AdmiraLty
primary school
HEALTHY
EATING
CAMPAIGN
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What's Cooking!
Encourage children to plan & cook meals which include variety of healthy option in order to create a balance meal.
- Create a bi-weekly healthy meal planner.
- Parents to assign age-appropriate tasks to children such as measuring ingredients, stirring or setting the table (https://backyardsummercamp.com/kids-cooking-activities/)
- Take a picture or record a video of your child & post it on our padlet.
WHY
- Promoting Decision-Making Skills
— Involving them in meal planning helps hone decision-making skills.
— Selecting meals & snacks to help them understand the importance of balanced nutrition.
- Encourage an Adventurous Palate
— Cooking together encourages children to try new foods & flavours.
— They will become more open-minded to experiment with different nutritious ingredients broadens their culinary palate.
- Life Skills Development
— Learn basic cooking techniques & food preparation to become more independent.
—It lays the foundation for lifelong healthy eating habits.
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WHY
- Food Education
— Provides an opportunity to educate them about different types of foods, nutritional value & how they fit into a balanced diet.
— Explain the importance of choosing fresh fruits & vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins & dairy products.
- Healthy Meal Planning
— Encourage them to suggest healthy ingredients & meals which promotes family involvement in meal decision-making.
— Make informed choices & evaluate the healthiness of food products.
- Food Label Reading
— Parents explain the importance of checking ingredients, understanding serving sizes, & being aware of the Nutrition Information Panel (NIP).
— Parents to engage them in choosing between different options, comparing prices & reading food labels.
Dear, Grocery!
Take them on a grocery shopping trip & make shopping list for them to make it more interactive.
- Take a picture or record a video of your child & post it on our padlet explaining why they chose the food, nutritional benefits.
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WHY
- Creativity & Variety
— Encourages children to explore different flavours, textures & food combinations.
- Empowering & Boosting Confidence
— Engaging children in snack preparation empowers them to make their own food choices to become more self-reliant & confident to make nutritious snack.
- Building Healthy Habits
— Parents can instil healthy habits from an early age by developing a preference for healthier options over processed snacks & sugary treats.
Demonstrate & encourage children to make creative nutritious foods.
- Children are to bring their healthy snack & 2 student are to engage in a show & tell during Healthy Snack Break.
- Explaining why they chose the food, nutritional benefits & to share their recipe.
Happy Hour!
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Dream Weavers!
WHY
- Awareness of Healthy Eating
— The workshops will help family understand the importance of balanced & nutritious eating habit, which promotes awareness on healthier food choices & portion control.
- Weight Management
— Address weight related concerns & help children achieve & maintain a healthy weight.
— Learn the importance on energy balance, role of physical activity & impact of food choices.
- Family Involvement & Support
— A supportive environment where parents can guide & motivate their children to make healthier choices.
Go for interactive workshops to learn more about the importance of nutrition.
- Engage children in a portion control activity where they learn about appropriate serving sizes through the use of food models.
- Guide children in planning a balanced & nutritious menu for a week & how to incorporate variety of food groups ino making healthier choices.
- Conduct cooking demonstrations to show children how to prepare healthy meals.
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Delicacy Appetit!
Create fun challenges for children to try new & healthy foods together in order to modify their taste buds.
- Parents can set up a food tasting station at home where children & parents can sample variety of healthy food.
- Parents can create a food tasting charts of different foods.
WHY
- Exploration of New Foods
— Encourages children to try new & unfamiliar foods which help expand their palate & exposes them to wider variety of flavours, textures & cuisines.
- Overcoming Food Preferences & Picky Eating
— They may develop a more adventurous attitude towards trying new foods in a fun way to understand & address specific food preferences.
- Social Interaction & Family Bonding
— Food tasting challenges can be fun& interactive activity that creates a shared experience where parents & children can discuss their impressions of different foods, share their preferences & enjoy trying new things together.
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WHY
- Nutritional Education
— Parents to educate children about nutritional benefits of different fruits, vegetables & herbs.
- Exposure to Variety
— Gardening exposes children to wider variety of fruits & vegetable which expand their taste preferences & encouraging a more nutritious diet.
- Appreciation for Food Produce
— Learn to recognise the difference in taste, texture & quality between homegrown & store-bought options, making them more inclined to choose fresh, nutrient-rich foods.
Grow Your Gardens!
Get them involved in planting plant/fruit, watering them & preparing the produce.
- Organise a salad-making activity using vegetables harvested from the garden - in which children can participate in washing, cutting & assembling the ingredients to create a fresh & nutritious salad.
- Introduce various herbs grown in the garden & organise tasting session - sample herbs such as basil, mint etc.
- Share their garden stories & lessons they learned in their class communication channel.
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