Programme Details
The Award Scheme has stepped into its third year and continues to encourage students to plan and implement nutrition labelling promotion activities in school/community settings. Participants can enhance their understanding and use of nutrition labelling, demonstrate and enhance their creativity, analytical, organisation abilities and communication skills via the planning, implementing the activities and the evaluation process. Students can also take this opportunity to serve the schoolmates and/or society and build up self confidence.
The Award Scheme not only let students to implement and promote healthy lifestyles, it can also be incorporated as part of the Healthy School Policy, health-related co-curricular activities, or as learning elements under life-wide learning or Other Learning Experiences.
Emphases of the Award Scheme include:
- Relevant to daily life
- Encourage the use of nutrition labelling
- Accurate and effective message delivery
- Adoption of objective evaluation methods for improving future activities
- Innovative
- Promotion coverage and participation of promotion targets
Entry Requirements
Participants should be secondary school students and enrol as a school team with guidance from their teachers. A school may form more than one team while each should consist of not more than ten core members. Each team registers as either Junior or Senior Group, based on the grade attended by its most senior team members:
- Junior Group: Form 1 to Form 3 students
- Senior Group: Form 4 or above students
Follow Up and Support
The CFS will provide training to students by designated staff, arrange distribution of resource package and provide resources depending on the nature of activities e.g. activity materials or arrangement of speakers, etc. Professional partners will also be invited to visit the participating teams to exchange ideas.
Award Presentation Ceremony
ll participating teams will be invited to an award presentation ceremony scheduled for July 2013. Meritorious and outstanding promotional projects will be awarded. All participants who have completed the Award Scheme will be given a certificate of participation to recognise their efforts.
Further Information or Enquiry
Ms. CHAN of the Risk Communication Section, CFS on 3962 2066
Organisers
Jointly organised by the Centre for Food Safety of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and Education Bureau
Supporting Organisation
Committee on Home-School Co-operation
Enrolment Form and Guidance Notes
Invitation Letter to Secondary School Principals