- Both age groups:
Show pupils the Healthy breakfast animation and invite discussion.
Discussion questions:- Why do you need a healthy breakfast?
- What food groups do the characters represent?
- Eliza and Ernie Eggs: Meat, fish, eggs, beans and other non-dairy sources of protein
- Sunny the Orange: Vegetables and fruit
- Toto Toast: Bread, rice, pasta & other starchy foods
- What does protein do for your body?
See BBC bitesize for details - What does vitamin C do for your body?
See BBC bitesize for details - What does fibre do for your body?
See BBC bitesize for details
Ages 7 to 9:
- Play the game ‘Omelette’ (an alternative version to ‘Fruit Salad’).
- Ask pupils to sit on chairs in a circle and allocate each pupil a healthy omelette ingredient, either mushroom, egg, tomato or milk.
- When you call out an item, all those allocated to that item must move to a different chair within the circle.
- When you call out ‘Omelette’, everyone must change seats!
- After each go, remove one chair and the pupil who fails to get a seat is out of the game.
Ages 9 to 11:
- Ask pupils to create a mind map showing their existing knowledge about healthy and less healthy foods.