Healthy eating

This week one of the opposites we are learning about is healthy/unhealthy. We are learning what we need to do to keep ourselves healthy, including eating healthy food, drinking lots of water, getting exercise and getting enough rest.

We looked at different types of food and talked about whether we thought they were healthy or unhealthy. Then we learnt about the five different food groups and how they help our bodies. We learnt that carbohydrates (carbs) like rice, pasta, bread and potatoes give us energy, fruit and vegetables keep us healthy and we should have at least 5 portions a day, dairy foods like milk and yoghurt help us to have strong teeth and strong bones and proteins like meat, fish, eggs and nuts help us to grow. We also learnt about fats and sugars, like chocolate, sweets, crisps and fizzy drinks - these are foods we should only have a small amount of in our diet!

Then we made a healthy plate of food using paper plates and a range of resources including tissue paper and colouring pencils. We added labels and some of us wrote sentences about how the food in our healthy meal helps us, such as "Fish helps you grow" (Jack) and "Pasta gives you energy." (Emily).

When we have snack now we are going to be thinking about how the fruit and vegetables will help us to keep healthy and how our milk will help strengthen our teeth and bones!

What food do you like eating? Do you know which food group it belongs to and how it will help your body? When you're having dinner tonight, see if you can talk about how some of the food on your plate will help your body.