Below, you will find a wide range of ideas and resources to help you
when you are teaching children about how to keep themselves healthy. If you have any relevant
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All of the images in these resources, unless otherwise indicated, were drawn by Helen Warner.
They are for classroom use only and may not be reproduced or redistributed for other reasons.
- Healthy
Meals
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Can your children design a healthy meal? Use this handy sheet
to help them! Contributed by Amanda Jones. - Healthy Drinks -
Can your children design a brand new healthy drink which could
be sold in local shops? Contributed by Kirsty Boulton.
- Food and our Body -
A helpful sheet which helps children to learn about different
types of food and their effect on the body. Contributed by Sherrie
Bendjedidi.
- Healthy
School Dinners -
A menu frame on which children can invent a school menu for
a week. It links to healthy eating in Science and follows on
from a lesson on balanced diets and food groups. Contributed
by Anna Birne.
- Teeth and Healthy Eating Vocabulary
- A set of vocabulary cards which can be used for display or when teaching children about vocabulary linked to this topic. - Being Healthy
- A presentation with lots of activity ideas, linked to being healthy. Contributed by Rebecca Tranter. - Eat your Colours - Can your pupils think of fruit and vegetables to draw in each section of the colour wheel? Contributed by the Vegetarian Society.
- What is a Vegetarian? - Information and activities which help children to understand what 'vegetarian' means. Contributed by the Vegetarian Society.
- Food Groups - Can you identify how each type of food affects your body? Contributed by Rachel Barrett.
- Keeping
Healthy Senteo Quiz
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Interactive 'Keeping Healthy' quiz, requiring Smart Notebook
and Senteo software. Contributed by Steve Kirkpatrick and based
upon BBC
Bitesize. - Health
and Growth Senteo Quiz -
Interactive 'Health and Growth' quiz, requiring Smart Notebook
and Senteo software. Contributed by Steve Kirkpatrick and based
upon BBC
Bitesize.
- Additives - A Science investigation involving food additives, and which involves work in a number of subjects.
- Health Toolkit -
Learn how to stay healthy and hygienic with this toolkit
from Tork.
Also contains lots of lesson ideas.
- Early Years Hygiene Lesson Plans - Contributed by Albany Healthy Schools.
- KS1 Hygiene Lesson Plans - Contributed by Albany Healthy Schools.
- Hygiene Teachers' Guide - Contributed by Albany Healthy Schools.
- Hygiene Assembly Script - Contributed by Albany Healthy Schools.
- Hygiene Quiz - Contributed by Albany Healthy Schools.
- Hygiene Poster - Contributed by Albany Healthy Schools.
- KS2 Hygiene Lesson Plans - Contributed by Albany Healthy Schools.
All of the images in these resources, unless otherwise indicated, were drawn by Helen Warner.
They are for classroom use only and may not be reproduced or redistributed for other reasons.
- Healthy Eating
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What does a healthy lunchbox look like? What should you put in there? Contributed by PurpleMash. - Dinner Menu - Can you create a dinner menu? Contributed by Purple Mash.
- Healthy Teeth - Watch the video clip and then write a leaflet about how to keep your teeth healthy. Contributed by PurpleMash.
- Keeping Healthy - Investigate the effect that different types of activity has on Ruby's heart.
- The Body - Learn about different parts of your body with these interactive games.
- Healthy Eating - Find the matching pairs to review what you know about healthy food.
- Make a Balanced Plate - Play this fun game to learn where different foods belong.
- The Skeleton - Find out about your skeleton with this interactive activity.
- Teeth - Learn about teeth with this interactive tool.
- Teeth and Eating - Play this teeth and eating activity linked to The Sarah Jane Adventures.
- Brushing your teeth - Do you know how to brush your teeth properly?
- The Science Museum of Minnesota - Explore this museum. How many skeletons can you see? Can you find any information about the human body?
- London 2012 venues - Explore the locations for different events in the London 2012 Olympics.
- Wimbledon - Do you know what famous sports event takes place here?
- Football Clubs - Which famous football clubs play here?
- Yankee Stadium - What different sports activities take place in this location?
- Great Ormond Street Hospital, London - Can you find the location of this famous hospital?
- Why can't your nose be 12 inches long? Because then it would be a foot!
- Doctor, Doctor I've broke my arm in two places. Well don't go back there again then!
- What time should you go to the dentist? Tooth Hurty! (2.30)
- Why couldn't the skeleton go to the party? Because he had no body to go with!
- Doctor, Doctor Have you got something for a bad headache? Yes... Just take this hammer and hit yourself in the head. Then you'll have a bad headache.
- Doctor, Doctor I've lost my memory! When did this happen? When did what happen?
- A pair of curtains goes to the doctor and says "Doctor, Doctor, I'm falling apart". The doctor replies "Well pull yourself together!"
- What did the mouth say to the eye? Between us, something smells.
- Doctor, Doctor. I keep getting pains in the eye when I drink tea. Have you tried taking the spoon out?
- Which part of your body would win a race? Your nose... it's the fastest runner!
- How the Body Works - Learn about how your body works with this fantastic site.
- BBC It's Up to You - Explore lots of great resources from the BBC.
- Primary Resources - Download a huge collection of resources from Primary Resources.
- TPet - Lots of free teaching resources made by Teacher's Pet.
- Healthy Living - A large collection of downloadable resources for schools.
- Food - A Fact of Life - Lots of free resources for schools to help them teach healthy eating.
- Cooking Videos - Watch these videos to learn about food and how to cook different recipes.
- The Great Grub Club - Find free facts, quizzes, jokes, recipes and worksheets about healthy eating.
- Grain Chain - Learn about grain-based food with these fantastic free resources.
- Explore E Numbers - Find out about E numbers and how they are used.
- HeartPoint - Learn about the heart with this animation.
- A-Life - Providers of educational healthy workshops, fitness sessions and alcohol & drugs awareness for schools.
- My Life - Help Jane to learn about a healthy lifestyle (requires free registration).
- Keeping Healthy Ideas - A selection of ideas for teaching this topic in your classroom.
- The Potato Story - This website contains interactive and easy-to-use modules about plant and potato growth, and healthy eating too, covering a wide section of the Science Programme of Study.
- Healthy Plate - A printable resource from Mrs. Pancake.
- Liquids Mean Life - The free Liquids Mean Life resource is intended to promote the understanding of the importance of a balanced diet, an active lifestyle and adequate fluid intake to maintain good health.
- Move It - Designed to get kids feeling healthier, happier and more energetic, this site has lots of resources for teachers, parents and children.
