Keeping Healthy

Key Stage 1 Science

Children should learn:

the importance of healthy eating, including eating a range of foods
why exercise is important for keeping bodies healthy
how hygiene (such as handwashing and keeping clean) helps prevent illness
to begin to understand that rest and sleep are important for health

Useful websites, pages and articles

BBC Bitesize - What do humans need to be healthy?

BBC Bitesize - Food

Oak National Academy - KS1 Year 2 Science - Staying Healthy

7 lessons

Includes slides, worksheets, quizzes and videos

A torn piece of white paper with the handwritten message 'Eat Yourself Healthy' on an orange background.

BBC Bitesize - Eat yourself healthy

Graphic with colorful paint splashes and the phrase 'FOOD: a fact of life'

Food - a fact of life website

Free education resources for teaching young people about where food comes from, cooking and healthy eating

Cartoon faces on a pineapple, egg, sweet potato, chocolate bar, and banana on a numbered table in a kitchen.

BBC Bitesize - How do we get energy from food and drink?

NHS Better Health

Activity and movement resources

A milk carton and a jar of cereal with cartoon eyes and a smile, set on a kitchen counter.

BBC Bitesize - Food at different life stages

Whole lesson plans and activities

Oak National Academy - KS1 Year 2 Science - Staying Healthy

7 lessons

Includes slides, worksheets, quizzes and videos

Colorful splashes of blue and purple with the text 'FOOD a fact of life'

Food - a fact of life

Healthy eating lessons

Graphic with blue and pink paint splashes and the text "FOOD a fact of life"

Food - a fact of life workbook

Worksheets

Graphic with colorful paint splashes and the text 'FOOD a fact of life'

Food - a fact of life workbook

Books

Colorful illustrated cover with the title 'This is how we Keep Healthy' and subtitle 'For little kids going to big school'. Includes images of a butterfly, hand, milk carton, rubber duck, soccer ball, kiwi, banana, strawberry with stem, bone, and a person in a lab coat.

This is how we Keep Healthy

Non-fiction - healthy, hygiene and health care skills

Colorful book cover titled "Get Your Dragon to Eat Healthy Food" by Steve Herman, featuring a cartoon dragon and a boy sitting at a table with healthy foods like watermelon, broccoli, and various vegetables around them.

Get your dragon to eat healthy foods

Fiction - healthy food choices

Cover of a children's book titled 'The Children's Book of Healthy Eating,' featuring children eating and drinking, with banners reading 'Super Star Rewards,' 'Healthy choices,' and 'Eating together.'

This Is How We Keep Healthy

Non-fiction - healthy food choices

Children engaging in activities related to healthy eating and nutrition in a colorful, child-friendly setting.

Healthy me: Eating well

Non-fiction - different foods and healthy food habits

Cover of a children's book titled "Germs vs Soap" with the authors Didi Dragon and illustrator Hannah Robinett. The title features large, colorful letters, with 'Germs' in green and 'Soap' in pink, and three cartoon germs with different expressions at the bottom.

Germs vs soap

Fiction - fun story about what soap does to germs

Children playing and exercising outdoors, with kids jumping, riding bikes, walking dogs, and running in a park, promoting healthy life and active lifestyle.

Healthy me: Exercise and play

Non-fiction - importance of exercise and fun movement and play

Illustration of children and various food items with the question, "Which food will you choose?"

Which food will you choose?

Fiction - colourful foods and importance of varied diet

A children’s book cover titled "Keeping Clean" by Katie Woolley and Ryan Wheatcroft, depicting children washing their hands and bathing, with a bathtub, sink, and pets in the bathroom, emphasizing hygiene.

Healthy me: keeping clean

Non-fiction - importance of washing, brushing and hygiene habits

Resources

A colorful dietary guide chart divided into sections based on food groups, illustrating balanced eating. The green section highlights fruits and vegetables like berries, leafy greens, tomatoes, and bananas. The yellow section features starchy foods such as potatoes, bread, rice, pasta, and whole grain cereals. The red section shows proteins including beans, fish, eggs, and meat. The purple section displays dairy and alternatives like milk, soya drinks, and cheese. An orange section advises limiting foods like oily spreads and processed foods. Additional tips emphasize eating less often in small amounts, choosing lower-fat and lower-sugar options, and limiting fruit juice and smoothies. The chart also notes that adults should drink 6-8 glasses of water daily.

from “Food - a fact of life” website

Pie chart titled 'Eatwell Guide' showing recommended food group proportions with sections for fruits and vegetables, potatoes, bread, rice, pasta, beans, pulses, fish, eggs, meat, dairy and alternatives, oil and spreads, and a small section for eating less often and in small amounts. A water glass indicates drinking 6-8 glasses a day.

Eatwell guide - blank

from “Food - a fact of life” website

Collection of eight food illustrations including chopped tomatoes, eggplant, grapes, pumpkin, mushrooms, pear, frozen peas, and strawberries.

from “Food - a fact of life” website

Additional resources

from “Food - a fact of life” website

Videos

Cartoon eyes and smiles added to food items on kitchen countertop, including broccoli, egg, cheese, bread, canned beans, salt and pepper shakers, creating a playful scene.

BBC Bitesize - Food Groups

Colorful animated characters standing on a rainbow path with a cheerful man raising his arms, behind large colorful circles with the word 'Activate' and smaller text 'with Joe Wicks'.

Activate with Joe Wicks - fun, high-energy workouts for kids (playlist - 15 videos)

A torn piece of white paper on an orange background with the handwritten message "Eat Yourself Healthy" in black ink.

BBC Bitesize - Eat yourself healthy

A pineapple, an egg, a sweet potato, a chocolate bar, and a banana with cartoon eyes and mouths standing on numbered strips in a kitchen.

BBC Bitesize - How do we get energy from food and drink?

A milk jug and a jar of cereal with friendly cartoon eyes and smiles, sitting on a kitchen counter.

BBC Bitesize - Food at different life stages

Fun & Games

A word search puzzle titled 'What do humans need to be healthy?' with the words protein, vegetables, sleep, water, food, and happy hidden in the grid.

BBC Bitesize - Wordsearch “What do humans need to be healthy?”

Torn piece of paper with the handwritten message, 'Eat Yourself Healthy,' on an orange background.

BBC Bitesize - Eat yourself healthy quiz

Cartoon boy in a wheelchair smiling at cheerful dog carrying a pink ball.

BBC Bitesize - Food as fuel quiz

Animated bunny rabbit with a carrot on its head. Bunny has big ears, a wide open mouth, and brown fur, sitting against a white background.

BBC Bitesize - Food at different life stages

Songs & Music

Movement & Dance

Animated promotional image for the show 'Activate with Joe Wicks'. It features a cartoon character with long, curly hair, a beard, and a blue shirt with Olympic rings, standing with arms raised in front of colorful rings and a bright yellow background. Six small colorful animated characters with various hair and face designs are standing on a rainbow-colored mat in front of him.

Activate with Joe Wicks - fun, high-energy workouts for kids (playlist - 15 videos)

NHS Better Health - 10 minute Shake Up Games

Cross-curricular links

Three bananas with colorful shapes inside, on a white surface with painted colorful shapes.

Art - Potato Printing

BBC Bitesize Food

A cutting board with sliced cucumber, a grapefruit, and strawberries.

DT - Choosing kitchen tools

BBC Bitesize Food

A decorated gingerbread house with a brown body, pink windows, a pink door, white icing accents, and a snowflake on the roof, set against a black background.

RE - Food for Festivals and celebrations

BBC Bitesize Food

A collage of four recipes: apple and carrot juice, couscous, hummus and carrot wrap, and soda bread.

Food - a fact of life website

Farmer's market stalls with cups and plates on the left, fish and red tomatoes at the center, and carrots and purple vegetables on the right.

Geography - where does our food come from?

BBC Bitesize Food

A cartoon chef robot with a smiling face, white chef's hat, and a kid with dark hair wearing a white chef's coat, both smiling and posing together.

DT - Get ready to cook

BBC Bitesize Food

SEND & adaptive teaching

Colorful paint splashes with the text 'FOOD a fact of life'

Food - a fact of life website

Pupils with additional needs