Juniors_Lesson 1

1. Dairy in my diet

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Activity: Which of these have you heard of?

List 1-2 facts you know about each

Balanced Diet

Dairy

Food Pyramid

Nutrients

A pyramid shaped display where foods containing the same type of nutrients are grouped together on the same shelf.

Milk and products made from milk, such as cheese and yogurt.

Substances we get from our food which help to keep our bodies healthy e.g. vitamins and minerals.

Eating the recommended servings of food from a variety of different food groups.

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Youtube Clip

Choose any three questions to answer

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1. Why do we need to eat a balanced diet?

2. What does the food pyramid help us with?

3. How many servings of milk, yogurt, or cheese should we have each day?

4. Why do kids aged 9-18 need more dairy foods?

5. What is one example of a serving of milk, yogurt, or cheese?

6. What other nutrients are in milk besides calcium?

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Strong Bones Club

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Discussion

1. Can anyone name some foods from this shelf?

2. Which ones are your favorite?

3. Why do you think these foods are on this part of the food pyramid?

4. How often should we eat these foods and why?

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Bone Health Class Discussion

Why is this important?

Taking Care of Our Bones

Questions

Healthy Bones

• Eating the right foods and playing helps our bones grow strong.
• It’s important to take care of our bones when we are young because they are growing fast!
• We also need Vitamin D to help our bones. We get Vitamin D from the sun, fish like salmon, and eggs.
• Good activities for bones:
• Dancing, running, jumping, and playing tennis help make our bones strong!

• To keep our bones strong, we need to eat 3 servings of milk, yogurt, or cheese every day.
• One serving is:
• 200ml of milk
• 125g of yogurt
• 25g of cheese

• Milk, yogurt, and cheese help make our bones and teeth strong because they give us calcium.

• Why is it important to take care of our bones when we're young?
• How do milk, yogurt, and cheese help our bones? Can you think of other foods?
• How do activities like running or dancing help our bones?

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Strong Bones & Healthy Foods!

Quiz

Teaching Notes

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Strong Bones & Healthy Foods!

Quiz

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Strong Bones & Healthy Foods!

Quiz

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Strong Bones & Healthy Foods!

Quiz

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Strong Bones & Healthy Foods!

Quiz

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Storyboard

Think about your day and draw 3 different times where you eat or drink dairy.

Evening/Bedtime

Lunch

Morning

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Ideas for Storyboard

Starting the day with a bowl of warm porridge made with milk.

Drinking a carton or bottle of School Milk each day.

Including cheese cubes with chopped apple for small break.

Including natural yogurt served with chopped berries as part of school lunch.

Making a snack of melted cheese on wholegrain toast.

Having milk in soups or sauces at dinner time.

Including milk in scrambled egg or omelettes for dinner.

Having a cup of warm milk before bed.

For the Teacher

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Extension Activities

1. Ask pupils to design a poster in groups with their 5 Top Tips for enjoying dairy. Display around the classroom or school.

2. Carry out a class survey of favourite foods from the ‘milk, yogurt and cheese’ food group. Print out the table on the next slide. Which is the most popular food? Create a pictogram to represent this information.

For the Teacher

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TEACHERS NOTES

Quiz

Strong bone & Healthy Foods!

Time: 5-7 minutes. Students to be given “letter cards” so they can hold up their answers. Pair students up for this task