Children organise food into families, explore dietary variety through a nutrition rainbow, and compare healthy and comfort foods. Sandwich-making and discussion of multiple daily meals add practical context alongside letter Qq and number 5 activities.
What children learn
- Group familiar foods into food families and explore a rainbow of nutritious foods.
- Distinguish healthy foods from comfort foods.
- Follow a simple no-cook recipe and discuss meals eaten at different times of day.
- Recognise and write Qq and recognise, count, trace, and write the number 5.
Key activities
- Sorting pictures to discover food families
- Building a nutrition-rainbow collage from fruit and vegetable cut-outs
- Classifying foods as healthy or comfort food on group charts
- Acting as a Little Chef to prepare a sandwich
- Printing with fruits and vegetables while discussing daily meals
You’ll need
food, fruit and vegetable pictures or cut-outs, chart paper and glue, real or toy foods, sandwich ingredients, fruits and vegetables for printing, paper and paint, letter Qq cards and craft pieces, number 5 cards, stickers and lacing materials
Structure: 5 days; each day: Thought of the Day, Tuning-in Time, Warm-up, EVS, Literacy, Numeracy