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1. Allocate 5 to 10 minutes each day for Crunch&Sip®
2. Encourage everyone to get involved
3. Getting Crunch&Sip® started and embedded in your school
4. Help all students access vegetables, fruit and water at school

Allocate 5 to 10 minutes each day for Crunch&Sip®

Pick a regular time that works best for your classes. This should occur during class time and should not replace recess. Students should only eat fresh, frozen, or canned vegetables and fruit (in natural juice), and drink plain water.

Encourage everyone to get involved

• Create a supportive environment for all students to access Crunch&Sip®:
  Ensure all students have access to vegetables, fruit and water. Foster a positive experience supporting all children to take part and free from judgment. Children should not be punished or shamed for not bringing a Crunch&Sip® item to school.
• Celebrate diversity and variety:
  Let families know they can pack culturally familiar options and share reminders in their language. Organise a 'try something new' day and encourage children to try a variety of vegetables and fruit.
  
• Teachers as role models:
  Crunch on vegetables or fruit and drink water, along with your students.

Getting Crunch&Sip® started and embedded in your school

• Embed Crunch&Sip® as a strategy to support your school’s healthy eating policy or procedure. Regularly review your approach.
• Nominate staff members to lead and support the implementation in your school.
• Discuss strategies with staff to make Crunch&Sip® a success.
• Encourage all classes to be involved and consistently take part.
• Identify ways for all students to access vegetables, fruit and water for Crunch&Sip®.
  
• Link Crunch&Sip® to lessons across STEM and PDHPE or other school programs like vegetable gardens or National Nutrition Week.
• Work with students to set Crunch&Sip® classroom goals and rules for how it will run.
  

Help all students access vegetables, fruit and water at school

Try these ideas for students who aren’t able to bring vegetables or fruit from home:

• Ask for donations or fundraise
  Involve the school and local community. They may donate produce or support healthy fundraising activities.
• Work with families and the canteen
  Parents, carers and the school canteen may be able to help provide vegetables or fruit.
• Build community partnerships
  Local charities, community groups, service clubs or suppliers may provide free or low-cost produce.
• Grow a school garden
  Plant easy-to-grow vegetables and fruit such as tomatoes, beans, carrots, strawberries or oranges. Linking garden activities to learning may help students engage.
• Promote long-life options
  Frozen vegetables and fruit, and canned fruit in natural juice, are nutritious options. They can also cost less than fresh produce.
• Make water easy to access
  Students can keep labelled water bottles in a classroom tub or on their desks so water is easy to access.

For hygiene and allergy reasons, students should not share food with each other.