Healthy Heart Award for Schools
Healthy Heart Award for Schools: Tohu Manawa Ora - Kura
(former School Food Programme)
The Heart Foundation's Healthy Heart Award for Schools is a free Ministry of Health funded programme that supports primary and secondary schools to develop an environment that promotes healthy nutrition and lifestyle to the whole school community.
The programme provides resources, guidance and support to develop a heart healthy environment and assists in identifying and addressing a variety of nutritional needs, resulting in a whole school approach to healthy eating.
Heart Foundation Health Promotion Coordinators deliver the Heart Foundation's education programmes to schools and early childhood education services nationally, providing specialist advice and information to help develop a robust health promotion culture.
For more information or to find out how to become involved in the Healthy Heart Award for Schools programme, read the Healthy Heart Award for Schools Programme Brochure (pdf) or contact your local Health Promotion Coordinator.
Follow this link for food safety information relating to the programme.
School Resources
These lesson ideas are curriculum linked and designed to educate your students on physical activity and nutrition and there affects on heart health.
Testimonial
Mc Auley High School has been awarded the prestigious Heart Foundation Gold Award, in recognition of the healthy changes they have made to their school and community. The school has noticed healthier students but also link the Heart Foundation programme to contributing to their latest NCEA results this year. McAuley is now one of the top performing Decile 1 schools in the country.
Read More: McAuley High School wins gold! [PDF 1.41mb]
Latest research supports Heart Foundation school programme
Research from the Health Promotion & Policy Research Unit at the Wellington Medical School considers the Heart Foundation's School Food Programme as an effective means of supporting primary schools to develop healthy eating policies - a top priority for promoting healthy childhood nutrition. Read this summary of the research or visit the Health Promotion & Policy Research Unit for more information.
The programme is also reviewed in: - Signal, L., Egan, R., and Cook, L. (Eds.). (2009). Reviews of Health Promotion Practice in Aotearoa New Zealand 2007-2008. Auckland: Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand and Health Promotion and Policy Research Unit, University of Otago. Launched at the Health Promotion Forum Symposium 2009 this provides eleven critical reviews of New Zealand health promotion programmes. It is available on the Health Promotion Forum website as an eBook.
Heart Foundation branches:
| FAR NORTH | PH:09 408 2715 |
| NORTHLAND | PH:09 459 6518 |
| AUCKLAND | PH:09 571 9191 |
| HAMILTON | PH:07 852 5145 |
| TAURANGA | PH:07 571 3013 |
| ROTORUA/TAUPO | PH:07 349 0457 |
| RUATORIA | PH:06 864 8741 |
| GISBORNE | PH:06 867 9003 |
| HAWKES BAY | PH:06 833 7446 |
| TARANAKI | PH:06 758 2863 |
| WANGANUI | PH:06 348 9267 |
| MANAWATU | PH:06 358 7745 |
| WELLINGTON | PH:04 472 2780 |
| CHRISTCHURCH | PH:03 366 2112 |
| OTAGO | PH:03 477 3999 |
| SOUTHLAND | PH:03 214 5444 |
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