Help students understand the importance of balanced eating with this engaging Healthy Eating Plate Craft! Students cut out images of food and arrange them on a plate to create a well-balanced meal, learning about food groups and healthy choices in a hands-on and creative way. This activity promotes critical thinking about nutrition and is perfect for reinforcing health and wellbeing concepts in a fun and interactive manner.
Identify health symbols, messages and strategies in their community that support their health and safety
Investigate a range of health messages and practices in their community and discuss their purposes
Identify people and demonstrate protective behaviours and other actions that help keep themselves safe and healthy
Identify people and actions that help keep themselves safe and healthy
Identify actions that promote health, safety and wellbeing
Examine health messages and how they relate to health decisions and behaviours
Identifies people and demonstrates protective strategies that help keep themselves healthy, resilient and safe
Explores contextual factors that influence an individual’s health, safety, wellbeing and
Identifies actions that promote health, safety, wellbeing and physically active spaces
Explores how regular physical activity keeps individuals healthy
Practises self-management skills in familiar and unfamiliar scenarios
Uses interpersonal skills to effectively interact with others
Recognises and describes strategies people can use to feel comfortable, resilient and safe in situations
Understands contextual factors that influence themselves and others’ health, safety, wellbeing and participation in physical activity
Explores actions that help make home and school healthy, safe and physically active spaces
Participates in a range of opportunities that promote physical activity
Demonstrates self- management skills in taking responsibility for their own actions
Describes and practises interpersonal skills to promote inclusion to make themselves and others feel they belong
• Provide pre-cut images for younger students or those with fine motor challenges.
• Use larger visuals for students with visual impairments.
• Allow verbal explanations of their balanced plate for students who prefer not to write.
• Challenge advanced students to research and add additional healthy food options to their plates.
• Have students create a short presentation about why their plate represents a balanced meal.