An education resource pack that supports primary school teachers to deliver healthy eating lessons has been distributed to every primary school in England.
This new cross-curricular resource, for children aged 5 to 8 years, supports cooking and tasting activities and looks at eating different species of fish as part of a healthy balanced diet.
Roy Ballam, education programme manager, British Nutrition Foundation, said: “The new slim-line curriculum has given Seafish the opportunity to provide teachers with new materials to engage children at school and to also give them a healthy start to life.”
The pack has been developed by Fish is the Dish, the consumer and education face of industry body Seafish, in response to the reintroduction of the compulsory teaching of cooking and nutrition to the national curriculum in England.
Fish is the Dish worked with the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) to develop the comprehensive materials which include a teachers’ guide and six lesson plans, workbooks, and stickers and posters for children to use at school and home.
It is supported by online resources, including easy to assemble recipes, peer to peer learning via cooking videos, cross-curricular worksheets, presentations and interactive whiteboard activities.
Teachers at primary schools across England can request a free pack from the Fish is the Dish website and all teaching materials are also available online with no copyright restrictions.
