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World School Milk Day

It's delicious, it's nutritious and it's being celebrated around the world...it's Milk!

On Wednesday 26th of September 2012, school students from over 80 countries around the world will be celebrating World School Milk Day by enjoying a drink that not only tastes great but is good for them too.

The first World School Milk day was celebrated in September 2000 and has since become an annual event celebrated in many countries throughout the world. It provides an opportunity for the international community to focus on the importance of drinking milk at school and its health benefits for growing children.

As the day falls on school holidays for most Australian states and territories, encourage students to engage in some World School Milk Day activities while at home during the holidays and celebrate as a school at the start of Term 4.



How to Celebrate World School Milk Day in 2012



Teachers

Celebrate World School Milk Day by incorporating some fun lesson ideas and activities into your classroom curriculum. You could ask students to do the following:

* Create a weekly diet plan that includes creative ways to drink milk every day

* Research the various essential nutrients contained in milk and how they contribute to good health

* Create their own milk brand and design the packaging for their milk carton

* Create a poem about how the milk gets from the farm to the plate

* Research a product that is made from milk and present its health benefits to the class

* Research how other countries celebrate World School Milk Day and ask the students to present their findings to the class



Visit the Unbeatable Bones, Fuel for Life and Farm to Plate modules on www.dairy.edu.au/discoverdairy for more information about the Australian dairy industry and the importance of children consuming dairy products as part of a healthy balanced diet.



Canteens

Celebrate World School Milk Day in the canteen by doing the following:

* Ask students to submit a milkshake recipe as part of a competition - the winner could have their recipe made on the day by the canteen staff

* Ask the students to help decorate the canteen for World School Milk Day by creating posters

* Create a special World School Milk Day smoothie and make it available in the canteen to celebrate the day

* Offer a special World School Milk Day lunch deal that includes a small carton of milk or flavoured milk

* Create a selection of menu items for the day which all contain a product made from milk

WORLD SCHOOL MILK DAY 2012 PDF 02

Visit the Canteens section of www.dairy.edu.au/discoverdairy to order your Discover Dairy Canteen Recipe Book. It is packed full of healthy dairy recipes for the school canteen.



 Celebrate at home
Encourage your students to ask their parents to help cook up a storm with Dairy Australia's delicious dairy-inspired recipes that are not only easy but healthy too. For healthy meal and snack ideas visit www.dairyaustralia.com.au/kidsneed3

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