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
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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