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.

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