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Science Y2 – Parent Guide
Healthy Eating
Week 4

Truth to Teach (Source)

1. To appreciate that God created food to nourish and energise our bodies in a
pleasurable way.
2. To learn that a healthy diet consists of a balanced intake of foods from the
four main groups, with not too many treats. (sweet, fatty or salty foods)
3. To encourage thankfulness for the variety of foods available to us.
You need:
• A selection of food (real or pretend).

• A low table with two boxes on top to make a pyramid shape.
• A poster and/or pictures encouraging a healthy, balanced diet.

Way to Work (Means)

1. Why do we eat food? (In order to grow and gain energy)
All right, I want to grow tall and strong, and have lots of energy, so I’ll eat three
tarts, a flan, a bar of chocolate and six chocolate bars. (Use food from the shop,
supplemented with real food.)
What’s wrong?

2. God designed our bodies in such a way that they work best when they
have a balance of foods from the four food groups (revise). Different
foods will provide different sorts of goodness for our bodies. Some foods give
us energy, while other foods help the body to stay healthy and to grow properly. It
is a fact that some foods are better for us than other foods. (Give examples.)
When we eat well we are giving our body a good gift!

3. Let’s look at what would be a healthy, balanced diet. Proceed to build up a food
pyramid from the ground up, using a low table with different sized boxes on top to
create three more levels. Have a selection of foods available for the children to
choose from. (You may need to explain what a pyramid is – that it is larger at the
bottom, than at the top.)

Ask children to select foods in the carbohydrate group and place these at the
bottom of the pyramid. Fruit and vegetables come next. We should eat lots of
these foods.
We also need to include some fish, chicken, beans, lean meat and dairy
products.

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