GET CRUNCHING!GET STEADY!GET READY!
A guide to getting ready for The Big Vegie Crunch event
We know you are busy and organising an event that involves the whole school can take time. To make things easier we have developed a guide to get you prepared for the big day. There is also a planning template that you can use to keep track.
Make your crunch even louder!Use the modifiable Schools Media Release* to contact local media if you wish to let the local community know what your school is up to.
If your school uses social media, modify the School Newsletter Snippets* or Schools Media Release* to place in your posts. You can even include the event logo. Tag us using @healthykids.au for Facebook, @healthykidsau for Twitter and Instagram. Don’t forget to use the hashtag #bigvegiecrunch.
Communicate with your support crew Keeping fellow staff, your students and families informed is vital to the success of The Big Vegie Crunch. Start early but don’t forget a last minute reminder in the days leading up to the event.
• Inform colleagues about the school’s involvement in Vegetable Week & The Big Vegie Crunch. You may find it easiest to forward on the Get Ready Enewsletters.
• Inform students about the event at assembly or ask teachers to start talking about it with their classes.
Think ahead The most important element of The Big Vegie Crunch is to ensure that all of your students have a vegetable to crunch on! Ideally for the event, all students should bring in vegetables from home. However, in case a child doesn’t bring in vegetables, make sure you have a backup supply so no one misses out on the action.
For back up supplies you can approach the local greengrocers or supermarkets to provide donations of vegetables. Or ask the parent body for funds to purchase supplies.
Don’t forget you will probably need some parents to help prepare the backup vegetables so they are ready for crunching.
• Inform parents by sending out the School Newsletter Snippets* in the school newsletter, via the school app or via social media.
• Liaise with Health Promotion staff from your Local Health District for additional support. To find your local health promotion officer go to www.health.nsw.gov.au/heal/primaryschools/Pages/get-involved.aspx or contact us on 02 9876 1300 (1300 724 850 outside metro area).
Get preparedEnsure you have these resources ready to go for when you need them:
• School Newsletter Snippets* – forward on the links for the newsletter snippets and logo image to office staff and let them know when you want them sent out.
• Schools Media Release* – modify the release to suit your school, check it with the Principal and find out where to send it to for your local media outlets.
• The Big Vegie Crunch Countdown* – access the countdown tool so that you are familiar with how to use it before the big day.
Page 2 | The Big Vegie Crunch * You can find all these resources on the Vegetable Week & The Big Vegie Crunch website– www.healthy-kids.com.au/teachers/vegetable-week-the-big-vegie-crunch/
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