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 Y3/4: (CA) Health and wellbeing
- Y3/4 Lesson 1 (Cycle A): My healthy diary
- Y3/4 Lesson 2 (Cycle A): Diet and dental health
- Y3/4 Lesson 3 (Cycle A): Relaxation: stretches
- Y3/4: Lesson 4 (Cycle A): Wonderful me
- Y3/4 Lesson 5 (Cycle A): My superpowers
- Y3/4 Lesson 6 (Cycle A): Celebrating mistakes
- Y3/4 Lesson 7 (Cycle A): Communicating my feelings
- Y3/4 Lesson 8 (Cycle A): My happiness