KS1 & KS2 science curriculum

This unit builds on pupils' prior learning from Healthy me, where they explored the importance of exercise, nutrition, and hygiene. In Healthy eating, pupils will focus on how a balanced diet contributes to overall health and well-being, learning about the different types of food and their roles in the body. This prepares them for the next unit, Keeping healthy, where they will deepen their understanding of how lifestyle choices, including diet and exercise, affect long-term health and help prevent illness.

1. Making or finding food
2. Types of food
3. Amounts of food
4. Nutrition from food
5. Fats in food: plan and do (non-statutory)
6. Fats in food: review (non-statutory)
7. Nutrient-rich meal: planning (non-statutory)
8. Nutrient-rich meal: doing and reviewing (non-statutory)
9. Different diets for different people
10. Sustainable sources of food (non-statutory)
11. Local food (non-statutory Climate Change & Sustainability)
12. Food miles (non-statutory)

• Describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air)
• Describe the importance for humans to eat the right amounts of different types of food