BCHS Annual Report 2025 - Report - Page 23
Other achievements and highlights of the team include:
Fostering good foodie culture
• 33 early childhood services, schools and workplaces were
supported to work towards Achievement Program priority
areas.
In partnership with Bendigo FoodShare, local secondary
schools got busy in the kitchen thanks to 20 Cooking for
Change sessions.
• 56 per cent of local early childhood services registered
with dental health program Smiles 4 Miles.
Weeroona College reported the initiative has led to changes
in the food culture and student knowledge at the White Hills
school.
• 37 community education sessions were delivered to 825
people.
The program educates students on healthy cooking, nutrition,
and the local food system.
• 25 interactive and informative stalls were hosted,
inclusive of local and national awareness days.
This partnership has also strengthened relationships between
BCHS and Weeroona’s canteen manager, Rebekah Hughes.
The Cooking for Change sessions helped her to see how she
could work with students to cook fresh and healthy food
using produce grown in the school garden, which could then
be sold in their canteen to students and sta昀昀.
• 175 local businesses were visited and provided with a total
of 621 no smoking or vaping signage, with an audit to
come!
• 11 puberty sessions and 6 sexual health sessions were
delivered across local schools.
BCHS health promoter Sebastian Goscha then supported
Rebekah to complete the Vic Kids Eat Well (VKEW) program
which has ensured the canteen is following healthy eating
guidelines and supporting students to make better choices.
Some of the small changes Rebekah has made includes
adding more fresh vegetables to existing menu items,
swapping out items for healthier options and serving frozen
fruit in place of sugary ice creams.
• Take the First Step continued, with advertisements aired
across APCO billboards, cinemas, four buses and social
media, promoting healthy eating and active living.
• 57 health promotion social media posts reached 55,035
accounts.
• Targeted healthy eating, physical activity and reduction of
smoking / vaping programs were developed for the Karen
and Afghan community.
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