I am a primary school teacher working for a home school and tutor online with a passion for children to be engaged in learning. The resources in my shop include lesson plans, PowerPoint Presentations, and hands-on activities with many cross-curricular links.
I am a primary school teacher working for a home school and tutor online with a passion for children to be engaged in learning. The resources in my shop include lesson plans, PowerPoint Presentations, and hands-on activities with many cross-curricular links.
This lesson is suitable for upper kS2
Giving opportunities to research the principles of what a balanced diet is. Understand the reasons why we should eat a balanced diet, by explaining what a balanced diet consists off.
By the end of the lesson pupils will be able to give an explanation of a well balanced and healthy diet through the ‘eat well’ plate; successfully categorise the different types of food that make up our diet. Explain what the proportions are; and how we should eat them, recall the differences of good and bad fats and identify processed sugars and natural sugars in food sources.
With a focus on teaching Healthy food and exercise involves a balanced diet and keeping fit.
Refer the teaching notes and websites. Independent/groups activities include placing foods correctly on the eatwell plate using the word vocabulary document. (Use hoops for the different food groups) Independently design a day’s menu that has the entire food groups in.
This lesson has been created for upper KS2
This lesson has a scientific aspect, giving pupils a chance to understand and research what foods are consumed in the world and how they are consumed.
What foods are produced for the fast food industry and how does overconsumption of certain foods increase obesity in the world?
Pupils will have opportunities to research areas of the world where there is an obesity crisis; also by watching a bbc clip/you tube clip –‘The men who made us fat’. Will allow pupils to think about the foods we eat, seeing fast food restaurants everywhere, and advertisements.
By researching the crops that are grown and farmed in the world have a huge impact on world population and world obesity.
An interesting and interactive based unit of work planned for upper key stage two.
This unit of work is a six week block that gives pupils opportunities to research about the different religions and the food they are allowed to eat.
The following objectives are laid out below week by week.
W 1 To Research foods that are forbidden and permitted from different religions from around the world.
W 2 Understand through research different cultures have different celebrations and dietary requirements
W 3 Research a religion and continue researching about its culture and celebrations
W 4 To study in further detail a religion continuing research about its culture and celebrations.
W 5 To design a menu for the religion already research selecting food that can be eaten for that religion.
Identify the foods that are excluded from their diet from previous research.
W 6 To explain what the religious beliefs are.
To give an oral account of the religion researched, the festivals, celebrations and the menus designed.
This unit of work is for upper KS 2. Pupils will learn all about writing Non Chronological reports, focusing on farming, land use and why fair trade produce is important to farmers, as well as how climate and weather conditions affect farmers in the UK.
This unit of work includes 8 lesson plans, 8 PPP’s for each of the lessons, resources and web links to help pupils on their learning journey.
This unit of work follows the new curriculum standards, Learning objectives and success criteria are displayed clearly.
Other lessons that are linked to this block are PSHE, History and numeracy and can also be purchased as a bundle.
PSHE History focus -What does Fair trade mean to you?
History – Atlantic Trade Routes
Numeracy- Fair Trade on the High Seas
This bundle is for upper KS2 and includes the following subjects: English, PSHE, History and maths.
The English block of 8 lessons pupils will learn all about report writing, farming and land use, why fair trade produce is important to farmers and how climate and weather conditions affect farming in the UK and around the world. By the end of the 8 day block pupils would be able to write their own NCR on farming and fair trade.
The PSHE lesson pupils will learn and understand the definition of Fair trade; Explain why Farmers rely on Fair trade for their produce; Discuss issues that are current in the news; discuss how EU sugar reform is endangering the livelihoods of small farmers and develop personal opinions and views. Give pupils opportunities in making suggestions on ways to improve the schools views and practices on Fair Trade.
History focuses on Atlantic Trade Routes where pupils will explain the impact of exploration on the way we live today.
By the end of the lesson pupils would be able to identify explorers who discovered trade routes and food from around the world; successfully explain how our lives today have been influenced from explorer’s discoveries. Finally able to explain the benefits of why specific food produce are fair trade.
Maths – Fair Trade on the High Seas these three lessons pupils will learn to solve problems involving the calculation and conversion of units of measure.
Convert between miles and kilometres and work out the time it takes on the high seas and distance in miles to reach a location in the UK or around the world; explain the method of working out the speed, distance & time for the explorers & fair trade routes.
These lessons require using IT and internet skills through researching the key topic areas as well as taking notes.
This Geography lesson has been written for upper KS2.
Giving pupils opportunities to research where farms are locally; also finding out what produce is farmed and do these farms supply supermarkets?
Pupils can also use the links provided to help them research crop and animal production from the different farms in the UK-
Using the map pupils can work out the scale – distances in miles/km, then work out the time it would take to transport/deliver the produce to its destination, including counties/countries travelled through.
The lesson gives pupils opportunities to research using the world wide web and ways of how they will present their findings from their research.
KS2 Science Circulatory system
This lesson is suitable for upper KS2.
Practical activities, interactive games and quizzes are included. Pupils will be able to identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system within the body; and explain the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood.
Learning all about the circulatory system provides opportunities to learn and label the heart and the role of each part of the heart; the function of blood vessels and the role of the oxygenated and deoxygenated blood in the body. Invitations for a qualified first aider to visit would allow pupils to learn about CPR, the recovery position and general first aid.
Included files :
ppp
lesson plan
website list
teacher background notes
This lesson is designed for upper KS 2
The crux of this lesson is thinking about our diet and lifestyle and the impact it has on the human body. Asking the question ‘What is obesity?’ With further investigations and watching clips on fat and how it affects the body; what diseases and health implications are there on the human body when consuming too much bad fat.
This lesson can also be purchased in a bundle with L2 why we should eat a balanced diet? & PE, Numeracy and PSHE Circuit Fitness, as there are links across all these lessons and would make an ideal mini cross curricular unit of work that KS 2 children will enjoy.
This lesson is a fun lesson that can involve teachers and support staff in the lesson. It gives pupils opportunities to find out about their level of fitness and their lifestyle they lead.
Also offering opportunities to link this lesson to a maths lesson on data collection, as well as giving pupils their own personal fitness record. The lesson comes with three PE circuit fitness lessons to carry out the data collection.
I have taught several classes this lesson when supply teaching, the children loved the fun involved in the circuit lesson and finding their pulses and recording their data.
Additional Circuit fitness PE lessons can be purchased separately.
This unit of work offers a fun work out where you will find a six week programme with warm ups, main exercises and cool downs. Station cards with photos to demonstrate the exercise and teaching points.
If your a supply teacher and need a PE lesson, this would make a great stand alone lesson as all resources are prepared and ready to use.
See Keep fit Circuit Plan weeks one to six for background information.
Any feedback and comments would be greatly appreciated.
This lesson has been written for upper KS2.
Food distribution can be affected by unfair food distribution, war, environmental disaster and climate conditions affect the lives of millions around the world. ‘Does war cause hunger?’
As Mercy Corp state ‘being hungry means more than just missing a meal. It’s a debilitating crisis that has more than 820 million people in its grip. Hunger is a perilous cycle that passes from one generation to the next: Families who struggle with chronic hunger and malnutrition consistently go without the nutrients their minds and bodies need, which then prevents them from being able to work, go to school, or improve their lives.’
Pupils will look into and discuss what things children in conflicted areas need each day for their survival. As well as locating war and conflicts around the world and how environmental disasters affect agriculture and crop production, answering the question does climate change have an impact
This lesson has been written for upper KS2
Food distribution is a current issue as is food production; this lesson is about both these issues. Children will consider both and investigate what foods are grown, produced and distributed in the UK; the impact farmers are facing with costs and profits when supplying their produce to supermarkets. Children will have opportunities in mapping food production and distribution in the Great Britain and around the world, and write a report on why there is so much food waste from vegetables grown and consider why supermarkets don’t take vegetables and fruit because they don’t math the criteria in size and shape.
Updated files November 2022.
KS 2 Our lifestyle and Fitness.
This bundle includes PE- circuit fitness a six week block of circuit training that includes an over view for all warm ups, main exercises and cool downs which can be extended to a 12 week block. Warm ups, main exercises and cool downs all include photos and teaching points; A PSHE lesson that explains how to take pulse rates, body measurements and recording data in a Personal Fitness Journey log.
Three numeracy lessons that cross over from the PSHE lesson, children will solve problems involving calculations and conversion of different units of measure linked to our own body measurements. Calculating and converting units of measure and identify and find the pulses in our bodies during and after exercise. Finally children will analyse and interpret the data collected of the resting pulse, active pulse and recovery pulses and create bar charts to display results.
Science - L2 why we should eat a balanced diet. This lesson is suitable for upper kS2 and gives opportunities to research the principles of what a balanced diet is. Understand the reasons why we should eat a balanced diet, by explaining what a balanced diet consists off.
By the end of the lesson pupils will be able to give an explanation of a well balanced and healthy diet through the ‘eat well’ plate; successfully categorise the different types of food that make up our diet. Explain what the proportions are; and how we should eat them, recall the differences of good and bad fats and identify processed sugars and natural sugars in food sources.
With a focus on teaching Healthy food and exercise involves a balanced diet and keeping fit.
Science - L3 Diet and lifestyle on the human body. The crux of this lesson is thinking about our diet and lifestyle and the impact it has on the human body. Asking the question ‘What is obesity?’ With further investigations and watching clips on fat and how it affects the body; what diseases and health implications are there on the human body when consuming too much bad fat.
Explaining what nutrients are, which foods have different nutrients in and why they are important; answering questions on: what is a healthy lifestyle? Why is it so important to eat healthily and keep fit? What foods we consider as healthy and unhealthy?
Science – L5 Circulatory system. This lesson is all about the circulatory system and provides opportunities to learn and label the heart and the role of each part of the heart; the function of blood vessels and the role of the oxygenated and deoxygenated blood in the body. Invitations for a qualified first aider to visit would allow pupils to learn about CPR, the recovery position and general first aid.
Maths -4 days of lessons looking at Nutritional percentages and values in food.
Maths 4 days and a further four days of lessons looking into researching and understanding the nutritional value of foods and drinks focussing on sugar content; as well as identifying foods and drinks with high sugar levels.
English – Why we should eat a balanced diet – A Balanced Argument
This block of lesson gives pupils an opportunity to revise what a balanced argument is, revising vocabulary and key features of writing a balanced argument. There is a prequel lesson where pupils can have a class/ group debate on different questions about Junk food.
This will give pupils ideas to plan, write and edit their own balanced arguments. These lessons are part of a bundle offer to be purchased together and would save you time and offer a fun, practical mini unit of work for your class.
KS2 Yr5-Yr6 English – Why we should eat a balanced diet – A Balanced Argument
This block of lesson gives pupils an opportunity to revise what a balanced argument is, revising vocabulary and key features of writing a balanced argument. There is a prequel lesson where pupils can have a class/ group debate on different questions about Junk food.
Following this lesson there are five lessons that will give pupils ideas to plan, write and edit their own balanced arguments on Why we should eat a balanced dirt. Ideas for writing their own arguments could come from the prequal lesson questions pupils debated about as well.
This lesson is designed for upper KS2
This lesson will give pupils an understanding of the concept of varying food prices across the supermarkets. As well as opportunities for research and give an explanation of varying food prices across the UK and world.
When we do our food shopping, do you look at the prices between supermarkets on certain produce?
Today’s lesson involves thinking about
Q. Why does the cost of fruit and vegetables vary so much between the supermarkets?
Many food produce, especially fruit and vegetables are imported from around the world.
Q. How does this impact and influence the shopper on food prices?
As a nation are we set in our ways in only buying from one supermarket, or only buying brand name produce?
A research lesson where children will evaluate their findings, putting the data collected into a graph and writing an explanation of what has been found out.
This lesson is designed for upper KS2
There are many pioneers in modern medicine; this lesson gives pupils opportunities to think about what they already know about infectious disease and illnesses, as well as researching famous scientists whom have made an impact on our health when fighting disease and illness, their invention, cure and treatment .
Pupils can use the web links for their research and the Red Cross link for possible activities and further research.
Included in this lesson, there is a PPP, website links, templates and the lesson plan
This lesson is designed for upper KS2
Giving pupils a chance to understand why it is important to store food correctly. This is an investigative lesson where pupils have to demonstrate how to store foods correctly and examine the differences between use by and best before dates.
There are interactive activities that are directly linked on how to store foods, which foods are best to store in plastic containers, as well as sharing thoughts about hygiene in the kitchen.
By the end of the lesson pupils will have a good understanding and will produce a class wall of knowledge using post-it notes, discussing any misconceptions and sharing new facts the children have learnt from this lesson.
The photos can be used to place correctly on the fridge shelf or food cupboard. (more foods will be added to the zipped file)
This lesson is designed for upper KS2.
Giving pupils a chance to learn about which foods can be frozen; also to understand the importance of blanching vegetables before being frozen.
This practical lesson involves recording and making systematic observations on the state of frozen foods that are defrosting.
Having a selection of raw prepared fruit and vegetables with high water content, pupils will have a tasting session and answer questions if all fruit and vegetables can be frozen; which foods can be blanched. This science lesson would have to be taught in the morning as observations will need to be made throughout the day. Pupils will write their conclusions and evaluations on which foods and be frozen.
This unit of work is suitable for upper KS2.
The learning in these five lessons gives pupils opportunities to identify the features of note taking on a health topic for a news article and write own newspaper reports; understand the concepts of journalism and how to take notes as reporters by planning a news article using key language and structure layout for own news paper report.
This unit of work follows on from ‘What’s in the News’
Lesson one begins with scanning and skim reading an article to take notes which leads on to skills activities in subordinate clause at the beginning at the end of sentences, embedded clauses., Semi-colon separating two main clause, simple sentences and rhetorical question in a news article. By the end of the week pupils will use their scan and skim reading skills to take their own notes before composing a newspaper article on food, nutrition or health successfully using all criteria from the class checklist and use editing skills to produce a final news article.
This unit of work can be purchased as a bundle.
This unit of work is suitable for upper KS2.
The learning in these four lessons gives pupils opportunities to learn about different ways of advertising, who are the target audience when adverts are produced, thinking about the techniques which are used when adverts are made with the outcome of planning and producing own posters for a healthy eating or fitness campaign.
Lesson one begins with discussing persuasive techniques in advertising answering questions on:
Q. Where do you encounter advertising? (They will likely mention television, billboards, radio, Websites, school hallways, and so on.)
Q. Which specific advertisements "stick in your head?” the class task leads into watching a selection of adverts discussing the three different ways of advertising. Lesson two gives pupils opportunities to research on the web different poster/fliers – web search images posters advertising events/ cafes and restaurants. By the end of the week, pupils will use their learning from previous lessons to create a design their own posters that has the biggest impact that is eye catching. The final lesson gives opportunities to edit and improve their posters.
