A nutrient is any substance that plants or animals need in order to live and grow.

A vitamin is a chemical in food which helps the body to stay healthy.

Carbohydrates are found in foods like fruits, vegetables and grains. They give us energy.

Protein is found in foods like meat, fish and eggs. It helps a human's body to grow and repair itself.

Calcium is one of the chemicals that forms our bones and teeth. Calcium is found in dairy foods.

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Science

In this Healthy eating unit, pupils learn that animals, including humans, can not make their own food, they get nutrition from what they eat. In the Human circulatory system and Keeping healthy units, pupils will build on this knowledge to describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, and the impact of diet on the way their bodies function

In the Healthy me unit, pupils learnt about the importance for animals, including humans, to eat the right amounts of different types of food. In this Healthy eating unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to learn that animals, including humans, need the right types and amounts of nutrition from food

This unit covers how animals, including humans, obtain nutrition from their diet, emphasising the need for the right types and amounts of food. It involves asking questions, gathering and presenting data, using scientific language, and interpreting evidence to answer questions and support findings.

Healthy eating

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Why is it important to eat fruit and vegetables?

Which of these foods is a good source of carbohydrates?

give us energy which helps to keep us active.

contain calcium which is good for our bones.

Dairy foods and alternatives are good for our bones because they contain {{}}.

How much fat should a healthy diet contain?

What do living things need to stay alive?

from a shop or by growing it in a garden.

by making it themselves inside their bodies.

Complete this sentence. Humans get their food ...

True or false. Animals make their own food.

All animals are carnivores and only eat other animals.

Some animals eat other animals, some animals eat plants, some animals eat both.

All animals are herbivores and only eat plants.

Why is it important for humans to eat a healthy diet?

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Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Adult supervision recommended

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

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Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.