Healthy Eating Work - Louise Shuttleworth

Healthy Eating Work - Louise Shuttleworth

Scrutiny Panel 11.3.2011

Healthy Schools National Criteria – Healthy Eating

Whole school approach to healthy eating

Role and responsibilities of Healthy Eating Adviser

·  Encourage schools to take part in the Healthy Schools programme.

·  Support schools to achieve and maintain Healthy Schools Status.

·  Support with writing food policies.

·  Carry out initial support sessions.

·  Carry out moderation visits and write up report for special edition of celebrating success booklet.

·  Support with setting up and maintaining breakfast clubs.

·  Food safety advice for new food tech rooms and clubs.

·  Chair the Countywide Schools Food Group.

·  Attend the Countywide food group.

·  Attend the CYPP group for healthy weight.

·  Supported the 5 a day campaign and the introduction of the free fruit scheme for all nursery and infant pupils in a school setting.

·  Guidance to schools and parents around healthy eating and legislation.

Projects

·  Initial work with 50 most deprived schools in Herts based on Free School Meal (FSM) data.

·  Introduced work Special Schools.

·  Open to all schools in Herts.

·  Offered assemblies, taster sessions making fruit smoothies and kebabs, talks to parents and staff meetings.

·  Family learning with Herts Adult and Family Learning Service (HAFLS) in schools and children’s centres. Adult and children together.

Courses

·  JEX (Junior Eating and Exercise) project ran in targeted Dacorum schools. Focusing on healthy eating and physical activity in fun group sessions.

·  Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) food safety level 1 and 2 course for school staff and those working in breakfast and after school clubs.

·  CIEH Nutrition level 2 course for school staff.

·  Healthy and Wellbeing team course on running an effective Healthy Lifestyles Course in school.

·  Health Matters and Essentially Dance courses for Extended Schools and School Sports Partnerships.

Resources

·  Healthy Eating lesson plan book.

·  Healthy Lifestyles parent leaflet.

·  Food Safety advice booklet for whole school staff and Governors.

·  Healthy Eating booklet for school.

·  Packed lunch leaflet.

·  Celebrating Success Booklet - Moderation Edition.

·  Tools for completing and maintaining status.

·  Tool for writing outcomes.

·  Documents linking the Healthy Schools Programme with the Ofsted inspection cycle.

·  Data paper with the results from the weighing and measuring programme and the Healthy Related Behaviour Questionnaire (HRBQ).

Hertfordshire Catering

·  Regular meetings to discuss work and keep updated.

·  School Food Trust (SFT) initiatives and support for schools in meeting the guidance.

·  Members of the County Wide Schools Food Group.

·  Members of the Healthy Schools Quality Assurance Group (QUAG).

Obesity

·  Close links with PCT staff - health promotion, weighing and measuring staff, school nurses and dieticians.

·  Close links with the Weighing and Measuring Programme. Measuring of 5 and 11 year olds. This data is used to target future work.

·  Members of the County Wide Schools Food Group.

·  Members of the Healthy Schools QUAG.

·  Joint attendance at Eastern Region project on the impact of obesity on local authorities and the PCT. Leading to some joint work focusing on Broxbourne.