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HEALTHY Schools Lesson Resource Bank

Early Level – Get Up & Grow

Interdisciplinary Learning Project – Healthy Habits for Life

Planning Framework Context for Learning – Healthy Eating

Healthy Eating Module – Fruit & Veg

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Theme Topic Suggested Learning ActivitiesHealthy eating Fruit and Vegetables 1 Eat-Well Plate

Healthy eating Fruit and Vegetables 2 Fruit on a healthy plate

Healthy eating Fruit and Vegetables 3 Vegetables on a healthy plate

Healthy eating Fruit and Vegetables 4 Design a fruit salad

Healthy eating Fruit and Vegetables 5 Design a veggie pizza

Healthy eating Fruit and Vegetables 6 Design a fruit kebab

Healthy eating Fruit and Vegetables 7 Eat the rainbow

Healthy eating Fruit and Vegetables 8 Design a smoothie

Healthy eating Fruit and Vegetables 9 Design a healthy sandwich

Healthy eating Fruit and Vegetables 10 Amazing fruits

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Theme: Healthy Eating

Topic: Fruit & Vegetables

SUGGESTED LEARNING ACTIVITIESProvide children Hand out 1 (The Eat-well plate)

The Eat-well plate shows the different types of food we need to eat – and in what proportions – to have a well balanced and healthy diet.

It's a good idea to try to get this balance right every day, but you don't need to do it at every meal. And you might find it easier to get the balance right over a longer period, say a week.

Eating healthily is about eating the right amount of food for your energy needs. In Britain most adults are either overweight or obese. This means many of us are eating more than we need, and should eat and drink fewer calories in order to lose weight.

However, it doesn't apply to children under the age of two because they have different nutritional needs.The Eat-Well plate

Provide children with Worksheet 1 (The Eat-well plate)The children will work individually to accurately draw and colour an item(s) of food in each section of the plate.The children could be instructed to choose their favourite foods from each section or foods which they would like to taste in future.

The children will have opportunity to present their Eat-well plate to the rest of their class. The children will be able to state the foods which they have chosen, and why?

Plenary – Allow the class to refer back to the Learning Intentions and Success Criteria for this lesson and decide if each of these have been met.

Extension task

Children could create another plate which could be eaten at a different time of the day, to the first plate they created. The children should use a completely new selection of foods to complete the task.

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SUGGESTED LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Fruits place on the Eat-well plateThe children should be shown Handout 2 as a class, and spoken through it explaining what each fruit is. Children should be encouraged to guess and ask questions. The children should be shown fruits on interactive white board or other resource, as a whole and also internally after being sliced in two, to show them how different fruits can be on the inside.

The Class teacher should offer children opportunity to explain their experiences and preferences of fruit, and praised when a positive choice of choosing and enjoying fruit is displayed.

Children could be quizzed on fruits, what do you think it will look like inside?

Why should we eat fruit?

Fruits contain many vitamins, antioxidants, some minerals, and many enzymes which are needed to keep our body healthy. Not only this, eating fruits helps in many ways to stop us getting unwell.

Individual task - The children will be asked to draw fruit which they know or have learned about during this lesson. There will be space for 6 fruits to be drawn, which all children should be able to complete individually; some may require support through the class teacher or peers. More able children can be asked to complete using trickier or less common fruits.

Children will have an opportunity to present to the class or to a small group, to explain what they have chosen and why they have chosen them. Extensions: The children, who can complete the task correctly, can be asked to complete it again with a different set of fruits. This will be more difficult and may

require some more support, from the class teacher or peers.

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Topic: Fruit & Vegetables SUGGESTED LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Vegetables on a healthy plateThe children should be shown Handout 3 as a class, and spoken through it explaining what each vegetable is. Children should be encouraged to guess and ask questions. The children should be shown vegetables on interactive white board or other resource, as a whole and also internally after being sliced in two, to show them how different vegetables can be on the inside.

The Class teacher should offer children opportunity to explain their experiences and preferences of vegetables and praised when a positive choice of choosing and enjoying vegetables is displayed.

Children could be quizzed on vegetables, what do you think it will look like inside?

Why should we eat vegetables?

We should eat vegetables every day because they are very helpful for our bodies. Vegetable are helpful because; they contains a lot of vitamins, and water that our body needs, they contain fibre, and antioxidants

Individual task - The children will be asked to draw vegetables which they know or have learned about during this lesson. There will be space for 6 vegetables to be drawn, which all children should be able to complete individually; some may require support through the class teacher or peers. More able children can be asked to complete using trickier or less common vegetables.

Children will have an opportunity to present to the class or to a small group, to explain what they have chosen and why they have chosen them.

Extensions:

The children, who can complete the task correctly, can be asked to complete it again with a different set of vegetables. This will be more difficult and may require some more support, from the class teacher or peers.



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Design a fruit salad Explain that they will be doing some work learning about fruit. Go round the class to see how many different types of fruit the children can

name. These should be recorded ideally with a coloured sketch next to the name, where the children can see them, and refer to them during the lesson. Discuss the fruits shape, colour, size, texture, taste; sweet, & sour

Ask the children what their favourite fruit is and why. Show a selection of fruit on the interactive whiteboard or other resource and see if the children can name each one, start simple and get a

little trickier to test them, if possible ensure every child has learned a new fruit.

Individual task During this lesson the children will be asked to design their own fruit salad, which they would like to make at a later date. There will be a bowl which the children can choose to fill in any way, with as many or as few fruits as they wish. The children should aim to complete the task individually; some may require support through the class teacher or peers. More able children can be asked to complete in greater detail, adding in pips, shapes, rind etc



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Design a Veggie Pizza Explain that they will be doing some work on vegetables pizza toppings. Go round the class to see how many different types of vegetables

the children can name. These should be recorded ideally with a coloured sketch next to the name, where the children can see them. Discuss the vegetables shape, colour, size, texture, taste.

Ask the children what their favourite vegetable pizza topping is and why. Show a selection of vegetables on the interactive whiteboard or other resource and see if the children can name each one, start simple and

get a little trickier to test them, if possible ensure every child has learned a new vegetable.

Individual taskDuring this lesson the children will be asked to design their own vegetarian pizza, which they would like to make at a later date. There will be a pizza base which the children can choose to fill in any way, with as many or as few vegetables as they wish. The children should aim to complete the task individually; some may require support through the class teacher or peers. More able children can be asked to complete in greater detail.



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Fruit kebab Explain that they will be doing some work learning about fruit. Go round the class to see how many different types of fruit the children can

name. These should be recorded ideally with a coloured sketch next to the name, where the children can see them, and refer to them during the lesson. Discuss the fruits shape, colour, size, texture, taste; sweet, & sour

Ask the children what their favourite fruit is and why. Show a selection of fruit on the interactive whiteboard or other resource and see if the children can name each one, start simple and get a little

trickier to test them, if possible ensure every child has learned a new fruit

Individual taskDuring this lesson the children will be asked to design their own fruit kebab, which they would like to make at a later date. There will be 4 skewers which the children can choose to fill in any way, with as many or as few fruits as they wish. The children should aim to complete the task individually; some may require support through the class teacher or peers. More able children can be asked to complete in greater detail, adding in pips, shapes, rind etc



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Eat the rainbow

Individual taskDuring this lesson the children will be asked to design their own fruit and vegetable rainbow, which they would like to make at a later date. There will be 7 spaces which the children can choose to fill with fruits or vegetables which match the pre given colour order. The children should aim to complete the task individually; some may require support through the class teacher or peers. More able children can be asked to complete in greater detail, adding in pips, shapes, rind etc



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Design a super smoothie Ask the children what the word ’smoothie’ means? Is it food or a drink? What are the main ingredients? Discuss ideas and

ask the children to draw on their own experiences, have they ever made or drank a smoothie? What makes a good smoothie? (Fruit, juice, yoghurt?) Ask children to predict the colour of various smoothies (e.g. strawberry and banana, the colour would be red etc).

Reveal that today the children are to make up their own smoothie Ingredients drawing on the worksheet provided. The children will also colour their glass the colour which they think it will be after all the colours have blended.

Individual taskDuring this lesson the children will be asked to design their own fruit smoothie, which they would like to make at a later date, by drawing the ingredients. There will be space for as many fruits as the child wishes up to 8. The children should aim to complete the task individually; some may require support through the class teacher or peers. More able children could be asked to support their peers.

Individual taskThe children will be asked to colour their glass the colour which they think their smoothie will be when created.



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Topic: Fruit & Vegetables SUGGESTED LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Healthy sandwich Explain that they will be doing some work on designing a healthy sandwich, which will be made up of vegetables and one meat or cheese filling. As in previous lessons, go round the class to see how many different types of vegetables the children can name that they would see in a sandwich.

This is again ensuring their knowledge of vegetables, how they look and their names is developing. These should be recorded ideally with a coloured sketch next to the name, where the children can see them. Discuss the vegetables shape, colour,

size, texture, taste. Ask the children what their favourite vegetable is and why. Show a selection of vegetables on the interactive whiteboard or other resource and see if the children can name each one, start simple and get a

little trickier to test them, if possible ensure every child has learned a new vegetable.

Individual taskDuring this lesson the children will be asked to design their own healthy sandwich, which they would like to make at a later date. The first task is to draw the ingredients on the plate, as they would be before the sandwich was constructed. The second task is to draw the sandwich from a side view fully constructed with ingredients, coloured accordingly There will be a 2 slices of bread which the children can choose to fill in any way, with as many or as few vegetables as they wish.

The children should aim to complete the task individually; some may require support through the class teacher or peers. More able children can be asked to complete in greater detail, and support their peers.



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Amazing Fruits Explain that they will be doing some work learning about amazing and exotic fruits from over the world. Explain to the children that these fruits will be new to most of the children, and everyone is learning. Discuss the fruits shape, colour, size, texture, distinguishing features, discuss their names also. Ask the children what their favourite fruit on the list is and why?

Individual taskDuring this lesson the children will be asked to draw the 6 fruits which are shown on worksheet 10a into the corresponding boxes on worksheet 10 b. The children should draw as accurately as they can by using the correct colours, shapes and textures where possible. The children should also attempt to copy the names of the fruits from worksheet 10a to worksheet 10b. The children should aim to complete the task individually; some may require support through the class teacher or peers. More able children can be asked to complete in greater detail, and support their peers

Children will have an opportunity to present to the class or to a small group, to explain their job. The children should explain which fruit is their favourite and why.


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