General
SmallSteps4Life directs young people to activities and programmes that get them involved with growing, preparing and cooking food. Teachers registered are able to promote what their school is doing, nominate their 'Young Activators' and share their experiences to inspire other UK schools.
The School Food Trust website offers teachers lesson plans, seasonal food charts, resources on how to promote school meals to parents and much more.
Nutrition education printables are fun activities that encourage learning and discussion about healthy food choices and nutrition. Kids will learn about the food pyramid, healthy eating, nutrition vocab, food groups and much more. To view the worksheets click here
Food a fact of life have a selection of videos which demonstrate correct food preparation techniques that can be used on interactive whiteboards. To view these videos click here
Agriculture-4-U is a video diary of UK Agriculture and what happens down on the farm. It is a resource for teachers to use in the teaching of various subjects and to various age groups with a view to promoting a better understanding and an unbiased picture of agriculture in the UK. For more information click here.
LEAF Virtual Farm Walk - great interactive opportunity to find out all about farming and the environment. Two real farmers, Sally and David, are ready to show you around the virtual farm. There are lots of fun things to do on the walk, with lots of fascinating facts about farms and the animals and plats that live on them. Challenges also include pond-dipping and sorting food chains from field to shop. To view LEAF virtual farm click here.
The British Nutrition Foundation has produced five Promethean flipcharts to support teaching of healthy eating in primary schools. The flipcharts are entitled - Food, Healthy eating, Composite dishes, Energy, and Nutrients. Food and healthy eating are aimed at younger primary (age 5-7), composite dishes are aimed at 7-9 and energy and nutrients aimed at 9-11. To find out more about these resources click here.
British Nutrition Foundation has a variety of posters to provide teachers and students with accurate and concise reference information. The poster, 'What are nutrients?' provides detailed information on the functions and sources of nutrients. Posters can be ordered off the British Nutrition Fundation website.
Funding available for cooking clubs - if your school already has a cooking club, you might be eligible to recieve funding and resources from Lets Get Cooking. To apply please visit http://www.letsgetcooking.org.uk/associate
British Nutrition Foundation have enhanced their award winning website www.nutrition.org.uk. The new site features better search functionality, improved navigation, updated information sheets and e-commerce for posters, CDs and conference places.
The Food- a fact of life website has produced a downloadable Food Route game. To view/order please click here
The Food - a fact of life website has launched three posters to help support food teaching in your school. The posters are A-Z (a food alphabet), Get Ready to Cook and Farm to Fork. To buy please click here
The Food- a fact of life website has designed 5 activities to help teach important concepts about The eatwell plate. The activities are also progressive, introducing different concepts at different stages. Some of these activities include make a balanced plate, make a healthy lunchbox, unmuddle the meals and Alisha and Ronnie.
The Department for Children, Schools and Families has launched an exciting cook book for children in their last year of primary school. Real Meals - Simply Cooking - Cold Food that Tastes Great contains 20 healthy recipes to help children develop their cooking skills. For more information visit www.teachernet.gov.uk/realmeals
From September 2008 it has been compulsory for KS2 & 3 pupils in Wales to teach food and fitness as part of the curriculum. For more information follow this link.
Let’s Get Cooking is recruiting schools across England to set up after-school cooking clubs. Over the next three years they will visit every Local Authority and would like to hear from people, cookery groups, healthy eating programmes and schools that they should contact when they come into Local Authority areas. For more information visit this link.
The Grain Chain explains how wheat is grown and used to produce breads and breakfast cereals. The website offers a range of media to engage young people, including: interactive whiteboard activities, information pages, activity sheets, quizzes, videos and games. There are also full teacher's notes, with curriculum references, lesson plans and homework/extension ideas. www.grainchain.com.
Since September 2008 all primary schools in England need to provide at least one portion of fruit and one portion of vegetables or salad per pupil per day. The School Food Trust has some helpful ideas on ways to encourage pupils to eat fruit and vegetables [on this link]
Think Food and Farming is a project led by Farming and Countryside Education whose primary aim is to educate children about food and farming in a sustainable countryside. Their activities and resources will promote teaching in many parts of the curriculum including PSHE, Science, Design & Technology and Geography. Follow this link.
Let’s Get Cooking is a national network of cooking clubs across England, helping children, their families and the wider community to learn and develop new cooking skills. Find out more here.
There is a wealth of information available to encourage schools to grow their own fruit and vegetables in window boxes, plastic containers and gardens. Below is a selection of useful links.
The Royal Horticultural Society is currently campaigning for School Gardening. For a detailed plan on how to grow your own vegetables at school [click here]
Rocket Gardens are supporting growing in schools by sending hundreds of gardens to schools as part of their Dig for the Future campaign. [click here]
For a comprehensive guide to growing four different vegetables with a class of children over a summer term [click here]
For a Key Stage 1 lesson plan on growing your own [click here]
For encouraging pupils to grow their own potatoes [click here]
For information on grow your own workshops, age 8+ [click here] |
