STRAND: Myself
(Theme for Sept)
STRAND
UNIT: Taking Care of My Body
TIME: 30 mins a week plus integrated time
RESOURCES: Walk Tall, Stay Safe, R.S.E., N.W.H.B.
Content Objectives from the Curriculum Statement page 57
Food and Nutrition
That the child would be
enabled to…
- Appreciate
the importance of good nutrition for growing and developing and staying
healthy.
- Realise
and accept some personal responsibility for making wise food choices and
adopting a healthy, balanced diet- exploring
and examining the food pyramid
- Recognise
some of the important nutrients that are necessary in a balanced diet and
the food products in which they are found- macro-nutrients: protein, carbohydrate, fat
Micro-nutrients:
vitamins and minerals
- Explore
the factors that influence food choices- cost, advertising, demand, peer pressure, advertising and
packaging, value for money, time for shopping and for cooking, ideal body
images.
- Explore
and examine some of the illnesses particularly associated with food intake
or special health conditions- coelic,
diabetic, anorexia, bulimia, the dietary needs of different age groups and
individuals.
- Become
aware of the importance of hygiene and care in the preparation and use of
food- using before sell-by date,
reading contents, not chopping cooked foods and uncooked foods on the same
board.
Table
of recommended lessons:
Suggested Lessons
- Look
After Yourself: Unit 1 Food and Nutrition page 39- 43, page 50- 53, page 57-
59
- School
Healthy Eating Policy
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