Tick off Bronze for... Using assemblies to teach children about food

Tick off Bronze for... Using assemblies to teach children about food

8 February 2011 – If you are using assemblies to teach pupils about healthy and sustainable food you can tick off the following food education criteria.

  Criteria

• We use the topic of healthy and sustainable food as a theme for assemblies (Bronze)

Resources

Stuffed, a Food for Life Partnership web-based resource for secondary students, offers a bank of teaching resources, from short films and information sheets to lesson plans. The site looks at the impact food has on the environment, society and animal welfare. Check out Stuffed.

The Food, Farming and Countryside Education (FACE) website also has a wealth of teaching resources for teachers at primary and secondary schools. Check out FACE.

Case study

Knowing that not all of its pupils eat a healthy breakfast every morning, Field Lane Junior School in West Yorkshire decided to hold a healthy breakfast assembly and it’s had a positive effect; one parent governor says her daughter now makes sure the whole family eats their five fruit and veg a day. Read the case study.
 




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The Food for Life Partnership is a network of schools and communities across England committed to transforming food culture. Together we are revolutionising school meals, reconnecting children and young people with where their food comes from, and inspiring families to grow and cook food.

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