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Fun With Fruit
HIGHLAND KIDS GO BANANAS Fun with Fruit aims to increase the consumption of
fruit in 3 and 4 year olds and help to establish good eating habits in
early childhood. £35,000 per year from the Health Improvement Fund will
finance this project over the next 3 years. Nurseries have welcomed this
initiative which is a result of joint working by Health Promotion and the
Childcare partnership. Eating more fruit and veg is the most important
change to your diet you can make. Everyone should eat at least 5 portions
of fruit and veg a day - the average in Highland is 2 portions.
Fiona Clarke, Health Promotion Adviser said: “It is important to develop good eating habits in
children and this project encourages 3 and 4 year olds to eat fruit
everyday, to try different kinds of fruit and hopefully to think of fruit
as a handy snack.” Fun with Fruit gives funding and a resource pack so
that nurseries can buy more fruit for their children and teach the
importance of fruit and veg in the diet. Rural nurseries and local shops
have been encouraged to link up - to encourage the turnover of good
quality fruit for all the community. Senior Early Education Development Officer, Heather
Calo said: “We have developed the Fun with Fruit pack so that
the project can be easily used by nurseries in developing fruit based
activities throughout the curriculum - games, songs, cooking and growing -
it all helps get the message across.” For further information contact: |
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