Key Stage 2 Year 4 Lesson Number: 1 Date

Lesson plan

Key Stage 2 Year 4 Lesson number: 1 Date:

Time: 1 hour

Lesson title: Lovely lunch – The eatwell plate

Learning

Learning objective
To be able to: / Learning outcomes
recall the main messages from each of the The eatwell plate food groups. / All pupils will … / recall some of The eatwell plate messages.
Most pupils should … / recall the main messages from each of the The eatwell plate food groups.
Some pupils could … / recall and explain the main messages from each of the The eatwell plate food groups.
identify and classify ingredients in composite dishes (e.g. sandwiches) according to The eatwell plate food groups. / All pupils will … / identify the ingredients in composite dishes.
Most pupils should … / identify and classify ingredients in composite dishes (e.g. sandwiches) according to The eatwell plate food groups.
Some pupils could … / identify and classify ingredients in more complex composite dishes (e.g. Shepherd’s pie) according to The eatwell plate food groups.
explain the meaning of the different food group proportions on The eatwell plate. / All pupils will … / recognise that The eatwell plate food groups are different sizes and that this indicates the amount that should be eaten from each group.
Most pupils should … / explain the meaning of the different food group proportions on The eatwell plate.
Some pupils could … / explain the meaning of the different food group proportions on The eatwell plate and give examples to demonstrate understanding.

Teaching and learning activities

Activity / Resources and equipment
Starter
Explain to the children that over the next few weeks they will be learning about healthy eating, what other people choose to eat and why, seasonal food and the different types of sandwiches. They will then use what they have learnt to help them design and make a sandwich for someone in their family to eat at a lunchtime occasion.
Revise The eatwell plate with the children by using the Eatwell plate PowerPoint which looks at each food group in turn and its key messages. Stop at slide eight. (The remaining part of the PowerPoint can be used in the main part of the lesson.)
Undertake a short activity to give children the opportunity to consolidate where a selection of different foods belong on The eatwell plate. Three activity options are outlined below.
· Use the Make a balanced plate game to re-cap which foods belong in which food groups.
· Use a selection of real foods, or the Food cards, and ask the children to say where they belong or place them on an enlarged copy of the Blank eatwell plate. Discuss their responses and correct any errors.
· Play the Eatwell plate race. This involves chalking a large eatwell plate on the playground, giving children a food card each and getting them to run to and stand in the correct food group. / Eatwell plate PowerPoint presentation
Make a balanced plate game
Food cards
Blank eatwell plate
Eatwell plate race
Main
Display the Eatwell plate poster for reference. Explain to the children that they have been sorting one food at a time into The eatwell plate groups but we mostly eat dishes and meals which are made of foods from more than one food group. These are called ‘composite dishes’ because they are dishes made from foods from more than one food group.
Explain that a sandwich is a composite dish because it is made with foods from different food groups. Ask the children for an example of a sandwich. Ask them to name the ingredients and say where each one belongs on The eatwell plate. For example, a chicken and lettuce roll:
· Fruit and vegetables – lettuce;
· Bread, rice, potatoes, pasta and other starchy foods – bread roll;
· Meat, fish, eggs, beans and other non-dairy sources of protein – chicken;
· Foods and drinks high in fat and/or sugar – butter/spread.
Acknowledge that foods from the Milk and dairy food group are not included in this dish so a person having a sandwich like this would need to think about what else they would eat during the day to make sure they include some food from the Milk and dairy foods group (e.g. they might have a glass of milk or a yogurt).
Ask the children if they can give an example of another composite dish and talk through the ingredients and where they belong on The eatwell plate. (E.g. Pizza – bread base, tomato sauce, vegetables and cheese.)
Resume the Eatwell plate PowerPoint at slide 9 to talk through one or two more examples of composite dishes with the children.
Continue through the PowerPoint to cover The eatwell plate proportions. Question the children to ensure they have understood the key messages:
· Why are the food groups different sizes? (To help us understand how much we should eat from each group. Note: the Foods and drinks high in fat and/or sugar group illustrates that a maximum of 7% of the diet should come from food in this group. It is not a target, and eating less than 7% is preferable.)
· Which groups should we eat most food from? (Fruit and vegetables and Bread, rice, potatoes, pasta and other starchy foods groups.)
· What do we know about how much we should eat from the two largest groups? (Fruit and vegetables group – eat at least 5 A DAY. Bread, rice, potatoes, pasta and other starchy foods – eat foods from this group at every main meal.)
· Which food groups do we need ‘some’ foods from every day? (Milk and dairy foods and Meat fish, eggs, beans and other non-dairy source of protein.)
· What do we know about the Foods high in fat and/or sugar group? (Foods and drinks from this group should only be eaten or drunk in small amounts and occasionally. We do not need to have foods and drinks from this group to be healthy.)
Provide a selection of sandwich recipes (see suggestions in the adjacent column). Instruct the children to choose three recipes to analyse using the What is it made from? worksheet (you will only need copies of the third of these three sheets for this task). / Eatwell plate poster
Sandwich recipes:
Bacon Lettuce and tomato (BLT)
Salmon and cucumber bagel
Chicken salad pitta pockets
Hummus and carrot wrap
Tuna and bean wraps
What is it made from? worksheet
Plenary
Go through a selection of the sandwich recipes and check the children have put the foods in the correct food groups. Look at how each sandwich covers The eatwell plate food groups. Question the children:
· What else could be eaten with the sandwich to make a healthy lunch that includes food from the four main (largest) eatwell plate food groups? (E.g. a drink, fruit and vegetables, a yogurt.)
· Go through each food group and recap the main message for the group and the proportions of our diet that should come from each.
Related activity ideas
Use the interactive activity to plan a diet for a day for Alisha and Ronnie. This requires the children to plan a diet that meets the proportions of The eatwell plate. / Alisha and Ronnie game