Following our whole school theme on Sustainability we introduced a Nude Food day at school as a recommendation from one of the grades that investigated food. Previously we haven't recorded whole school participation in these events.
This year when we relaunched our Nude Food Tuesdays we decided to record our results as a whole school. At first this was done by the teacher doing a quick survey of their class on a scrap piece of paper. We found that there wasn't any incentive for the students or the teachers to participate in Nude Food Tuesdays. Often both the students and teachers would forget or they would be too busy to do it. At one of the assemblies Mr Horton reminded the students about Nude Food and being sustainable. This inspired a few more students and encouraged some to remind the teachers to record the data. Following this Mr Horton decided that we should all get more active in Nude Food Tuesdays. He came up with an idea to make sure the data was collected and encourage participation. He created an online survey using Testmoz and then assign points to the completion of each question on the survey. This was introduced to the students on the 21st of July. As you can see by the data below this really sparked interest in the event and our data is looking great. Initially it was thought that points could be assigned to the amount of people who participated by having nude food. On reflection of this idea it was considered not to be ideal as many children do not have control over what their parents purchase and pack for their lunches. So to be fair to all children and each grade the emphasis was put on collecting the data. Hopefully over time with the release of the data in the school community showing the whole school and individual class breakdown the number of students who participate by having nude food will increase.
In October the school will participate in National Nude Food day and the Green Team are preparing activities and events for this day. Keep reading our blog for our improvements and adventures.
I really look forward to "nude food" Tuesdays. Many children are really enjoying the challenge of reducing the packaging on their food. I know that in our house it is starting to save us money at the supermarket! What a bonus!
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