Max and Millie: A great day out

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1 Max and Millie: A great day out NOTES FOR Presenters These notes suggest activities that you may wish to use in association with Max and Millie: A great day out. Summarised below, they cover a range of curriculum topics at Key Stages 1 and 2. Full details of each activity are provided in the following pages. HOW TO USE These exercises have been designed to stimulate discussion around topics covered in the presentation. Suggested responses to each one are provided in the following pages and can be used to encourage children to research the topics further. The activities require minimal resources and can be extended or modified to suit your group. Each sheet indicates whether activities are designed to suit the individual, small-group or whole-group situations, and worksheets are provided where appropriate. Italic text contains information for presenters with suggested responses to questions, ideas for equipment and how the activity can be used. Slides Exercise Activity 5-11 What food and drink would you take on Children work in pairs (but could a picnic? work individually) Can you match the food and drink that Max and Millie took on their picnic to the eatwell plate? 17 What s your favourite fruit? Can you design a poster? Children work individually A group activity A creative activity where children design a poster encouraging 5-a-day. 21 What s your favourite thing to do in active play? Hydration: how much sugar is in your favourite drink? A group activity A group activity

2 What food and drink would you take on a picnic? Slides 5-11: This activity can be done in pairs Encourages children to think about healthy eating and introduces them to the eatwell plate. EQUIPMENT Worksheet Pen Colouring pencils Ruler ACTIVITY This activity is divided into two parts: 1) On side one of the worksheet, ask the children to make a list of what they would take on a picnic. They should keep in mind the healthy eating plate when thinking about what they choose. 2) Then ask the children to turn the sheet over and look at the list that Max and Millie made. Ask them to draw a line from each item to the correct section of the eatwell plate.

3 What food and drink would you take on a picnic? YOUR PICNIC ITEMS DRAW YOUR PICNIC BELOW

4 What food and drink would you take on a picnic? This is what Max and Millie took on their picnic Can you draw a line from the item on the list to the section of the eatwell plate it comes from? PICNIC ITEMS THE EATWELL PLATE Carrot & celery sticks Hard boiled eggs A loaf of bread Sausage rolls Ham Grapes FRUIT & VEGETABLES BREAD, RICE, POTATOES, PASTA etc Nuts Orange juice Yoghurt A bar of chocolate MEAT, FISH, EGGS, BEANS, NUTS etc SUGARY TREATS MILK, CHEESE, YOGHURT and other dairy product

5 What is your favourite fruit? Slide 17: Group activity Gets children to explore different kinds of fruit available. Encourages use of graphs and charts to display information. EQUIPMENT Worksheets Pen Colouring pencils Ruler ACTIVITY Conduct a survey to find out which types of fruit are most popular within the group. You will need to create a short questionnaire that lists some of the most popular fruit you can think of. You might like to discuss the design of the questionnaire with the whole group and decide what format to use. Make sure you have an option on the questionnaire for people to name a fruit that you might not have included on your list. Once you have completed your questionnaire, ask as many people as possible to identify their favourite fruit. When you have finished your survey, collate the results and try to identify the most popular answers. Your results should be presented on a graph or chart. What were the most and least popular fruit? If you extend your survey to find out how often each individual consumes their favourite fruit you can see how everyone is doing with regards to eating 5-a-day. Why not keep a daily record for a month of how many portions of fruit you consume with each meal.

6 What is your favourite fruit? What is your favourite fruit? Conduct a survey Create a short questionnaire to find out other people s favourite fruit. It could look like this > Questionnaire What are your favourite types of fruit? (e.g juicy, seeded, sweet, sour, rounded, berries etc) EXAMPLE What is your favourite fruit? Strawberry Blueberry Apple Banana Grapes Orange Peach Other When do you eat them? (e.g at home, at school, for lunch) How often do you eat your favourite fruit? (e.g once a day, once a week etc)

7 Now create a graph of your results Display them on the graph from the least to the most common. Which are the three most popular? Which are the three least popular? 1 2 3

8 5-a-day Slide 17: Group activity Helps children understand the importance of 5-a-day by creating a poster. They will also learn to recognise the key features of a layout and investigate linguistic features of persuasive copy. EQUIPMENT Access to the internet, examples of posters promoting 5-a-day, other healthy eating initiatives Pens and paper ACTIVITY Design a poster that communicates the importance of your 5-a-day. 1) Start by taking a look at some posters for 5-a-day/healthy eating. What posters/adverts make you want to eat healthily? Discuss why this might be. 2) Make a list of some of the things you think make a good poster. Think about the key messages to communicate in your posters: Eat at least 5 portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables each day A rough guide to a portion is a handful Different forms of fruit and vegetables, such as fresh, tinned, 100% juice and smoothies, dried and frozen all count towards the 5 a day target Juices and pulses only count as 1 portion no matter how much you eat or drink in a day You could get each group to focus on just one key message. 3) Make a list of some of the features that you think make a good poster. 4) Design your poster on the worksheet provided.

9 Design a poster Design a poster that communicates the importance of your 5-a-day.

10 What s your favourite thing to do in active play? Slide 21: Individual activity This exercise gets children to think about keeping active. EQUIPMENT Worksheet Pens and colouring pencils ACTIVITY Ask the children to draw a picture of themselves doing their favourite activity. Once all the children have completed their pictures get them to make a list of all the activities suggested.

11 What s your favourite thing to do in active play? Draw a picture of yourself doing your favourite activity.

12 What s your favourite thing to do in active play? Tick each activity you do and write down how long you spend doing it each day. Max has helped you with an example. ACTIVITY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY I DO THIS TIME I DO THIS TIME I DO THIS TIME I DO THIS TIME I DO THIS TIME I DO THIS TIME I DO THIS TIME FOOTBALL 1 hour TOTAL

13 How much sugar do your favourite drinks contain? Slides 22-28: Group exercise This activity encourages children to make healthy choices when choosing what to drink to ensure that their bodies are kept hydrated. Children should be encouraged to bring into school the empty containers from their favourite drinks. EQUIPMENT The empty drink containers A bag of sugar Weighing scales Small plastic bags Worksheets ACTIVITY This activity is in two parts: 1) Your first task is to make a list on your worksheet of all the types of drinks that came in the empty containers. Then to write down how much sugar each drink contains, look at the front of pack label, then write down the total ml of drink contained in each carton. 2) Your second task is to put all the empty cartons in a line, then weigh out the exact amount of sugar indicated on each pack, pour it into a small bag and put the bag of sugar alongside the empty drink container. Now using the information put the drinks in order - starting with the least amount of sugar first Discuss with the children which drinks they think would be healthiest to drink to keep hydrated Discuss why too much sugar might be bad

14 How much sugar do your favourite drinks contain? NAME OF DRINK AMOUNT OF SUGAR (g) AMOUNT IN THE BOTTLE (ml) RANK