Healthy Eating Kit [2]

Kits are rented on a termly basis and can be hired for up to 6 weeks. Only 2 kits per school at any time.

The Electricity kit is ideal for Key Stage 1 and 2, and gives the student the opportunity to explore healthy eating through fun activities including:

• Write down what everyone has eaten in the past 24 hours. How did their diet compare with the pyramid?
• Look at the different food groups and how they make up a healthy diet
• Plan a healthy meal for a family
• Plan a day’s worth of meals and include 5 servings of fruit and vegetables
• Look at food labels to see how much sugar/faUsalt is in different foods
• Find out how much energy is given by different foods
• Identify examples of food as fruit or vegetables (tomatoes are fruit!)
• Compare animal and human diets. Why are they different?
• Find out how much different foods cost to buy. Why are some more expensive than others?
  • Discover added iron in your branflakes

The Kit Contains:

• 1 Large selection of foods (see Appendix for full list)
• 10 plates
• 1 “Join the Activators” CD-ROM
• 1 Eatwell Plate Big Floor Game:
• 1 Floormat
• 48 Food Cards
• Sheet 1 Eatwell Plate - Activity Ideas
• Sheet 2 Eatwell Plate Basics
• Sheet 3 The Eatwell Plate: The food groups explained
• 4 posters:
  • Fruit
  • Vegetables
  • Food pyramid
  • The Eatwell Plate
• 1 set of Teachers’ notes