School Food Plans
A School Food Plan can be used to map what currently occurs in food delivery in your school. It will help set goals and identify the enablers, and the barriers to achieving those goals around food in your school.
Creating a School Food Plan
Click the button below for suggested steps to start creating your School Food Plan.
What is the purpose of a School Food Plan?
- To consider all the different ways food is served and eaten in the school setting and provide consistent messaging about food and eating to students, staff and families.
- To document the agreed ‘Whole School Approach’ that a school community has for food provision and eating at their school.
- To document the relationship between nutritious food and the wellbeing of children.
- To assist in creating a positive school culture, which can improve students’ academic performance, health and wellbeing.
Food In Schools
Food throughout the school day can come from all or some of the following:
The School Food Plan Toolkit – Template and Resources
These resources can help you create your own School Food Plan.
Checklist
School Food Plan Checklist
A good starting point for individuals wishing to initiate the process in their schools
Group Audit
School Food Plan Group Audit
A guide to help schools assess and capture the current state of their school environment. The questions are designed primarily for a collective of school staff / community members to work through.
Policy Template
School Food Plan Policy Template
To assist with the creation of a framework documenting the school’s ideals for feeding children well at school, which can be shared with the school community.
Plan Template
School Food Plan template
A one page summary template identifying the school’s vision for feeding children well at school as well as the schools’ barriers and enablers to this.
Curriculum Resources
Existing Curriculum Resources for Food at School
For general reference
For further information or assistance with your School Food Plan, please contact us:
Ph: (03) 6223 8023
Email: alicia@schoolfoodmatters.org.au
School Food Matters in partnership with the Department of Children, Education and Young People have developed the School Food Plan resource for schools.