‘Live Right, Feel Great’
Food for thought
Today the students were introduced to our inquiry topic…all about ‘FOOD’. Our unit will cover many things from nutrition to understanding the how our body uses food to planning and preparing a meal for a ‘Master Chef’ competition. This term we will have a Nutritionist (Marie Walters, Food for Thought Nutritionist) work with the students as well as ‘Harold’ (and Jo) from the Life Education Trust.
‘Food in schools’ has been a hot topic in the media recently. We watched a video clip about the differences in the amount and types of food that students eat before and at school, at a decile 1 and decile 10 school. Check out the video clip: Lunchbox-differences-in-decile-1-and-decile-10-schools
It is shocking to see that so many New Zealand children are going to school hungry. It is also very sad to see what some children are eating for their lunches. This video clip has helped us think more about, not only the need to eat food BUT to eat the ‘right food’ so that we can ‘feel great’ and make the most of the learning at school.
Happily this is a selection of the our classes lunchboxes:
