Teaching and Learning
Research evidence shows that education and health are closely linked. So promoting the health and wellbeing of children within early years settings has the potential to improve both their educational and their health and wellbeing outcomes. Children with better health and wellbeing are likely to learn better.
Islington's cooking skills and nutrition resource: Cooking Matters Toolkit
Teaching children about cooking and nutrition can make a real difference to the quality of their lives; it equips them with the confidence to make healthy food choices and supports a healthy enjoyment of food. Learning to cook from an early age can contribute to maintaining a healthy weight, good oral health and general health and wellbeing.
Sugar Smart World resources for schools
To complement the national campaign, Change4Life has created a range of flexible nutrition resources, set in 'Sugar Smart World' across different subject areas – designed for use throughout the school year to encourage pupils to build healthier habits for life. The resources include Early Years lesson plan PowerPoint, Display board and recipe cards.
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Families for Life
A range of programmes to support children and families' health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities. The programmes focus on positive lifestyle changes to support families to 'feel good and live well'. The programmes include Families for Life Small Steps (5 week programme) and Family Kitchen (6 week programme). There is support available for settings to run Families for Life programmes.
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Change4Life Children's Centres Toolkit
This toolkit contains resources designed specifically for use with children and their parents. It inclues an activity book with fun ideas for teaching healthier eating messages to parents and children. A certificate and colouring-in sheet and posters with healthy eating messages.
The toolkit can be ordered (while stocks lasts) or downloaded from PHE campaign resources website (login required).
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SUGAR SMART for parents
Factsheets and a Supermarket sugar sweep resource for use at a parent workshop available for download.
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Fizz Free February
This campaign aims to reduce the consumption of fizzy and soft drinks. The calories in sugary and fizzy drinks are often consumed as extra calories and thereby increasing the risk of obesity. Sugary and fizzy drinks are also bad for teeth because of the amount of sugar as well as the acidity especially in fizzy drinks.
Get your parents to make a pledge to drink less or go fizz free this February.
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Tuesday 12 March
Families for Life programmes
Families for Life is a 4 - 6 work programme to work with families to support their healthy lifestyles, including cooking and eating tasty meals together, learning about healthy eating and playing active games.
One member of staff from your setting will need to have attended training to deliver Families for Life programme at your setting.
Funding and/or support is available to deliver Families for Life programmes in your setting. For more information email Marjon Willers
It has been found that the culture, ethos and environment of a setting influences the health and wellbeing of children and their readiness to learn. Early years settings are in an ideal position to change pupils’ attitudes and health behaviours by using a whole setting approach to healthy eating, physical activity and creating a health promoting environment.
Join SUGAR SMART Islington
SUGAR SMART Islington is working with schools and children's centres and other organisations across the borough to promote healthier, lower-alternatives and to limit less healthy choices.
Early years settings which have registered with HEYL and have completed their first steps will receive a SUGAR SMART poster to display and postcards to give to parents in the post. Any other early years settings completing their HEYL first steps within the next month will also qualify for a SUGAR SMART poster and postcards.
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Whole setting approach
Adopt the food statement for nurseries and childminders and share with parents.
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