Food Smart & Resources

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   

Food For Teeth – Lesson Plan

Food For Teeth – Teacher Resource

Food For Teeth – Tooth Worksheet

Food For Teeth – Food & Effect Cards

 

Food Waste – Lesson Plan

Food Waste -Growing Instructions

Food Waste – Quiz

Food Waste – From Plates Audit

 

Careers In Food – Lesson Plan

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-Lesson Plan

Eat the Rainbow – Extension Lesson Plan

Eat the Rainbow – Cards

Eat the Rainbow – Taste Test Chart

 

Grow the Seasons – Lesson Plan

Grow the Seasons Where Does Food Come From – Resource

 

Eat the Seasons – Lesson Plan

Eat the Seasons – Extension Lesson Plan

Eat the Seasons – Cards

Eat the Seasons – Calendar

 

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

Lunch Box Junk Box – Resource

Lunch Box Junk Box – Cards 

 

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 – Lesson Plan

Food Miles – Extension Lesson Plan

Food Miles – Resources

 

Food For The Senses – Lesson Plan

Food For The Senses -Resource

 

Food for Fuel – 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 Lesson Plan

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

Food Skills Passport – Glossary of Terms

Food Skills Certificate

 

Food Smart Game Board

Food Smart Game Rules & How To Play

Food Smart Game Question Cards

Food Smart Game Plates

 

Home Learning Resource – Food I Spy

Home Learning Resource -Food Labels

Home Learning Resource – Food Logo Challenge

Home Learning Resource -Create Your Own Meal

Home Learning Resource – Evaluation Of Your Meal

Home Learning Resource -Healthy Restaurant Challenge

Food Waste – Lesson Plan

Food Waste -Growing Instructions

Food Waste – Quiz

Food Waste – From Plates Audit

 

Careers In Food – Lesson Plan

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 – Lesson Plan

Eat the Seasons – Extension Lesson Plan

Eat the Seasons – Cards

Eat the Seasons – Calendar

 

Food for Fuel – 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 Lesson Plan

Food for Thought – Teacher Resource

Food for Thought – Brain Function Map

Food for Thought – Brain Jigsaw

Food for Thought – Brain Food Cards

 

Food Miles – Lesson Plan

Food Miles – Extension Lesson Plan

Food Miles – Resources

 

Lunch Box Junk Box – Lesson-Plan

Lunch Box Junk Box – Resource

Lunch Box Junk Box – Cards 

 

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

Food Skills Passport – Glossary of Terms

Food Skills Certificate

 

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 Resource 4 – Evaluation Of Your Meal

Home Learning Resource 5 -Healthy Restaurant Challenge

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