CHCECE004: Promote Healthy Food and Drinks - Case Study Solutions

This assignment presents solutions to case studies related to CHCECE004, focusing on promoting healthy food and drinks in early childhood education and care services. It addresses scenarios involving parents who do not adhere to the service's food and nutrition policies, such as providing sugary drinks or unhealthy lunchboxes. The solutions suggest strategies for communicating with parents about the importance of healthy eating, implementing child-appropriate learning experiences to promote healthy choices, and accommodating individual dietary needs while maintaining inclusivity during events like Easter egg hunts. The assignment emphasizes the importance of providing information to families about discretionary food items and promoting healthy alternatives.

CHC30113 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care
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Introduction
You are required to complete one written assessment task, which has three separate components for
CHCECE004 Promote and provide healthy food and drinks.
In completing the final assessments, you will show evidence of your ability to:
 promote healthy eating
 plan food and drinks that are nutritious and appropriate for each child
 maintain food safety while carrying out food-handling activities.
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31834B/01 Written assessment
Part A - Case studies
Student instructions Consider each of the below situations then answer the questions or complete the tasks that follow. To answer questions accurately, you may refer to applicable legislation including the National
Quality Standard and Education and Care Services National Regulations, along with the Belonging,
Being and Becoming – The Early Years Learning Framework, Early Childhood Australia Code of
Ethics, policies and procedures common to early childhood education and care services, position
descriptions detailing an educator’s duty of care responsibilities, and/or other sources such as
professional readings along with the course textbook and identified key resources. Ensure you acknowledge and cite your sources accordingly. This is important whether you use your
own words or quote the author’s words. For more information on referencing and plagiarism, refer
to the ‘Academic reference guide’ in the Student Handbook.
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Case Study 1
You are working in an early childhood education and care service that asks families to provide their
children’s snacks, meals and drinks for consumption throughout the day. A parent has begun sending
juice in their child’s drink bottle, instead of following the service’s Food and Nutrition Policy, which
states that children should only drink water when in care at the service. After discussing this with the
parent, the parent begins to send colourless cordial in their child’s drink bottle.
Complete the following:
a) Which policies, typically available in an early education and care service, is this parent
breaching? For example; Food and Nutrition Policy. Identify one more policy.
From the above discussed case study, primary care policy is breaching which is significantly
one of the most specific policy adopted by school for ensuring proper care services among
children. As parents are sending juice with child, instead of following the service food and
nutrition policy which states children should only drink water when in care at school.
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Assessor Feedback
This policy could be helpful Rosy, however I would suggest there are others that might be more
relevant-for example:
The nutrition, food and healthy beverages policy found here-Nutrition Food Beverages Dietary
Requirements Policy.pdf (ecms.org.au)
Trainer's Name: Debra Hine Date: 9th November 2021
b) Identify two (2) documents/information resources that you could direct the parent to in
order to educate them about the dangers of giving their child unhealthy drinks.In your
answer, include the full title of each information resource and/or website including the Web
address to clearly identify to the assessor the resources you would direct the parent to. Your
suggestions should refer to recognised publications from a Government Authority.
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Information Resource
Name of Article: 4 healthy drinks your kids should drink and 4 unhealthy drinks they should
avoid
Resources for Parents include:
Website: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/food-news/unhealthy-and-healthy-beverages-for-your-
kids/articleshow/70204841.cms
Information Resource 2:
Name of Article:Health Safety of Soft Drinks: Contents, Containers, and Microorganisms
Resources for Parents include:
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2015/128697/
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I have checked the web-sites and they are both suitable resources Rosy-thank you
Trainer's Name: Debra Hine Date: 9th November 2021
c) Briefly outline three (3) possible health implications for this child if they are only drinking
sugary fluids.
1. Weight gain/obesity
2. Type 2 diabetes
3. Tooth decay
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Assessor Feedback
Yes, these are most definitely areas of concern.
Trainer's Name: Debra Hine Date: 9th November 2021
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Case Study 2
You are working in an early childhood education and care service that asks families to provide
their children’s snacks and meals. You have noticed that one of the families who access the
service continually pack their child’s lunchbox with highly processed, brown coloured,
carbohydrate rich foods, such as white bread, sweet biscuits, Nutri-Grain breakfast cereal and
rice crackers. The lunch box does not feature a variety of foods, such as those from other food
groups.
Complete the following:
a) Outline three (3) ways to communicate to the parents about the importance of
including a variety of food types in their child’s lunch.
There are various ways to communicate ways to parents of small children, about importance
of including variety of food types in child lunch which can be further analyzed as follows:
1. Using bulletin board or emails, to post on healthy eating policies and weekly menus about
bulletin board, where sample list of healthy snacks will enable them to gain knowledge on
importance in including variety of healthy food at child lunch.
2. Involving families of children in menu planning, field trips and discussions on importance
of healthy food eating practices will generate focus on improvised importance for indulging
healthy child lunch practices significantly.
3. Inviting guest speakers to parent information insights about importance of including
variety of food types in child lunch boxes, and also to further expand key knowledge on
integrating only healthy food practices.
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Thank you Rosy-these are suitable opportunities to share with parents
Trainer's Name: Debra Hine Date: 9th November 2021
b) Describe three (3) child appropriate learning experiences you could implement with young
children to promote healthy eating.
1.Encourging children to eat slowly, which will enable to be motivated to indulge in
promoting healthy eating practices with other children.
2 Involving children in healthy food eating practices, such as juices and fruit, vegetables
meals with planned up group activities at the weekend.
3 Making meal times relaxed and comfortable for children at school will enable to promote
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healthy eating significantly, and also further bring on healthy food eating practices at school.
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This question is about activities that the child can participate in. You have provided positive support
during meal times, however educational games and activities can happen at any time and should be
ideally promoted within programming.
A good example of this may be stories and songs. I used to read: Charlie and Lola – I will not ever
never eat a tomato, and The boy who loved Broccoli.
Trainer's Name: Debra Hine Date: 9th November 2021
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Case Study 3
It is coming up to April and the early childhood education and care service where you work
traditionally holds an Easter egg hunt within the service’s grounds. The children eagerly look forward
to this experience each year, and make Easter egg baskets to collect their eggs in. This year a parent, in
the 3-5s room has requested that their child not participate in the egg hunt as they do not allow their
child to eat chocolate. The parent also makes comment that they feel this experience contradicts the
service’s practices in relation to promoting healthy eating amongst the children and their families.
Complete the following:
a) How would you accommodate this parent’s request, while at the same time respecting the
wishes of the other families who attend the service? Remember, it is important not to make
any child feel excluded.
Parents request can be accommodated by adopting healthy alternative instead of chocolate, at
Easter egg hunt where school can further take up multi grain less sugary, chocolates for
children. The school service practices in relation to promoting healthy eating amongst
children and their families, will be correlated with policy to indulge in healthy eating among
children. This will enable all children to take active part in Easter Egg Hunt and also enjoy
new creative experience with relevance to indulging in healthy eating practices.
Parent request to accommodate adopting of healthy alternative instead of chocolate for child
will be done by properly focusing on bringing healthy multi grain chocolate with less sugar
for childe. The school services practices in relation to promotion healthy food, will be
further enhanced in relation to healthy eating so that any child do not feel excluded. Staff at
school, could also use attractive wraps other healthy food items like grapes or strawberries in
colourful foil for the children to hunt for which will make them engaged in activity with
same interest.
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I can see where you are going with this Rosy and you are on the right path.
Please outline how you would adjust the experience to accommodate the parents. Provide examples
of the changes you make in order to work around the family and make this an inclusive activity.
For example:
 staff could wrap other healthy food items like grapes or strawberries in colourful foil for the children
to hunt for.
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Trainer's Name: Debra Hine Date: 9th November 2021
b) Leading up to the Easter Egg hunt, list three additional ways you could provide information
to families about the inclusion of ‘discretionary’ or ‘sometimes’ food items in the service’s
program.
For example; 2 weeks before the Easter Egg hunt I would put up a poster letting families know about
the event.
1. Using email or bulletins will enable inform families of children about inclusion of
healthy food items practices into service program, whereschool further aims to bring
forward focus on opting for healthy alternatives significantly. The email will also
discuss program specifics of Easter Egg Hunt, as it will enable parent to get detailed
examination of aspects which will be developed.
2. Diary notes within children, will enable information to families be reached about
activities that will be undertaken, and also detail of food items in service program can
be discussed by families.
3. Sending templates of Easter Egg hunt with students, will engage families with
specific detailed information about the food items used in services. This will be also
attractively creative, innovative for engaging students and families on Easter egg
hunt.
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These are great forms of communication. I also recommend using permission slips for special
events.
Trainer's Name: Debra Hine Date: 9th November 2021
c) List at least two ways to maintain food safety and hygiene standards during the Easter Egg
Hunt.
The two ways to maintain food safety and hygiene standards during the Easter Egg Hunt at
school are by adopting significant aspects which are as follows:
 Sealing waste bins properly, to keep waste under control and also checking sanitation
practices.
 Cleaning up floors regularly for removing sticky residues, which will enable food
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