Health

Teenagers in Liverpool - Learn About NHS Teen LifeCheck

NHS Teen LifeCheck has been set up by the Department of Health and is a free and confidential service o support young people make positive changes to their lifestyle. It guides them through a set of simple multiple choice questions on topics including alcohol, healthy eating, drugs and being active. The site then offers tailored advice on how they can set themselves goals to improve.

The Chair of Liverpool PCT (Gideon Ben-Tovim) said, “NHS Teen LifeCheck is an easy way for teens to access information and confidential advice about how they can make healthier choices and feel good about themselves. Young people with online access can visit the site at any time and they may access the site in PHSE or ICT after school clubs. It is an innovative way of sharing information and guidance with teenagers who may previously have kept their worries to themselves.”

School Meals Data

School Meals Data will once again be collected on Thursday, 8th October 2009. The figures collected will be used in a formula to distribute next years School Lunch Grant. Please make sure the data is submitted to Bernie Lee, School Food Programme Manager

Let's Get Cooking

We might be eligible to receive funding and resources from Lets Get Cooking, the School Food Trust initiative. Existing cooking clubs are invited to join Lets Get Cookingg as associate clubs. Associate clubs receive £500 to help open their cooking activities out to parents and members of their local community as well as a range of resources including recipes, activity ideas and wall charts. We can also access the club zone and link up with other clubs and find out abut competitions, training and events. Please visit:

www.letsgetcooking.org.uk/associate

National School Meal's Week

9th—13th November 2009 is National School Meals Week and the theme is ‘Get involved’. To find out more details, please visit:

www.iloveschoolmeals.co.uk

Well-Being Indicators

From September 2009, Ofsted will be starting to use school lunch take up data as one of the sources of evidence connected to well-being. The School Food Trust has developed a tool to help schools record take up, monitor impact of initiatives and provide data to us here at Healthy Schools for NI2. To download the tracker tool please visit:

www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk

Teach Food Technology

Funding has been made available by the DCSF to increase capacity for teaching food technology over the next two years. A new CPD programme has been put in place to develop expertise and knowledge of teachers who are not food specialists. To find out more details, please visit:

www.licencetocook.org.uk

Food A Facy of Life

How much to our pupils know about where their good comes from?

The new food and farming module has been developed to help children learn about where their food comes from and foster interest in food and farming. There are lots of images and a bank of recipes which use local ingredients as well as interactive activities. Available for 8-11 years.

www.foodafactoflife.co.uk

The website also contains cooking modules to support teachers in their classes and help you feel more confident. There are guidance notes on how to set up a cookery session and recipes.

Food A Facy of Life

Key Stage 3 modules have been added to the Food a Fact of Life website (www.foodafactoflife.co.uk) ‘Ingredients and Food Science’ which includes online interactive tutorials on *functional properties of food* methods of heat transfer * sensory evaluation * principles of home food preservation * food hygiene and safety * menu planning.

‘Production and Processing’ which covers * food product development * food processing and distribution. There are PowerPoints and notes sheets available to use in the classroom.

Healthy Schools

The annual Healthy Schools CPD booklet was sent out at the beginning of September 2009. It contains information about all the courses that we will available over the next academic year. Please see Luise Morgan/Tim Alderman for further details.

Be Creative

A brand new set of fun, flexible, curriculum linked Key Stage 4 resources are available from the School Food Trust. The resources cover four subject areas (English, PSHE, Business Studies and Science) and centre on helping students to devise their own marketing campaign promoting school food to their peers and developing a deeper understanding of healthy eating.

The Food Standard Agency

The Food Standards Agency have developed several resources including Dish it Up and My Food Space.

New resources called Food Route: a Journey through food. ‘Food Route: a journey through food is a range of colourful age-appropriate resources designed and developed to enable young people to gain good-related skills and knowledge.

Potato Challenge

Fancy growing potatoes at Childwall Sports College? Colleagues can register for a free Grow your Own Potatoes pack.

The potato council will send each school that registers free seed potatoes and a growing kit.

Last years winners received raised beds for their vegetable gardens!

www.potatoesforschools.org.uk

Active Kids Get Cooking

www.activekidsgetcooking.org.uk

Register with the Active Kids Get Cooking site to be sent information about this years Annual Special Challenge. You will also be able to access new resources for both primary and secondary ages.

Work Up An Apetite For Change

This initiative has evolved from an understanding that school councils, while taking an active interest in school meals, often need help, ideas and guidance in bringing about the change that they and their peers desire when it comes to the type of food they eat and the environment that they eat it in. Work Up An Appetite for Change is a project based resource pack that takes the form of a 6-step ‘plan’ that the school council can follow. The plan, requiring collaboration with and approval from catering managers, teachers and School Leadership Teams, has been constructed to lead school council members through a process of debate, fellow student research and action.

More details available from the School Food Trust.

Health Contacts - Healthy Schools Team:

• Natalie Cooper - 0151 233 3901 natalie.cooper@liverpool.gov.uk
• Bernie Lee - 0151 233 3901 bernadette.lee@liverpool.gov.uk
• Sportslinx - Hazel Cheung - 0151 231 5323 h.cheung@ljmu.ac.uk
• Dental Health - Graeme Jones - 0151 285 2811 graham.jones@northliverpoolpct.nhs.uk
• A Day Co-ordinator - Brian Jones - 0151 234 071 brian.jones@liverpoolpct.nhs.uk
• Food in Schools Team - 0151 330 8351