Learning objective
- To understand the benefits of healthy eating and dental health
Statutory guidance
Pupils should know:
- What constitutes a healthy diet (including understanding calories and other nutritional content).
- The characteristics of a poor diet and risks associated with unhealthy eating (including, for example, obesity and tooth decay) and other behaviours (e.g. the impact of alcohol on diet or health).
- About dental health and the benefits of good oral hygiene and dental flossing, including regular check-ups at the dentist.
Success criteria
Cross-curricular links
Before the lesson
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Attention grabber
Main event
Differentiation
Pupils needing extra support: Could work in mixed ability groups so they can support each other; alternatively they could be given a food group they know about already, such as fruit and vegetables.
Pupils working at greater depth: Could be allocated the less familiar food groups to research, for example hydration, oils and spreads.
Wrapping up
Assessing pupils' progress and understanding
Vocabulary
In this topic
- Assessment - RSE & PSHE Y3/4 (A): Health and wellbeing
- Y3/4 (A): Lesson 1: My healthy diary
- Y3/4 (A): Lesson 2: Diet and dental health
- Y3/4 (A): Lesson 3: Relaxation: stretches
- Y3/4 (A): Lesson 4: Wonderful me
- Y3/4 (A): Lesson 5: My superpowers
- Y3/4 (A): Lesson 6: Celebrating mistakes
- Y3/4 (A): Lesson 7: Communicating my feelings
- Y3/4 (A): Lesson 8: My happiness