Healthy snack swaps
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can make healthy snack and drink choices and swaps.
Key learning points
- Drink and snack swaps can be made for better healthy eating.
- Making smart swaps helps us to better follow the Eatwell Guide.
- Foods like chocolate, crisps, cake and ice cream should be eaten less often and in small amounts. They are not needed.
Keywords
Drink - a liquid that is swallowed, such as water or milk
Snack - food eaten between meals
Swaps - exchange one thing for another
Common misconception
All snacks are unhealthy.
Not all snacks are unhealthy. We can use the Eatwell Guide to help us choose healthier snacks. We can choose snacks from each of the four biggest food groups.
Teacher tip
Talk to the pupils about what snacks and drinks they usually have for a day. Using the learning from the slide deck, ask them to think about what changes they could make, including different swaps.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.True or false? The Eatwell Guide shows the proportions and types of food to eat to be healthy.
Q2.Name the two biggest food groups in the Eatwell Guide.
Q3.If we eat sweets, cake and chocolate, we should ...
Q4.Pick two foods from this food group:
Q5. are eaten between meals.
Q6.Match the key messages to the food group:
Fruit and vegetables
Potatoes, bread, rice and pasta
Beans, pulses, fish, eggs and meat
Dairy and alternatives
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.True or false? All snacks are unhealthy.
Q2.Match the snacks to the Eatwell Guide food group.
Fruit and vegetables
Potatoes, bread, rice and pasta
Beans, pulses, fish, eggs and meat
Dairy and alternatives
Q3.Which foods should we eat less often and in small amounts?
Q4.The Eatwell Guide shows that we should have __________ a day.
Q5.Match the snack and drink swaps:
fruit loaf
fruit smoothie
jelly (sugar free)
sugar-free lemonade
To help you plan your 4 cooking and nutrition lesson on: Healthy snack swaps, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 4 cooking and nutrition lesson on: Healthy snack swaps, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
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