Week 1

Focus Introduction: What does it mean to be Healthy?

Slide

Learning Sequence Watch Video One: Meeting a healthier me from Notebook. Discussion: What does it mean? How do you find, or not lose this healthy version of you in the first place? What influences our health? Discuss. Open screen four and make notes. Watch Video Two: Who or what influences your eating? Does this have a positive or negative effect?

Resources

Evaluation

Making healthy food choices

Watch the story of the Very Hungry Caterpillar. Complete interactive activity to decide which food the caterpillar should eat to stay healthy. Make a list of all the food you eat in one day. Write it in your book or set aside as you will need it in next lesson.

Making healthy food choices

Look at list of food eaten in one day from previous lesson. Use the healthy eating pyramid, look at the food you ate in one day and circle each item depending on where it belongs on the pyramid. Look at recommended daily allowances of foods for children. How does this match with what you ate? Why are there different recommendations for different people? Discuss. How do we make better choices? Watch Video Three: Mistakes we make when food shopping.

Worksheet from previous lesson Healthy Food Pyramid

Whats Really in the Food we Eat?

Look at the importance of reading labels so we really know what is in the food we eat. But how do we read the label and what does it mean? Watch Video Three from slide 2: Mistakes we make when food shopping. Look at packaging from three different varieties of the one item. Which is better for you? Why? Introduce Foodswitch App. Try on different packages. Either use packaging that students have from food at school or bring extra packaging in.

Samples of food packaging

Whats Really in the Food we Eat?

More than just ingredients. Discuss additives. What they are and why they are in certain foods. How can the inclusion of additives effect our personal food choices and help us to stay healthy? Choose five of your favourite packaged foods. Read the label and compete the worksheet. Look up the website listed on the slide. Go to the shopping list and find an alternative for each of the packaged foods on the worksheet from the previous lesson. Write them on the bottom of the sheet.

Samples of packaged foods

Whats Really in the Food we Eat?

Samples of packaged foods

Making positive choices about the use of drugs

Brainstorm what the word drug means. Write ideas on slide 7. After brainstorming look at slide 8 for definition from the World Health Organisation. After reading this reflect on initial ideas then add examples to slide 8.

Making positive choices about the use of drugs Medicines

Complete Venn Diagram looking at legal and illegal drugs. Further break down legal drugs into medicine and other. Discuss safe handling and use of medicines. Reflect on why we use medicine. How might this be different for different groups of people ie elite athletes.

Making positive choices about the use of drugs Cigarettes and Alcohol

Effects of cigarettes and alcohol. Break students into groups to discuss a scenario. Come back together to discuss. Show clip about alcohol advertising. Discuss. Discuss scenarios about alcohol found on linked sheet. Discuss or write responses.

Scenario Cards Worksheet

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Culminating Activity: Assessment Targeted Assessment

Create a healthier version of yourself. Use Glogster or some other platform to make a poster which shows ways of keeping healthy.

Glogster

Foundation Statement:
Students examine key factors that contribute to a balanced lifestyle and keeping safe and healthy. They examine nutritional information, disease prevention and the effects of drugs on the body and they identify behaviours that impact on wellbeing. Students take responsibility for personal decisions, recognising the effects that decisions have on self and others.

Outcomes and Indicators:

SKILLS OUTCOMES DMS3.2 Makes informed decisions and accepts responsibility for consequences.
discriminates between a variety of products that healthy and unhealthy, eg food, drinks evaluates personal decisions accepts responsibility for their decisions predicts the consequences of their choices, eg use of tobacco and alcohol discerns the reliability of what is presented in the media, eg body image, drug use chooses an appropriate way to respond to peer , eg refusal skill in relation to drug use finds and analyses information upon which to make an informed decision

INS3.3 Acts in ways that enhance the contribution of self and others in a range of cooperative situations.
identifies factors that influence selection of friends clarifies opinions and attitudes towards drug use
Outcomes

PSS3.5 Suggests, considers and selects appropriate alternatives when resolving problems.
selects the most appropriate solution to a given problem reflects on outcomes of chosen solution devises strategies to reduce the negative impact of alcohol and tobacco on society

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OUTCOMES PHS3.12 Explains the consequences of personal lifestyle
discusses why people use different products analyses personal food intake to identify the balance of choices made identifies the positive and negative effects of various substances on the body, eg sunblock, alcohol, analgesics, tobacco, caffeine identifies the effects of their decisions on themselves, others and the environment, eg smoking, recycling makes judgements on the reliability of information from different sources, eg labels, websites, advertising, cigarette packets discusses how other people/media influence body image and food intake

 describes the factors that influence personal health choices, eg family, friends, religion, culture,

VALUES AND ATTITUDES OUTCOMES V2 Respects the right of others to hold different values and attitudes from their own
appreciates the similarities and differences between themselves and others shows sensitivity to the needs, rights, feelings and efforts of others shows concern for the welfare of others

V4 Increasingly accepts responsibility for personal and community health

values their health and safety and that of others defends the need for making decisions that enhance health appreciates the need for shared responsibility and decision making appreciates the need for safe practices in a range of situations and environments values the need to pursue healthy lifestyles