08 Mar 2019
Kentlyn PS is making the healthy choice the easy choice for students after officially becoming a Healthy School Canteen, which meets the NSW Food and Drink Criteria.
Please check out our official certificate.
Our canteen menu includes more fresh and healthy food choices to provide students with the essential nutrients they need to learn and grow every day.
Our school followed the ‘10 Steps to a Healthy Canteen’ online program which helps schools introduce the Food and Drink Criteria into their school canteen. This includes classifying packaged foods and measuring portion sizes of fresh foods as well as ways to promote the healthy food options available to students.
The final step involved an independent canteen menu check which confirms the canteen meets the Food and Drink Criteria and has successfully become a Healthy School Canteen.
The Healthy School Canteen Strategy is supporting the Premier’s priority to reduce overweight and obesity rates of children by 5% by 2025.
NSW public school canteens are transitioning to the new guidelines over a three-year period with all canteens expected to meet criteria by December 2019.