The theme for our PSHE lessons this half term is 'Healthy Me.' Last week, the children set themselves some different exercise and fitness challenges, and this week, the focus moved towards making healthier food choices.
As a class, we explored what makes a food a more or less healthy choice - there was a lot of interesting discussion about whether some foods can be healthy in some ways but less healthy in other ways. We concluded that we can all enjoy all different kinds of foods - but it was important to get the balance right to make sure that our bodies continued to work properly and have all the nutrients and energy they need.
All the children knew that fresh fruit and vegetables were really healthy food choices, but when it came to looking at packaged foods, it was trickier to decide. We looked at food labelling, and discovered that it was sometimes rather confusing to navigate. The nutrition labels on the different packets we looked at were all presented in different ways, so we had to be really careful to read them properly. We had a discussion about why manufacturers might want to make this information less than clear to shoppers.
Finally, the children did some group work, discussing and ordering different foods according to their sugar content. When the answers were revealed, there were some surprises - some foods which might seem like healthier choices were actually packed with sugar!
