What is The Big Vegie Crunch?

Did you know that only around 6% of Australian children eat enough vegetables? To help our community do better, our school will be taking part in The Big Vegie Crunch (part of Vegetable Week) on Thursday 5th March as part of our normal Crunch & SIP routine.

Primary schools across NSW will be joining together to break the record for the most students crunching vegetables:

- 50 260 students crunching simultaneously (2018 record)

- 14 991 students crunching at other times over Vegetable Week (2019 record)

What can you do to help?

• Pack a container of vegetables (not fruit this time) for your child to eat on Thursday 5th March 

• Remember to keep serving up the vegetables at home and in your children’s lunchboxes!

Need some ideas?

• carrot, celery, cucumber – cut into sticks or left whole

• capsicum – cut into sticks or wedges

• corn – raw baby corn spears or a cooked corn cob

• broccoli or cauliflower florets - raw or lightly cooked to keep their crunch

• tomatoes – small cherry tomatoes or a large tomato that can be eaten like an apple

• beans or snow peas - raw or lightly cooked to keep their crunch

• mushrooms – sliced or left whole