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Dr Erin Kerr
Dr Erin Kerr is an Accredited Practising Dietitian and researcher who is passionate about promoting healthy eating environments and positive feeding practices in early childhood education settings. Her PhD research explored the nutrition and physical activity environments in family day care services.Dr Ruth Crowe
Dr Ruth Crowe is passionate about public health nutrition and teaching children about food. Ruth has supported early childhood education and care services through the NSW Government’s ‘Healthy Children Initiative’ and coordinating a national nutrition service. Ruth’s PhD research focused on healthy eating and physical activity in outside school hours care environments.Description
Planning a menu for an early childhood education and care setting can be challenging, as cooks need to consider the requirements of the Australian Dietary Guidelines, the National Quality Framework, and the National Regulations. This course supports service cooks and chefs, leaders and service providers to develop their understanding of providing meals that meet these requirements and ensure children are provided with nutritious meals to support their health, development and wellbeing. The complexities of providing food from all food groups are eased by providing food suggestions that meet the requirements for more than one food group. The course provides interactive, practical elements for healthy meal and snack ideas that services can incorporate into their weekly menu. To complement the course, practical information is provided as additional material to support effective change and implementation of improved menu planning in the service.
In this course, you will:
- identify the nutrition requirements for children aged one to five years old
- provide healthy meal and snack ideas for children aged one to five years old
- interpret nutrition information panels on food packaging.
Recommended for:Service cooks and chefs, leaders and service providers to develop their understanding of providing meals that meet the Australian guidelines for nutritional health in early childhood.
Duration: 1 hour
