Food Detectives KS1 toolkit

Includes a lesson plan, extension activities and a homework task.

"I like the Food Detectives resources. They are very easy to use and the sheets are brilliant to photocopy and distribute. We used them to supplement our 'Healthy Term'."

Nicole Ward, Sports Coach, Minster-In-Sheppey C.P. School, Kent

Get parents involved!

Tell parents you are teaching their children about 5 a Day and sugar. You could send out a newsletter, post on social media or blog on your website.

Curriculum

Supports the design and technology, science, mathematics, computing and English curricula

Design and Technology

• Explore and evaluate a range of existing products

Science

• Say which part of the body is associated with each sense
• Describe the importance of eating the right amounts of different types of food
• Perform simple tests
• Identify and classify
• Identify and name a variety of everyday materials
• Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials

Mathematics

• Practise counting and ordering numbers
• Identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations
• Solve (one-step) problems that involve addition and subtraction

Computing

• Use technology purposefully
• Recognise common uses of information technology beyond school

English – spoken

• Articulate and justify answers, arguments and opinions
• Give well-structured descriptions, explanations and narratives for different purposes
• Maintain attention and participate actively in collaborative conversations, staying on topic and initiating and responding to comments
• Consider and evaluate different viewpoints

English – written

• Write down ideas and/or key words, including new vocabulary
• Discuss what they have written with the teacher or other pupils

Design and Technology

• Explore and evaluate a range of existing products

Science

• Say which part of the body is associated with each sense
• Describe the importance of eating the right amounts of different types of food
• Perform simple tests
• Identify and classify
• Identify and name a variety of everyday materials
• Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials

Mathematics

• Practise counting and ordering numbers
• Identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations
• Solve (one-step) problems that involve addition and subtraction

Computing

• Use technology purposefully
• Recognise common uses of information technology beyond school

English – spoken

• Articulate and justify answers, arguments and opinions
• Give well-structured descriptions, explanations and narratives for different purposes
• Maintain attention and participate actively in collaborative conversations, staying on topic and initiating and responding to comments
• Consider and evaluate different viewpoints

English – written

• Write down ideas and/or key words, including new vocabulary
• Discuss what they have written with the teacher or other pupils

In the classroom

Developed by educational experts the Food Detectives toolkit offers a wide range of fun and engaging activities that can be used within the classroom and at home. These resources have been designed to be flexible – you can choose how to fit them into your timetable.

The toolkit includes:

• Lesson plan - made up of starter activities, a main activity and plenary
• Accompaning PowerPoint presentations - Fruit and Veg Snoops and Sophie’s Sugar Smart Day
• Fruit and Veg Snoops classroom activity
• Odd One Out classroom activity
• Undercover Investigation classroom activity
• The 5 a Day Hunt playground activity
• The NHS Food Scanner app on Apple app store or Google Play app store. You might also like to play the Sugar Boy video at the start of this activity.
• Sugar Smart Trumps homework activity

Learning objectives

By the end of these activities, pupils will be able to:

• identify different fruit and vegetables
• explore and evaluate fruit and vegetables, describing their feel, appearance, smell and taste
• recall the new recommended daily maximum sugar intake for their age range
• explain why fruit and vegetables are an important part of a healthy diet, are a good sugar swap and why they are important to their 5 a Day
• understand and compare the sugar content in a variety of food and drink products
• select lower-sugar alternatives to high-sugar products