Food+&+Exercise+Diaries



S ound nutrition and regular exercise are important components of a healthy lifestyle. Teaching children to make healthy choices most of the time is part of that. There are many programmes and resources that lend themselves to Nutrition and Physical Activity Education available in all school resource rooms. In addition the links below will offer extra support.

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I n addition to learning about nutrition children need opportunities to put their learning into action. Some ideas to extend their thinking and provide opportunities to display their learning are:


 * ﻿experiment with planning healthy food menus
 * design healthy alternatives to fast foods e.g. healthy burgers, healthy coated chicken, reduced fat Chinese.
 * students present their learning as a food evening
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; vertical-align: auto;">cooking classes for 'fast food" parents
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; vertical-align: auto;">a cook off with the Principal as the judge (McDonalds V Healthy Burgers)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; vertical-align: auto;">plan a week long eating plan including the shopping list and recipes to go with it.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; vertical-align: auto;">the ideas are limitless!!!



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