what is fne?

Food and Nutrition Education (FNE) is a powerful context for learning across every subject that will have a positive impact on students. Check out the resources below to learn more about FNE and our focus areas.

Watch this video to explore key strategies towards optimising FNE within Primary School contexts. Share this video with staff so they can better understand how to incorporate FNE into their teaching and learning.

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Download, print and display the 'What is Food and Nutrition Education?' poster in your school's staffroom or curriculum planning space. The poster features a QR code that teachers can scan to access the School Foodies Curriculum Planning Toolkit.

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fne focus areas

School Foodie focus areas are aligned to V9 AC connections for Food and fibre (Agriculture and Sustainability) and Food and wellbeing (Nutrition and Culture + belonging). They provide a powerful context for learning related to food and nutrition across the curriculum.

SUSTAINABILITY

Food education focusing on sustainability empowers students to understand how food choices impact the environment, promoting practices for long-term ecological balance as well as personal and planetary health.

culture + belonging

Exploring our own and the cultural food heritage of others helps students see food as an expression of identity, enabling them to build social bonds essential for wellbeing, inclusion, and a sense of belonging.

NUTRITION

Learning the principles of nutrition and food characteristics provides students with life skills and empowers them to address contemporary food issues in ways that are personally meaningful.

agriculture

Understanding food production, through traditional and contemporary methods in managed environments, equips students with the knowledge and skills to care for the natural environment.

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge that Aboriginal self-determination is a human right and recognises the hard work of many generations of Aboriginal people who have fought for this right to be upheld.

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