Health and Fitness at Heatherton Christian College,
2010!

Teaching Initiatives Program 2010 Winner
Mini Master Chefs 2010
Heatherton Christian College wishes to implement a 'Mini Master Chefs' program to provide their 5 and 6 year old
students with a positive, fun experience with food to empower them to make healthier food choices. The program will
take place once a month and will focus on different meals such as breakfast, snacks, lunch, dinner and dessert. The
classes will involve grade-level appropriate activities that connect the foods being used to other areas of
learning, including English, Personal/Social Development, Health, Design/Creativity, Mathematics, Science, Social
Studies, and Language Arts.
Carlo the Chef Puppet will begin each class by introducing the focus for the cooking lesson. He will then
introduce the recipe, outline the benefits of the ingredients that they will be using and talk about the importance
of listening very carefully to the parent helper and following their instructions. The students will then learn the
importance of washing their hands before cooking, and to safely work with foods and kitchen utensils as well as the
importance of working together as a team. This initiative is a great way for the students to learn more about their
community and about the value of sharing with others.

Students at Heatherton Christian College participate
in
'Go For Your Life'


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