First Class
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STRAND: Myself
(Theme for Sept)

STRAND UNIT: Taking Care of my Body
TIME: 30 mins a week plus integrated time
RESOURCES: Walk Tall, Stay Safe, R.S.E., N.W.H.B.
Content Objectives from the Curriculum Statement page 27

Food and Nutrition

That the child would be enables to…

  • Explore the importance of food for promoting growth, keeping healthy and providing energy.
  • Appreciate that balance, regularity and moderation are necessary in the diet- the food pyramid, the need for a balanced diet, the importance of having an appropriate intake of liquids, food that is unhealthy for some people and not for others.
  • Identify some of the foods that are derived from plant and animal sources.
  • Recognise and practise good hygiene when dealing with food.

Table of recommended lessons:

Lessons to be taken from…

  1. Up and Away: Unit 1- Food for My Body page 53- 106
  2. School Healthy Eating Policy

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