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Food - a fact of life

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Free resources for teaching young people aged 3-16 years about where food comes from, cooking and healthy eating.

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Free resources for teaching young people aged 3-16 years about where food comes from, cooking and healthy eating.
Healthy eating: Energy
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Healthy eating: Energy

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This set of resources developed by ‘British Nutrition Foundation’, form part of a series of successful lessons exploring healthy eating for children aged 7-11 years.
Brilliant baking - Baking recipes for the classroom
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Brilliant baking - Baking recipes for the classroom

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‘This set of resources developed by ‘British Nutrition Foundation’, form part of a series of successful lessons exploring healthy eating for children aged 5-7 years . This section provides you with fun baking recipes and includes links to all the downloadable resources to support teaching of ‘Brilliant baking - recipe ideas for the primary classroom’.
Healthy eating - Looking after yourself
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Healthy eating - Looking after yourself

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Created for 7-11 year olds, this set of resources developed by ‘British Nutrition Foundation’, form part of a series of successful lessons exploring healthy eating for children.This section provides you with detailed teaching plans, worksheets and presentations and also includes links to all the downloadable resources to support teaching of ‘Healthy eating - Being active and looking after yourself are important for health’.
The colourful present- being healthy
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The colourful present- being healthy

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In this story, Alisha helps Ronnie put together a colourful fruit and vegetable basket for his Grandma’s birthday. Includes worksheet which link types of food to their health benefits. Follow link to website for interactive white board resource.
The farm visit- thank you email
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The farm visit- thank you email

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In this story Mr Valdez takes the class on a dairy farm visit. They meet Mrs Jenkins, the farmer, and learn about how milk is produced. Includes worksheet for writing a thank you email.
The farm visit- cheese tasting
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The farm visit- cheese tasting

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In this story Mr Valdez takes the class on a dairy farm visit. They meet Mrs Jenkins, the farmer, and learn about how milk is produced. Includes worksheet for a cheese tasting survey.
Perfect Plant Salad Session
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Perfect Plant Salad Session

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The aim of this session is to help children understand that lots of the foods we eat are grown and come from plants. The main activity, ‘Have a go’, involves the children learning how to make a crunchy vegetable salad and develop their cutting and grating skills.
Food and Farming - What's Changed?
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Food and Farming - What's Changed?

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Give children the What’s changed? Cards. The children can cut out, match and stick the foods in their books. They can then write, or cut out and stick the Changing words Cards, to show how the foods have changed between each picture.