Healthy Lunchbox Week

What is Healthy Lunchbox Week?

Healthy Luncbox Week, initiaitve of Nutrition Australia, aims to influence Australian families to create healthy and enjoyable lunchboxes. Helathy Lunchbox Week helps families prepare healthy lunchboxes by inspiring healthy lunchbox ideas and recipes, informing a healthy lunchbox balance across core food groups and raise awareness of lunchbox food hygiene and safety. The initiative also encourages schools and teachers to share healthy lunchbox messages within their school community. 

When is Healthy Lunchbox Week?

Monday, 5 February

Activities:

• Encourage the children to pack their own lunchboxes and bring it to school. Encourage the children to present to the class the nutritious foods they have packed to participate in lunchbox week
• Read a story about positive food messages
• Healthy eating cut and paste activity: Children cut up pictures of “Everyday food” and “sometimes food” and paste them into the correct.
• Create a lunchbox poster representing each of the five food groups
• Create a collage filled with healthy foods from different countries 
• Taste test a range of coloured fruits and vegetables