn about and eat more veggies and fruit at school.
Eat the alphabet
Eat the Alphabet encourages Queensland children to try fresh, locally-grown produce. This video, partly funded by Health and Wellbeing Queensland, designed and created by Bundaberg Fruit and Vegetable Growers Ltd, features 5 small schools from the Gin-Gin region and produce grown in the Bundaberg region.
Marsden State School Gardens Masterclass
Go on a guided tour of Marsden State School’s bush tucker garden to learn about traditional plants and their uses, as well as how to set up a sustainable garden.
Hervey Bay and Bundaberg workshops with Matt Golinski
Celebrity Chef Matt Golinski travelled to Bundaberg and Wide Bay to provide parents, carers and students with top tips on how to prepare nutritious family dinners and school lunchboxes. Using local produce, the workshops were fun and interactive, with participants having the opportunity to taste Matt’s dishes and prepare their own.
Logan City Special School Cooking event with Matt Golinski
Join the children of Logan City Special School and Celebrity Chef, Matt Golinski for some food fun—preparing, making and eating delicious rice paper rolls. With ingredients sourced from their abundant veggie garden, students learn about of food from ground to plate.
Feedback from our partners, parents and students
News and features
Since Pick of the Crop launched, there have been many good news stories, media releases and events that showcase the wonderful achievements by Pick of the Crop schools.
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