PrimarySecondaryHealth & Wellbeing
Celebrate Healthy Eating Week in school this June with these ideas and resources…
What is Healthy Eating Week?
Healthy Eating Week, run by The British Nutrition Foundation, is all about supporting and promoting healthier lifestyles.
What is the theme for 2023?
This year’s theme is ‘For Everyone’. With the cost of living crisis affecting the affordability of healthy food, this year’s focus is on providing free, evidence-based support and advice for everyone.
When is Healthy Eating Week 2023?
This year it takes place between 12th-16th June 2023.
Register on the official Healthy Eating Week website to receive a free downloadable activity pack and resources to sue in school. There’s a primary school assembly to join in with, and a secondary school recipe competition too.
Primary lesson plan
In this free lesson plan from the Royal Horticultural Society children will learn that fruit and vegetables are a vital part of a healthy diet. They’ll also find out about the fruit and veg we grow in the UK, and how to plan a school veg garden.
Design a lorry competition
To celebrate the countdown to the Paris Olympics in 2024, Aldi, Team GB and ParalympicsGB have asked young people aged 5–14 to design a lorry that will inspire people to enjoy healthy, sustainable food.
Three winners will see their designs on an Aldi lorry and there’s lots more prizes up for grabs, too.
There’s also lots more resources for schools on the Get Set Eat Fresh website.
French UKS2 medium term plan
This six-lesson French plan, which comes with assessments, discussion notes and worksheets, will help children learn vocabulary about food and drink, and also gets them to think more about healthy eating.
Primary food projects
Each project delivers learning about healthy eating, cooking and where food comes from, in an exciting food context. The download contains everything you need, including lesson plans, presentations, activity sheets and more.
Early Years resource
This free Early Years resource from Plazoom uses engaging images of different foods to teach children which foods are healthy and which should be eaten less often.
Play an online game
Secondary PSHE and nutrition activity
This PSHE and nutrition activity for KS3 and 4 will only take 15 minutes and is perfect for tutor time. Pupils will think about how they can make small health tweaks to become healthier and happier.
Sherehe ya wiki ya kula afya katika shule Juni hii na mawazo haya na rasilimali... Ni nini wiki ya kula afya? Wiki ya Chakula Chenye Afya, inayoendeshwa na The British Nutrition Foundation, ni juu ya kuunga mkono na kukuza mitindo ya maisha yenye afya. Ni nini kichwa cha mwaka 2023? Kichwa cha mwaka huu ni "Kwa Kila Mtu". Kwa kuwa mgogoro wa gharama za maisha unaathiri uwezo wa kupata chakula kizuri, lengo la mwaka huu ni kutoa msaada wa bure, unaotegemea ushahidi na ushauri kwa kila mtu. Wiki ya Chakula Chenye Afya 2023 Mwaka huu, sherehe hiyo itafanyika kati ya Juni 12 na Juni 16, 2023. Kujiandikisha kwenye tovuti rasmi ya Wiki ya Kula Afya ili kupata pakiti ya shughuli ya bure ya kupakuliwa na rasilimali za kushtaki shuleni. Kuna mkutano wa shule ya msingi wa kujiunga na, na mashindano ya mapishi ya shule ya sekondari pia. Katika mpango huu wa masomo ya bure kutoka Royal Horticultural Society, watoto watajifunza kwamba matunda na mboga ni sehemu muhimu ya lishe yenye afya. Pia watajifunza kuhusu matunda na mboga tunazositawi nchini Uingereza, na jinsi ya kupanga bustani ya mboga ya shule. Aldi, Team GB na Paralympics GB wamewaomba vijana wenye umri wa miaka 5-14 kubuni lori ambayo itawahamasisha watu kufurahia chakula kizuri na cha kudumu. Washindi watatu wataona miundo yao kwenye lori la Aldi na kuna zawadi nyingi zaidi kwa ajili ya kunyakua, pia. Pia kuna rasilimali nyingi zaidi kwa ajili ya shule kwenye tovuti ya Get Set Eat Fresh. Mpango wa muda wa kati wa UKS2 Mpango huu wa masomo sita ya Kifaransa, ambayo huja na tathmini, maelezo ya majadiliano na karatasi za kazi, itawasaidia watoto kujifunza msamiati kuhusu chakula na kinywaji, na pia huwafanya wafikirie zaidi juu ya kula afya. Kila mradi hutoa kujifunza kuhusu kula afya, kupika na ambapo chakula hutoka, katika mazingira ya chakula ya kusisimua. Kupakua ina kila kitu unahitaji, ikiwa ni pamoja na mipango ya somo, maonyesho, karatasi ya shughuli na zaidi. Rasilimali ya miaka ya mapema: Rasilimali hii ya bure ya miaka ya mapema kutoka Plazoom hutumia picha za kuvutia za vyakula tofauti kufundisha watoto ni vyakula gani vyenye afya na ambavyo vinapaswa kuliwa mara chache. Mchezo wa PSHE na shughuli ya lishe ya sekondari kwa KS3 na 4 itachukua dakika 15 tu na ni kamili kwa wakati wa mwalimu. Wanafunzi watafikiria jinsi wanavyoweza kufanya marekebisho madogo ya afya ili wawe na afya na furaha zaidi.