Food Dudes is an evidence-based healthy eating programme designed to encourage children to eat more fruit & vegetables.
It works by positively changing children's attitudes towards eating fresh fruit and vegetables. This is achieved by combining three key elements - repeated tasting, rewards and role modelling - on a recurring 4-year cycle.
The children in our school enjoy the programme and it has certainly had a positive impact on our lunchboxes.
Health Promoting Schools
The Healthy Ireland-Health Promoting Schools’ (HPS) Flag is presented by the HSE to schools as an acknowledgement of their work in improving the health of their school communities.
The health-promoting schools' programme is a whole school process to move away from the mindset that being healthy is solely revolved around what we eat. In our school the health-promoting schools' programme enables the whole school community to focus on health and wellbeing.
