Professional Development Workshops

The Heart Foundation is delivering professional development workshops for teachers during the month of March. The workshops aim to unpack our four new inquiry based learning unit plans for levels 1-4. These units are linked with the curriculum and show teachers how they can use nutrition education to assist students meet numeracy and literacy national standards.

The resources have the following themes:

Level 1:  Edible Gardens - use your school's edible garden as the basis of inquiry.
Level 2:  Food as Fuel - use the 2012 London Olympics and the importance of sports nutrition to teach key nutrition messages
Level 3:  Breakfast is for Champions - raise the awareness of the importance of breakfast at your school.
Level 4:  Fast Food Sporsorhip of Athletes - discuss the influence of athletes endorsing fast food through the media
 

Workshops are scheduled as follows:

Kaitaia   21 March 2012
Whangarei Mid North  14 March 2012
Whangarei Central  15 March 2012

Auckland South  13 March 2012
Auckland Central  14 March 2012
Auckland West  15 March 2012
Hamilton Central  14 March 2012

Te Kuiti    15 March 2012
Tokoroa   22 March 2012
Thames   20 March 2012
Huntly   21 March 2012
Rotorua   14 March 2012
Taumarunui   21 March 2012

New Plymouth  13 March 2012
Central Tauranga  13 March 2012
Tauranga   14 March 2012
Whakatane   20 March 2012
Opotoki   21 March 2012

Wanganui   13 March 2012
Gisborne   20 March 2012
Hawkes Bay   14 March 2012
Palmerston North  14 March 2012

Johnsonville 13 March 2012
Lower Hutt 14 March 2012

Nelson    6 March 2012
Blenheim   7 March 2012
West Coast   21 March 2012
Christchurch   15 March 2012
Dunedin   13 March 2012
Invercargill   22 March 2012

All units are supported by a set of extra resources providing fun practical activities for your students. 

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