Healthy eating
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Why this why now
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.
Prior knowledge requirements
- 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
Threads
Why this why now
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.
Prior knowledge requirements
- 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
Biology
Healthy eating
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.
12 lessons in unit
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