Healthy Eating

Classroom Resources

Healthy Eating Week 2022: creative ideas and resources to help primary schools to be involved in healthy eating week.
Classroom cooking toolkit: offers creative ideas to help teach children about a healthy and balanced diet using the eat well guide.
Food growing resources: some great resources that can be downloaded for pupils aged 5-11 around issues of food and sustainability and resources around growth for British science week.
Food miles calculator: a good resource to use in classroom on the whiteboard to get children to start thinking about how far food has travelled before it reaches the consumer and the environmental impact.
Food a fact of life: A range of free teaching resources to use for children and young people aged 3-16yrs to highlight where food comes from, cooking and healthy eating.
Food a fact of life: Great resources to support teaching and learning about food and nutrition for children with additional needs.
Eat Well Guide: a visual resource that can be used to explain a balanced diet and how much you should eat overall from each food group see below.

Healthy Eating campaign resources to encourage pupils to build a healthier lifestyle can be used for all years, lots of whole school ideas and resources.
Handy guide for school caterers: around portion sizes and how to make sure school meals are healthy and balanced.
Hub4Leaders: an article on suggesting ways on how you can make lunchtime more productive.
HENRY: this website offers help planning and cooking healthy family meals with simple recipes, making it much easier to prepare quick and balanced meals.
Veg Power: lots of ways to encourage children to eat vegetables and information on how schools can get involved in campaigns and posters, charts that can be downloaded.

Guidance on Schools food in England: around planning and providing food in schools. It explains how legislation applies to food provided within schools.
Guidance for schools a practical guide: around food standards to help develop healthy eating habits amongst young people.
Checklist for headteachers: to help improve school food culture and increase the take up of school dinners.
School food: guidance for governors guiding them on how to create and embed a great school food culture within schools.
Food in Schools whole school approach: establishing ways to provide a whole school approach and benefits of having a food policy.
Allergy Guidance for schools: practical advice and resources to help schools manage allergy risks.
Public Health England: guidance on food teaching in primary schools see below.
The Leicestershire Healthy Schools Team have created guidance to support schools to develop their own Food & Healthy Eating Policy. Please find the document below.