May 23, 2022
There is a range of 2Simple resources that can be used to support a focus on healthy eating.
If you subscribe to Purple Mash you can find all our Healthy Eating resources here. Why not get children to create a leaflet to persuade people to eat five portions of fruit and vegetables a day? Or prepare a Dinner or Lunch menu for each day of the week, with plenty of fibre and a different protein each time.
Across your school, you could set up a blog using 2Blog, allowing children to share their favourite family recipes, or create a Display Board where children can submit their favourite healthy meals.
They say we eat with our eyes first. If that’s the case, our Healthy Eating paint projects should prove very satisfying. There’s a chance for children to choose their favourite healthy filling for a sandwich and drawing a plate of healthy food. Bon apetit!
The perfect book to read for a focus on healthy eating for Serial Mash subscribers is Our Big Kitchen, inspired by the OBK community kitchen project in the heart of Bondi, Sydney Australia. This Serial Mash adventure is the fictional story of Sienna and her journey through hardship and how the kindness of others and the support of the Our Big Kitchen Charity is imperative to her and others in her situation.
“The experience of Our Big Kitchen was very rewarding. I have learnt many things like how hard some people have it, and how important food is. The experience taught me how fortunate we are, and how necessary food preservation is. It was an experience that makes you incredibly thankful for what we have and proud of helping the community” – Aurelia Age 14.
The OBK project inspires individuals to come together to help people in need, just like Sienna. In addition to providing much-needed food, the project also runs school programs that, in addition to teaching hygiene, food preparation and nutrition, are designed to teach students about those less fortunate. At the heart of it, they are taught about giving. Our Big Kitchen believes in the power of giving -' Through giving, you will receive, people from all walks of life can connect and work together doing good for those less fortunate. Food and giving meals is a positive result, but the journey of how the meal was made is just as important.
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