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Nutrition Australia Qld's Food Foundations Program

Accessing training and menu reviews during COVID-19

If you would like to access our services, but are restricting outside visitors to your centre due to COVID-19, please still get in touch! Depending on the technology you have available to you in your centre, we can can work with you to deliver our services remotely through Zoom. Please email foodfoundations@naqld.org or call us on 3257 4393 if you would like to enquire about accessing our services during this time.

As educators and specialists in the early years industry you play an invaluable role to our children’s futures. Health and nutrition play an integral part of every child’s life. Ensuring children have access to nutritious and safely prepared meals will improve their overall health, behaviour and learning outcomes.

As a Food Foundations subscriber, you not only benefit the children in your care, you can also benefit your setting as a whole including your local community through the following:

ADVOCACY – We are a proactive voice with connections with government, non-government, private enterprise and media outlets.

PD AND TRAINING – Our team of experienced Dietitians, Nutritionists and Health Promotion officers with experience in the early years industry provide tailored professional development and training.

RESOURCES AND COMPLIANCE – Our range of expertly designed resources will assist you to meet your compliance requirement and strive for best practice.

INDUSTRY UPDATES – Let us keep you up to date on the latest research and requirements around nutrition and food safety.

Being a subscriber will enable you to stay informed on of the latest requirements in best practice, research and policy around food and nutrition.

Most importantly, as a subscriber, you are supporting Nutrition Australia Qld, a charity that has been operating for over 20 years, being the voice of health and nutrition for Queensland children.

Subscription information

Subscribe to Food Foundations ($100+GST)

Through the 2020 subscription year the Food Foundations program will focus on four themes.

Each theme will include focused discussion, resources and information relating directly to legislative requirements and will discuss exceeding themes. Resources will available for subscribers to use. Themes include:

MENU PLANNING: April – June 2020
- Including menu planning, for settings who provide food, menu planning for families at home including parents who send lunchboxes and infant menu planning requirements.
NUTRITION POLICY: July – September 2020
- Including information, templates and advice for all setting types on what to include in nutrition policy, includes case studies.
NUTRITION, CURRICULUM AND TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES: October – December 2020
- Including information and strategies on how nutrition links with the relevant curriculum and teaching opportunities for nutrition and food safety.
RISK MANAGING QUALITY AREA 2: January – March 2021
- Includes information on some of the risks associated in Quality area 2 (such as nutrition, allergy and food safety risks) and measures which can be put in place to minimise risks occurring.

ADDITIONAL subscriber benefits include

Free quarterly Zoom professional development sessions run by our Dietitians
Updates and information about the National Quality Framework
12 month subscription to the Food Foundations e-newsletter including recipes and nutrition updates
Access to the ‘subscribers only’ area of the Food Foundations website
Additional e-newsletter subscriptions*

Professional development

Training, professional development and services

Let us work with your early childhood setting to help you meet and exceed the food and nutrition related principles of the National Quality Standard including the Early Years Learning Framework.

Our team with experience in the early years industry provide tailored professional development and training.

Our workshops are specifically designed for the early years industry. Find out more about the training and services we offer by clicking on the links below:

Training and Professional Development:

Services:

Menu Assessment

Online Training:

Other online courses:

Safe knife skills

View our training and services list

Resources and Recipes

Access recipes designed for early years settings and families

Click on the link below to browse resources and information specific for early years settings and families:

Subscriber only resources and information

As a subscriber you have access to resources such as fact sheets, posters and articles.

Login to the Food Foundations website and click on the link below to access a wide range of ‘unlocked’ resources and information specific for early years settings and families:

Browse resources and information on early years nutrition

Click here to find out more

Access more resources here

Our Team

Mrs Nicole Bentley

Dietitian/Nutritionist APD; Trainer and Assessor

Bachelor Health Science (Nutrition & Dietetics); Bachelor Applied Science (Human Movement Studies); Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment

Nicole has worked as an Accredited Practicing Dietitian with NAQ for over 12 years. As manager of the Food Foundations Program, Nicole has a long history of providing professional development and training for families and staff working in the early years industry. Nicole has managed many state-wide projects focused on improving the nutrition and health of Queensland children.

Ms Rosie Mohr

Dietitian/Nutritionist APD

Bachelor Health Science (Nutrition & Dietetics)

Rosie is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian with a diverse range of experiences in the field of nutrition over the past 8 years, all with a strong focus on preventative health. As a dietitian in the Food Foundations team Rosie conducts menu assessments and delivers professional development workshops focusing on food safety and nutrition in early childhood settings

Ms Farryn Dale

Administration and Customer Support