PancakesMummy made pancakes on Tuesday
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Berry PickingStrawberries, One to save
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The MealTimothy Tompkins had turnips and tea.
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Five Fish FingersFive fish fingers – spread out on the |
In this section:
Food poems
Cross-curricular ideas
Science
Blindfold Taste Challenge
Choose some foods that will explore different taste sensations and may encourage the children to try new foods. Put some of these foods on a plate and cover with a cloth.
Blindfold a volunteer from the class, and get them to taste the different foods. This is a good way to explore the concepts of sweet, salty and sour. It also encourages the children to extend their vocabulary by finding words to describe different tastes.
English
Superheroes
Ask your class to name as many superheroes as they can and their special powers. Now get them to choose their favourite fruit or vegetable. Ask them to invent a brand new superhero with a special power which is gained from eating that fruit or vegetable.
For example
Carrot-Man! He can see in the dark!
Broccoli-Boy! He can lift anything!
Apple-Girl! Her smile is dazzling!
Drama and role play ideas
Imaginative Play Areas:
There is lots of opportunity to explore healthy diets and lifestyles through role play.
Some play-area ideas:
A Café
A grocery shop
A picnic in the countryside
King Yannis’ banquet.
Objects can be collected or made by the children before it is used to explore health education. It can be created by the teacher using real food, or play food.
The children can use the areas for free play or the teacher can introduce a story set in the area. The teacher could also take on a role in the area as a customer, or cook, or special guest. New objects can be placed in the area to explore a particular learning objective.
Key discussion points:
What kind of healthy foods could we serve or sell?
How will we encourage people to eat-in/buy from our shop?
What kind of food would King Yannis like at his banquet?
What kind of foods are suitable for a picnic?
Physical games and activities
The Bean Game
Aim: To increase the children’s heart rate and to have fun.
This activity can be used as a warm up game for either drama sessions or coincide with P.E
Time allocation: 15 mins
1. All children one end of the hall (classroom, playground) which is called top and teacher shouts out following instructions in random order.
2. Shouted instructions are:
runner bean – run on the spot
string bean – hold hands and in a long string snake around the room
jumping bean- jump up and down
jelly bean – wobble like a jelly
broad bean – make yourself as wide as possible.
chilli bean – shiver
baked bean – sun bathe
Fruit Bowl
Aim: To increase heart rate and for fun.
Time allocation: 15 mins
1. All children in a circle sat down (remember to take out one chair)
2. Name all children apple, orange or lemon
3. One person stands in the middle of the circle and shout either Apple Orange or Lemon.
4. Or you can shout “Fruit Bowl” then everyone gets up and moves
5. When one of the fruits is called all the people in that category get up and move to a vacant chair.
6. You can’t move to a chair next to you, and once your bottom has left the chair you must move.
The Dragon’s cave.
Aim: To increase children’s spatial awareness and co-ordination and control
Time allocation: 10 minutes.
1. A child plays the part of the sleeping dragon at one end of the space facing the wall. When the dragon begins snoring the game has begun.
2. The rest of the class must sneak silently towards the dragon to steal the golden scarf that is tucked into the waist band of the child playing the dragon.
3. The dragon may turn around and snarl at any time, and if they spot anyone moving they send them back to the beginning.
Do, do, do, as I do!
This game is similar to follow my leader. Everybody walks round in a circle, chanting “Do, do, do as I do, don’t worry!” over and over again together. Whoever is chosen to go into the middle must invent a move for everybody to copy as they move around the circle. After a while they choose someone to take over by tapping them on a the shoulder. Then it is that person’s chance to invent a new move.
During the game everybody must keep moving!
The Prince’s Olympics
The Prince was invited to the Dragon chasing competition. What other events could be part of the Prince’s Olympics? For example:
Climbing Rapunzel’s Hair.
Golden Egg and spoon racing.
Catapult Challenge.
After discussion the children’s ideas could be tried out in P.E.
