Love Kai: Feeding school wellbeing through values-led kai practices
Love Kai is a new programme developed by Community and Public Health to implement the nationwide Healthy Active Learning initiative with Canterbury education settings (primary to secondary).
Love Kai is driven by your school’s values and provides guidance and support to enhance school food and drink environment, policies and practices.
Kai is about more than nutrition, so Love Kai takes a holistic approach based on the Te Whare Tapa Whā model of health.
Love Kai schools’ policies and practices support hauora by:
- Taha Tinana – fuelling bodies and brains for growth and development;
- Taha Wairua – affirming identity, culture and values;
- Taha Whānau – strengthening community connections;
- Taha Hinengaro – equipping students to navigate the food and drink environment; and
- Whenua – connecting with and caring for our environment.
The Love Kai vision is for schools to be a fertile ground to grow healthy relationships with kai.
Documents
- Healthy Food and Drink Guidance – Early Learning Services (Ministry of Health 2020).
- Healthy Food and Drink Guidance – Schools (Ministry of Health 2020).
- Water-only Schools Toolkit (Canterbury DHB and NZDA 2017). Hard copies available to order if you are in our coverage area.
- Healthy Events and Fundraisers (Community and Public Health 2017). Hard copies available to order if you are in our coverage area.
Downloads
Download or order nutrition resources from the Community Health Information Centre.
- Benefits of drinking water (NZ Dental Association).
- Eating for Healthy Children.
- Healthy breakfasts made easy.
- Ka Pai Kai: Easy steps to great lunches.
- Sit less, move more, sleep well: Physical activity for 5 – 17 year-olds.
- Vegetables for children (Vegetables NZ).
Links
- Healthy Active Learning (Ministry of Health).
- Healthy Active Learning (Ministry of Education).
- Sport Canterbury.
Contact the Love Kai Team for more information
CANTERBURY
Kara Seers or Sarah Macfarlane
Ph: +64 3 364 1777
Email: lovekai[at]cdhb.health.nz
Love Kai supports Edible Canterbury – gardening and orchards in schools.