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Make, munch and more: Think balance!

Make, munch and more: Think balance!

Highlights

  • On-Demand course

  • 2 hours 30 minutes

  • All levels

Description

This course will give you the knowledge, skills and confidence to teach children about healthy eating and how to use food preparation skills safely to make a couscous salad.

The course is designed to meet the Holiday, Activity and Food (HAF) programme Standards for holiday provision, specifically those related to food, healthy eating and nutrition. The course content is also suitable for anyone running food activities with children in holiday or after-school clubs.

The course will:

  • provide you with healthy eating and nutrition information around how to have a healthy balanced diet;

  • guide you on how to teach children about healthy eating through games and a practical food activity;

  • show you how to safely and hygienically run a simple food activity that demonstrates how to make a healthy balanced dish (a couscous salad), using peeling, grating and snipping skills.

Think balance content

  • Part 1: An introduction to the course

  • Part 2: What is healthy eating?

  • Part 3: Why balance matters

  • Part 4: Activities for teaching healthy eating messages

  • Part 5: Making a couscous salad in your setting

  • Part 6: Exploring ingredients with the senses

  • Part 7: Running your session

  • Part 8: Other dishes to try

Course booklet

We have put together a course booklet which tracks the key content in the course, and provides a place for you to make notes. It is designed to be a helpful reminder of what has been covered by the course, to help you with planning and running food activities in your setting.

Note: You don't have to complete the course in one go. You can stop and start the course as and when it is convenient for you.

course Content

9 sections•36 lessons
Part 1: An introduction to the course 4 lessons
  1. 1About this course
  2. 2How this course can help you meet the Holiday, Activity and Food (HAF) programme requirements 2026-2027
  3. 3What’s included as part of this course?
  4. 4Think balance content overview
Part 2: What is healthy eating?9 lessons
  1. 1The Eatwell Guide
  2. 2Fruit and vegetables
  3. 3Potatoes, bread, rice, pasta and other starchy carbohydrates
  4. 4Beans, pulses, fish, eggs, meat and other proteins
  5. 5Dairy and alternatives
  6. 6Oil and spreads
  7. 7Foods high in fat, salt and sugar
  8. 8Drinks
  9. 9Summary
Part 3: Why balance matters5 lessons
  1. 1Why balance matters
  2. 2Nutrients
  3. 3Nutrients and the food groups
  4. 4Summary
  5. 5Take the Eatwell Challenge!
Part 4: Activities for teaching healthy eating messages1 lessons
  1. 1Games around The Eatwell Guide and nutrients
Part 5: Making a couscous salad in your setting8 lessons
  1. 1Why a couscous salad?
  2. 2Couscous
  3. 3Peeling
  4. 4Grating
  5. 5Snipping
  6. 6Using knives
  7. 7Other ingredients in the couscous salad
  8. 8Alternatives and extras
Part 6: Exploring ingredients with the senses 1 lessons
  1. 1Tasting and using other senses to experience food
Part 7: Running your session5 lessons
  1. 1Safety first
  2. 2Personal hygiene
  3. 3Practical considerations for food activities
  4. 4Making the couscous salad
  5. 5Planning your session
Part 8: Other dishes to try1 lessons
  1. 1Recipe ideas
Wrap up2 lessons
  1. 1Think balance assessment
  2. 2Think balance evaluation

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