Healthy Children's Learning Hub

The Healthy Children's Learning Hub provides free online courses and resources to teach children and young people how to make healthy choices.

Courses

Early childhood education and care

Food&ME Preschool Professional Learning Course

This course provides practical ideas and materials to support the delivery of nutrition education to preschool students using the Food&ME preschool curriculum resource.

It has been approved for two TQI teacher accredited hours. Food&ME Preschool is mapped to the Early Years Learning Framework and the National Quality Standards.

Kids at Play Active Play Professional Learning Course

This course provides information on the importance of active play and fundamental movement skills (FMS) development.

It will also help early childhood educators feel confident to promote active play and teach FMS to children aged three and above in their early childhood education and care service or lower primary class.

It has been approved for two TQI teacher accredited hours.

Primary school

Food&ME Kindergarten – Year 6 Professional Learning Course

This course provides practical ideas and materials to support the delivery of nutrition education in the classroom using the Food&ME Kindergarten – Year 6 curriculum resources.

This online course has been approved for two TQI teacher accredited hours. Food&ME is mapped to the Australian Curriculum and aligns with the Australian Dietary Guidelines and the National Healthy School Canteen Guidelines.

High school

Entrepreneurs: It’s Your Move (IYM) Professional Learning Course

This course is an innovative, award-winning curriculum where students follow the design thinking and entrepreneurial process to produce solutions to improving the health of their school community. IYM is practical, interactive and fun, with strong links to Technologies and HPE.

Teaching resources support a variety of flexible options for delivery. This online course has been approved for three TQI teacher accredited hours.

Vaping, Youth and Health Professional Learning Course

This course supports teachers of students in years 7 and 8 in the development and delivery of learning programs about e-cigarettes and vaping. It provides evidence-based information on e-cigarettes, their health and environmental impacts, and access to a teacher toolkit including curriculum-linked classroom resources. Vaping, Youth and Health is mapped to the Australian Curriculum version 9. This online course has been approved for two TQI teacher accredited hours.

How to enrol

ACT Government employees

If you have an ACT Government email address, log in using your work email address and password.

How to select your course:

1. Select the 'my learning' quick action box.
2. In the 'find learning' search box on the right-hand side of the page, enter 'health promotion'.
3. You will see the health promotion courses listed.
4. Select the course you want to enrol in.
5. Ensure that pop ups are not blocked on your browser.

Everyone else

If you are not an ACT Government employee, fill out the account creation form to request an account to access the Health Promotion courses.

You will receive an email within 24 hours with instructions on how to log in.

How to select your course:

1. You'll find the courses listed under ‘My Learning Assignments’.
2. Select the course you want to enrol in.
3. Ensure that pop ups are not blocked on your browser.

Contact

For more information or support for any of these courses, email healthpromotion@act.gov.au.