NSW Health Parent information on Crunch & Sip-brochure.pdf

Crunch and sip  promotes healthy eating habits with minimal lesson disruption. Schools using this program have reported improvement in the student's ability to focus and concentrate on their work. It also supports behaviour regulation for many students.

Students will need the following to participate in crunch and sip program.

For drinks they include:

• water only
• refillable clear bottles to be used and clearly labelled
• please empty, wash and refill daily.

Food needs to be in a re-usable container, for example, no throw away packaging, except whole small apples or bananas.  Crunch snacks good to bring to school include:

• any washed fresh fruit such as cut apple pieces,

  bite size pieces of melon or berries

• any washed fresh vegetables such as

  celery sticks, carrot sticks, snow peas.

Please do not send in

• canned or pre-packaged fruit or dried fruit

• food that is not messy and easy to munch on while working, for example, not unpeeled uncut orange