Eat Smart Play Smart is a training manual that promotes healthy eating and active play for children that attend outside school hours care (OSHC).  It will support educators and OSHC service providers to complement the delivery of healthy eating and physical activity education appropriate for each child.

The manual has had documented success in helping OSHC providers to serve healthier food that meet adequate dietary requirements, to offer more active play opportunities, to build educator learning and to improve children's life and cooking skills.

The manual provides useful information on

• healthy eating and physical activity
• Current Dietary Guidelines for Children and Adolescents  and Australia's Physical Activity Recommendations for Children and Youth
• Nutrition policy development 
• More than 100 healthy recipes that cater for 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50 child serves
• Food safety Special dietary needs
• An afternoon tea wall planner
• Fun ideas for indoor and outdoor games and activities for children aged 5-12, and for programs with limited facilities
• Food, nutrition and cooking activities for children
• Information sheets for parents and carers 
• A list of useful resources and organisation
• Recipes are suitable for primary school canteens as well as school functions, fetes and other events catering for the community.

How to order the Eat Smart Play smart manual
The Eat Smart Play Smart manual is available for purchase at $25.00 (including GST, postage and handling).

To order your copy, call our Health Information Service on 1300 36 27 87, email us or download order form (please note this is a new order form).

Resources
Some of the following resources have been developed and updated thanks to the kind support of the Telstra Foundation.

For OSHC staff

Information sheets

For parents and carers

Information sheets