Four years of bringing gardens and nutrition to outback schools

Pollyemma Antees

Far West NSW Medicare Local

Objective of Healthy Outback Kids

• improve ヮ;ヴWﾐデゲ ;ﾐS IｴｷﾉSヴWﾐげゲ ﾆﾐﾗ┘ﾉWSｪW ﾗa ﾐ┌デヴｷデｷﾗﾐ and healthy food choices

• improve access to healthy food options by

• constructing school gardens,

• ensuring healthy tuck shop policies

• improve student access to a variety of promotion activities

• develop and support local partnerships between schools and service providers

The Healthy Outback Kids Region

FW NSW ML region

Building the First Garden. 2009!

Everyone helps even CEO Stuart Gordon

How it Started

July 2009 • Steering Committee established

August 2009 に April 2010 • Bourke School Gardens are built

August 2009 • Contracts Healthy Kids Association

to supported project with Fly- in Fly out visits to Bourke and Brewarrina • Ambition to tackle Food Security for

kids • understanding better choices to eat.

• Access, knowledge, skill and price are all factors contributing to Food Security

• Work with School Canteens

Brewarrina School Garden

Brewarrina Children planting out the gardens

Cobar Garden Construction

All Primary Schools are targeted to get

involved with Health Outback Kids

HOK going out into the community

Fresh fruit tastings

Bourke Primary School

Brewarrina School Cooking

Floods, Droughts, Emus and Kangaroos

Flood or Drought only slowed the

building of gardens.

Having the only green patch meant

including a kangaroo and emu proof

fence into the budget.

Shade sails to protect from the Summer sun

Collarenebri School Garden 2013

2010

• け“ｴ;ﾆW ; LWｪげ ;ﾐS けHｷヮ Hﾗヮげ ｷﾐデヴﾗS┌IWS デﾗ the schools. Exercise programs

• けFruitoげ introduced

2011

• Both of Cobar primary schools gardens are built

2012

• Gardens are maintained and healthy promotion in the schools continues.

July 2013

• Funding ends and FWNSWML takes over HOK as part of Rural Primary Health Service (RPHS)

2013 - Including Preschools

• Collarenebri, Lightning Ridge, Walgett Central, Weilmoringle gardens are built

• Gardens built at Collarenebri Preschool

• In developing and maintaining edible gardens, communities in far west NSW have access to healthy food options and a variety of promotional activities.

• Using the South Australian Government Program Vegie Fun for Everyone • introduce vegetable awareness in Preschools.

• 6 week program for 4 -5 years olds to learn about vegetables

Vegie Fun for Everyone

2014

• Burren Junction and St Joseph's Gardens completed.

• FWNSWML assisted Little Diggers Preschool for a FRRR Grant application. Results one garden complete with water tank.

2014 - FWNSWML continues to fund the program

The HOK Team

- 3 local Dietitians

- 1 Aboriginal Health Worker

- 1 Allied Health Assistant

- 1 Allied Health Assistant Trainee

- 4 Aboriginal Health Worker trainees

- 1 contracted garden maintenance

guru に Nursery Owner and former

Horticultural Teacher.

Excitement of tasting from the garden

Meals made by students in 2014

Term 1

• Tuna and salad wraps and taste

test Watermelon

Term 2

• home made hamburgers

Term 3

• minestrone soup and Jonny

cakes

Term 4

• fruit smoothies, fruit kebabs and

vegetables and chicken kebabs

Hands on Cooking

Tuna and Salad Wraps!

Official Garden Openings

2014 Results. During term 1,2 3

There has been

Small Schools:

• Weilmoringle Public School, whole school, 12

students.

• Enngonia Public School, whole school, 12-15 students.

• Carinda Public School, whole school22

• Burren Junction, whole school 28

Big Schools:

• Brewarrina Central School, year 3-4, 30 students.

• St Patrick's Brewarrina, year 3-6, 30 students.

• Bourke Public School, year 3-6, 20 students.

• St Ignatius Bourke, year 3-4, 30 students.

• Cobar Public School, year3-4, 30 students.

• “デ Jﾗｴﾐげゲ Cobar, year 3-4, 30 students.

• Collarenebri Central School, year 3, 30 students

• Lightning Ridge Central School, year 3, 35 students

• Goodooga Central School junior class に 30 students

• St Joseph's Walgett Primary, year 30, 30 students

• Walgett Central School year 3-4 ,35 students

More Results

• 15 gardens built in 4 years. Distance between gardens is 500kms!

• 2014 に 1628 children have participated in the program

• Pre questionnaire on fruit and vegetable intake completed in Term 1

• Post questionnaire results will be available after Term4

• Qualitative data • 90% of children in the class have tried the meals prepared • さI ﾉﾗ┗W デｴWゲW ヮWﾗヮﾉWざ さI ﾉﾗ┗W ┗WｪWデ;HﾉWゲざ • Ownership over the gardens, looking great compared to first term • Kids trying new vegetables • Asking more questions, more engaged • Kids who previously were not trying foods are trying • Shock horrors on their face when they learn about the sugar and fat content of different

foods • Teachers learning new things

Students engaged!

Future 2015 and beyond

• More gardens に Louth Primary, Wanaaring Primary and the Preschools/ daycare centers

• More education days at the schools

• A School newsletter with Healthy competition in regards to garden and canteen challenges

• Development of the HOK School Working Party to work together on funding for garden maintenance and expansion • Walgett Central School, Goodooga and Burren Junction all need shade sails

structures installed. • Burren Junction requires benches and a kitchen sink/ bench combo.

• Waiting on Funding application results for Market Gardens in each community to ensure sustainability of fruit and vegetable supply .

Thankyou to the HOK Team

• Dane Parnaby Healthy Lifestyle Project Officer/Aboriginal Health Worker,

• Jemma Flanagan Bourke Dietitian,

• Tiffany Williams, Bourke Dietitian (Jan 2013 に August 2014)

• Rhianna Sullivan Aboriginal Health Worker trainee,

• Keah Gibbs Aboriginal Health Worker trainee,

• Tionee Yager Allied Health Assistant

• Zoie McLean Green Aboriginal Allied Health Assistant.

• Lisa Nguyen, Lightning Ridge Dietitian,

• Mick Ah に Kｷデが MWﾐげゲ HW;ﾉデｴ Pヴﾗｪヴ;ﾏ OaaｷIWヴが • Karen Sutton Aboriginal Health Worker Trainee

• Jackie Davis, Nursery on Mertin, Bourke に the garden guru.

Any Questions?