PECT Provides Food Smart Support For Schools
Helping children and young people to have healthy attitudes and behaviours, along with good evidence based knowledge will enable them to develop the skills and abilities necessary to make informed choices about what they eat and drink, when and why, both now and in the future.
PECT is working as part of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Healthy Schools Service to support schools – through its Food Smart package – to adopt a whole school positive approach towards healthy eating, food and nutrition.
The first step of the Food Smart package is a one-to-one consultation (provided free of charge) to identify the needs of the school and to provide the opportunity to devise a manageable action plan. The following options of support will also be discussed:
- Whole School Assemblies
- Relevant Self-led Lesson Plans & Resources
- Workshop Sessions
- Teacher Training Opportunities
- Parent Engagement Sessions
- Referrals to other supporting services as part of the Healthy Schools partnership
This individual support will help to build awareness and confidence in food education whilst providing interactive and engaging learning for students.
All of the Food Smart lesson plans are designed in mini bite sized activities, for example; a starter activity can be delivered as a discussion point or an assembly with the “hands on” main activity being addressed within a lesson at a later date. The lesson plans also include simple concepts which can be developed into more complex deeper learning elements by the links provided to other relevant resources and information. To make it easier to navigate the Food Smart resources, please see the resource guide. This should help select an appropriate theme and activity for a given age group.
For those schools who want to go the extra distance, PECT is available to support the achievement of the Healthy Eating section of the Healthy Schools Award.
Furthermore, for schools that have already achieved the original Food Smart accreditation or the Healthy Schools award, then there is the option to apply for the Food Smart Ambassador programme which can enable the school to acquire Healthy Schools Ambassador status.
To find out more about PECT visit:PECT – Home Page
To arrange a one-to-one consultation email: [email protected]
Food Smart Resources Guide
Key Stage 1
Food For Teeth – Teacher Resource
Food For Teeth – Tooth Worksheet
Food For Teeth – Food & Effect Cards
Eat the Rainbow – Extension Lesson Plan
Eat the Rainbow – Taste Test Chart
Grow the Seasons – Lesson Plan
Grow the Seasons Where Does Food Come From – Resource
Potions & Portions – Lesson Plan
Potions and Portions – Student Booklet
Bringing It All Together – Lesson Plan
Bringing It All Together – Resources
Food For The Senses – Lesson Plan
Food Skills Passport – Glossary of Terms
Key Stage 2
Food For Teeth – Teacher Resource
Food For Teeth – Tooth Worksheet
Food For Teeth – Food & Effect Cards
Food Waste -Growing Instructions
Food Waste – From Plates Audit
Careers In Food – Skills & Qualities
Careers In Food – Mini Hexagons
Careers In Food – Large Hexagons
Careers In Food – Job Descriptions
Careers In Food – Teacher’s Resource
Careers In Food – Careers Poster
Careers In Food – Careers on a Plate
Eat the Rainbow – Extension Lesson Plan
Eat the Rainbow – Taste Test Chart
Grow the Seasons – Lesson Plan
Grow the Seasons Where Does Food Come From – Resource
Eat the Seasons – Extension Lesson Plan
Potions & Portions – Lesson Plan
Potions and Portions – Student Booklet
Bringing It All Together – Lesson Plan
Bringing It All Together – Resources
Lunch Box Junk Box – Lesson-Plan
You Are What You Eat – Lesson-Plan
You Are What You Eat – Extension Lesson Plan
You Are What You Eat Processed V Natural – Cards
You Are What You Eat Processes of Food – Resources
Food Miles – Extension Lesson Plan
Food For The Senses – Lesson Plan
Food for Fuel – Teacher Resource
Food for Fuel – Week Health Diary
Food for Fuel – Reflective Diary
Food for Fuel – Calories v Exercise Jigsaw Pieces
Food for Thought – Teacher Resource
Food for Thought – Brain Function Map
Food for Thought – Brain Jigsaw
Food for Thought – Brain Food Cards
How Much Sugar In Your Drinks – Teacher Resource
How Much Sugar Is In Your Drink – Cards
Food Skills Passport – Glossary of Terms
Food Smart Game Rules & How To Play
Food Smart Game Question Cards
Home Learning Resource – Food I Spy
Home Learning Resource -Food Labels
Home Learning Resource – Food Logo Challenge
Home Learning Resource -Create Your Own Meal
Key Stage 3
Food Waste -Growing Instructions
Food Waste – From Plates Audit
Careers In Food – Skills & Qualities
Careers In Food – Mini Hexagons
Careers In Food – Large Hexagons
Careers In Food – Job Descriptions
Careers In Food – Teacher’s Resource
Careers In Food – Careers Poster
Careers In Food – Careers on a Plate
Eat the Seasons – Extension Lesson Plan
Food for Fuel – Teacher Resource
Food for Fuel – Week Health Diary
Food for Fuel – Reflective Diary
Food for Fuel – Calories v Exercise Jigsaw Pieces
Food for Thought – Teacher Resource
Food for Thought – Brain Function Map
Food for Thought – Brain Jigsaw
Food for Thought – Brain Food Cards
Food Miles – Extension Lesson Plan
Lunch Box Junk Box – Lesson-Plan
You Are What You Eat – Lesson-Plan
You Are What You Eat Extension
You Are What You Eat Processed V Natural – Cards
You Are What You Eat Processes of Food – Resources
How Much Sugar In Your Drinks – Teacher Resource
How Much Sugar Is In Your Drink – Cards
Food Skills Passport – Glossary of Terms
Home Learning Session 1 – Family Food Logo Challenge
Home Learning Resource 2 – Food I Spy
Home Learning Resource 3 -Create Your Own Meal
Home Learning
Home Learning Family – Food I Spy
Home Learning Resource -Food Labels
Home Learning – Family Food Logo Challenge
Home Learning Resource -Create Your Own Meal
Home Learning Resource – Evaluation Of Your Meal
Home Learning – Healthy Restaurant Challenge
Home Learning – Cost v’s Nutrition
Home Learning – Sugar Good or Bad
Home Learning – Where does food come from?
Additional Teacher Resources
Food Smart for the HAF Programme – YouTube
Copy of Food Smart Resources Map
Food Smart Additional Resource Links
Food Smart Accreditation Standards
The Eatwell Guide – Plant Based
The Eatwell Guide – Vegetarian
Food Smart Game Rules & How To Play
Food Smart Game Question Cards
Food Skills Passport – Glossary of Terms
Virtual Assemblies
These narrated presentations have been produced in response to school requests to provide a universal overview or an introduction to a given nutrition theme. They can be delivered as assemblies during a focused healthy eating week, used as part of a dedicated series of lessons or shared with parents depending on the needs and requirements of the individual school.
The collection currently consists of the following:
Healthy Eating – What Does It Mean? covers the key concepts of what healthy eating means including the Eatwell Guide, portion sizes and the importance of trying new foods.
Healthy Eating, Healthy Lunch Boxes (with a specific primary focus) relates the Eatwell Guide and portion sizes to packed lunches.
Healthy Eating, Healthy Lunch Boxes (with a specific secondary focus) – focuses on the difference between packed lunches and school meals whilst relating understanding of the Eatwell Guide and portion sizes to both.
You Are What You Eat examines the relationship between food and our bodies and includes a recap of the Eatwell Guide and portion sizes.
Food for Thought explores how food affects our brains and includes a recap of the Eatwell Guide.
The Impact of Food Waste looks at the difference between food waste and wasted food, why we need to reduce wasted food and how we can prevent this through portion sizes.
These downloads can be downloaded for free, simply request the passcode here
Password for Food Smart Virtual Assemblies