Good For Children's Services

Good for Kids in Children's Services is all about helping Children's Services create an environment that promotes physical activity and healthy eating to children, families and staff.

In other words we are aiming to help create healthy eating and physical activity promoting children's services. To achieve this Good for Kids will be working with Children's Services on key topics including:

• Healthy lunchboxes
• Healthy menu planning
• Healthy events and fundraisers
• Fundamental movement skills
• Active Play
• Small screen recreation

A Children's Service that promotes healthy eating and physical activity:

• Follows best practice in the area of physical activity and nutrition
• Has nutrition and physical activity policies
• Has a commitment to providing opportunities for children to be taught and learn and develop skills in the areas of nutrition and physical activity.
• Has a commitment to developing partnerships with families through communicating, engaging and educating about nutrition and physical activity
• Has a commitment to evaluating their practice in the area of physical activity and nutrition to determine its effectiveness, as well as the satisfaction of staff, family and the children with the practice
• Shares information with organisations or services that monitor their practice to demonstrate it is best practice (e.g. The NSW Department of Community Services)

Good for Kids in Children's Services is being developed in partnership between Hunter New England (HNE) Area Health Service and The Department of Community Services.