Teach Primary Issue 18.6

in a rainbow shape before tasting them and discussing their preferences. Display Slide 8 and explain to the class that fresh, frozen, tinned, dried or juiced varieties all count towards our 5-a-day. Next, discuss portion size. Show a single grape and ask if the class think that this counts as one of our 5-a-day. Provide a range of fruit and vegetables for the class to explore and consider portion sizes. Show Slide 9 and talk through portion sizes and explain that the amount of food a child needs varies with their age, body size and activity levels. Ensure that the pupils understand that only one portion (150ml) of juice or smoothie counts towards our goal, though, and should be consumed with a meal, to minimise the impact of the natural sugars on our teeth. This is the same for dried fruit. Also check that the pupils understand that potatoes do not count towards their 5-a-day, because they are classed as a starchy carbohydrate. In pairs, ask the pupils to discuss the different times of day when they could eat a portion of fruit or vegetables and share their ideas with the class. Look at the example on Slide 10 . Assessment Using Week 2 resource , can the pupils record three different ways that they could achieve their 5-a-day goal? WEEK 3 Learning objective l To understand the importance of eating a healthy breakfast and be able to make healthy breakfast choices. Introduce the concept of breakfast literally meaning to ‘break the fast’ from our last meal the previous day. Explain that this is important, as it prepares your body for the day ahead. Eating breakfast also helps us to concentrate and therefore learn. Ask the pupils to share what they eat for breakfast and highlight the variety of options on offer. Display Slides 12–15 and discuss the foods. Do the children think they are healthy or unhealthy? Why? Do they think they would enjoy the taste? Would they eat this every day or just sometimes? Explain that foods with less sugar are healthier for their bodies and teeth, and that wholegrain options such as wholemeal bread instead of white bread will keep them fuller for longer and are therefore a better choice for breakfast. Can the pupils think of any other foods that they could eat for breakfast that would be a healthy option? Ask for volunteers to share what they have eaten for breakfast and see if they can make any changes to create a healthier version. If there’s no time to eat breakfast, we may need to eat on the go. Ask the pupils to think of some healthy options if they can’t sit at the table to eat breakfast – Slide 17 provides some ideas. F EATURE S P L ANN I NG “One in five children are living with obesity” www.teachwire.net | 25