Health for Schools and Families

RedBranch is a not-for-profit organisation that promotes healthy lifestyle choices in Irish children and young people. We work with schools and parents, and act as advocates for healthy food and physical activity choices.

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School Run Fruit Break

1. Decide to set up a school fruit break 

2. Incorporate this into your school food policy (RedBranch provide a range of resources that help with school policy)

3. Appoint a fruit-break co-ordinator

4. Set objectives, for example:

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Fruit quality

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Children should have access to a range of fruit

5. Issues to address

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Agree products and sourcing

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Decide on organic or non-organic fruit

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Negotiate delivery

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Negotiate price

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Inform and involve parents/pupils

 6. Monitor the scheme

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To see a description of a school-run frut break in operation, see our case study of St Mochulla's NS

 

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Last modified: December 07, 2007

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