RESOURCES

There is a lot of information about food and nutrition out there and not all of it is well-informed. School Foodie resources have been curated to ensure they are credible, inclusive and facilitate deep learning that is aligned with the Australian Curriculum.

Recommended Websites

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The BIG list of resources

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PICTURE
BOOK LIST

Want a picture book about a School Foodie focus area? These titles will keep younger learners hungry for more.

TASTY WEBSITES

Check out our favourite School Foodie websites, where you'll find lesson plans, videos, information and so much more.

Phenomenom
Phenomenom is a digital toolkit for teachers, jam-packed with resources aligned to a variety of subjects across the curriculum.
On this website you’ll find:
Lesson plans
Podcasts
Videos
Version 8.4 and 9 Curriculum Alignment
Veggycation
This visually stunning website aims to increase awareness about the goodness of vegetables.
On this website you’ll find:
Images
Flavour profiles
Nutrition information
Cooking methods
FreshSNAP
FreshSNAP has a range of resources to support parents, tuckshops, leadership and teachers to create healthy food environments and deliver nutrition education.
On this website you’ll find:
Lesson plans
Quick bite activities
Assessment tasks
Version 9 Curriculum alignment
Oz Harvest Feast
Feast is an OzHarvest program focusing on why food waste is an issue, what we can do to reduce food waste and how we can prepare healthy recipes using food that is often wasted at home.
On this website you’ll find:
Worksheets
Activities
Videos
Recipes
Lesson plans
Junior Landcare Learning Centre
Junior Landcare provides age appropriate activities aligned to the school curriculum to build knowledge about food production, biodiversity, First Nations perspectives and waste management.
On this website you’ll find:
Activities
Lesson plans
Australian Guide to Healthy Eating
The Australian guide to healthy eating is a food selection guide which visually represents the five food groups recommended for consumption each day.
On this website you’ll find:
Posters
Nutrition information
Recipes
Farmer Time
Farmer Time allows students to ask questions, take a virtual tour and experience what careers in food and fibre look like. Farmer Time provides a real-world context to a food and fibre related unit.
On this website you’ll find:
Online experience
Interview a farmer
Virtual farm tours
Nutrition Australia: Food&Me
Food and Me is a series of evidence-based nutrition education units (from Preschool to Year 8) linked to The Australian Curriculum: Health and PE and aligns with the Australian Dietary Guidelines.
On this website you’ll find:
Teacher notes and slides
Learning activities
Worksheets
Recipes
Gardening Australia Junior (ABC iView)
Hosted by gardening guru Costa Georgiadis, Gardening Australia Junior is packed with gardening tips, tricks and activities that all kids will dig.
On this website you’ll find:
Videos
Printable EY activities
Project ideas
Australian Organic Schools
The Australian Organic Schools Program seeks to enhance the awareness of students and educators about organic principles and practices, and their influence on environmental systems.
On this website you’ll find:
Videos
Version 9 Curriculum alignment
Worksheets
Pick of the crop
Pick of the Crop is supporting Queensland state schools to boost their student’s consumption of vegetables and fruit through locally agreed school actions.
On this website you’ll find:
Whole school approach
Videos
Recipes
School stories
Primezone
Primezone provides teachers and students with access to the Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia’s resources which focus on Food and Fibre production
On this website you’ll find:
Website links
Lesson ideas
George the Farmer
George the farmer books and educational resources are desiged to inspire kids to learn about agriculture and where their food and fibre comes from.
On this website you’ll find:
Videos
Books
Music
All About Eggs
An eggcellent website, Australian Eggs has developed a suite of learning resources with a focus on the processes and people involved in Australian egg production.
On this website you’ll find:
Videos
Version 9 Curriculum alignment
Worksheets
ABC Education
A website repository with a plethora of content (particularly videos) to support many aspects of the Curriculum including our School Foodies FNE focus areas.
On this website you’ll find:
Videos
Articles
Version 9 Curriculum alignment
Interactives
ABC Kids
An Early Years website repository with a plethora of content (particularly videos) to support many aspects of Food and nutrition education.
On this website you’ll find:
Videos
Podcasts
Activities
Music
Embrace Kids Classroom Program
The Embrace Kids Program is an evidence-based resource aligned to the Health and PE curriculum. It supports effective health promotion and health education practice for students in Years 5-8.
On this website you’ll find:
Videos
Lesson plans
Activities
Worksheets
Version 9 Curriculum alignment
Pick Your Plate
Pick Your Plate! A Global Guide to Nutrition is an educational nutrition game that will help teach students about building healthy meals while using nutritional guidelines from countries around the world.
On this website you’ll find:
Interactives
Lesson ideas
Recipes
Australian dietary guidelines

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