Useful websites, pages and articles

BBC Bitesize logo with purple background and white text.
BBC Bitesize logo on a purple background
Logo of Oak National Academy featuring a stylized black outline of an acorn with a leaf, and black text reading 'Oak National Academy' on a light green background.
A torn piece of white paper with the handwritten message 'Eat Yourself Healthy' on an orange background.
Graphic with colorful paint splashes and the phrase 'FOOD: a fact of life'
Cartoon faces on a pineapple, egg, sweet potato, chocolate bar, and banana on a numbered table in a kitchen.
Logo with green square containing white text 'Better Health' on yellow background with black text 'healthier families'.
A milk carton and a jar of cereal with cartoon eyes and a smile, set on a kitchen counter.

Whole lesson plans and activities

Logo of Oak National Academy featuring a black line drawing of an acorn and the text 'Oak National Academy' on a light green background.
Colorful splashes of blue and purple with the text 'FOOD a fact of life'
Graphic with blue and pink paint splashes and the text "FOOD a fact of life"

Worksheets

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

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.
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.
Collection of eight food illustrations including chopped tomatoes, eggplant, grapes, pumpkin, mushrooms, pear, frozen peas, and strawberries.
Logo with blue and purple paint splashes and the text 'FOOD a fact of life'

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.
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'.
A torn piece of white paper on an orange background with the handwritten message "Eat Yourself Healthy" in black ink.
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.
A milk jug and a jar of cereal with friendly cartoon eyes and smiles, sitting on a kitchen counter.

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.
Torn piece of paper with the handwritten message, 'Eat Yourself Healthy,' on an orange background.
Cartoon boy in a wheelchair smiling at cheerful dog carrying a pink ball.
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.

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.
Graphic with yellow background, green box with white text that says 'Better Health', and black text that says 'healthier families'.

Cross-curricular links

Three bananas with colorful shapes inside, on a white surface with painted colorful shapes.
A cutting board with sliced cucumber, a grapefruit, and strawberries.
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.
A collage of four recipes: apple and carrot juice, couscous, hummus and carrot wrap, and soda bread.
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.
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.

SEND & adaptive teaching

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