Session plans

Re-think Your Drink: The aim of the sessions is to improve the knowledge, attitudes, behaviours and health literacy of children and young people around energy drinks. Developed by Lancashire County Council. 

Give Up Loving Pop Key Stage 2 Toolkit: This toolkit contains a range of Power Point Presentations which explore issues such as sugary drinks and the impact on children's oral health, hydration and food labels, developed as part of the Give Up Loving Pop campaign from Food Active. The sessions include a range of activities throughout and a physical activity component too, suitable for ages 7-11 years old. 

Give Up Loving Pop Key Stage 3 Toolkit: This toolkit contains a range of Power Point Presentations which explore issues such as sugary drinks and the impact on young people's health, sports and energy drinks and the marketing of sugary drinks to young people, developed as part of the Give Up Loving Pop campaign from Food Active. The sessions include a range of activities throughout, suitable for ages 11-14 years old. 

Sugar and Health: This PowerPoint presentation aims to teach children and young people about the impact of consuming too much sugary food and drink, it offers information on the recommended guidelines of daily sugar intake, and offers practical tips on how to swap high sugar food and drinks for healthier alternatives. Suitable for ages 5-7 years old, developed by Food Active as part of the Healthier Place, Healthier Future Trailblazer Programme. 

Healthy Packed Lunches PowerPoint Presentation: This PowerPoint Presentation demonstrates the importance of a healthy packed lunch through exploring what a healthy packed lunch looks like, providing information on the importance of vitamins and minerals required for our bodies, and why water and milk are the best drinks to keep our bodies healthy. Developed by Food Active. Two sessions aimed at children aged 5-7 years old and 7-11 years old. 

Healthy Eating Lesson Plans: Access a range of resources for both primary and secondary schools that cover a range of topics including nutrition, physical activity and mental wellbeing.

Breakfast Discussion Club: In this lesson, young people will learn how to search for nutritional information about the products they buy and discuss how we can make sure our breakfasts healthy. Developed by Food Educators. Suitable for ages 12-18.

Understanding food labels: In this lesson, young people will learn what food labels consist of, explore some common nutritional misconceptions, and acquire tools for making informed decisions about their diet. Developed by Food Educators. Suitable for ages 12-18. 

What does healthy eating mean? This activity aims to show why it is important to eat foods from a variety of food groups in order to provide the body with the nutrients it needs to maintain strength and energy. Each food group has a function in providing various nutrients to our body. ​Developed by Food Educators. Suitable for ages 6-12. 

Food for Life: Planning Cooking Activities: A range of resources to help you plan your cooking activities.

Cooking with the Community in 5 Easy Steps: A UK manual / guide for running community cooking sessions, covering planning, food safety, recipe ideas, and health messages.

Community cooking toolkit 2: This community cooking tool kit is designed to help groups with all the essential knowledge they need to run their own cookery sessions and events. It will be useful for any community group, from a drop-in club thinking about using cookery as an educational message, to a church group thinking of setting up a community kitchen using donated produce. It is based on the experiences of community cooks running workshops & events for many years and describes how they have addressed some of the challenges when planning to set up and deliver sessions.

Community food project toolkit: This is a practical, user-friendly resource designed to support anyone involved in setting up, running, or growing a community food initiative. Whether you're starting from scratch, scaling up, or simply looking to strengthen what you already do, this toolkit is your one-stop reference point for key aspects of running a successful, sustainable project. It includes a wealth of information, tools, tips and useful links to support your food project, as well as exploring food insecurity.

Community kitchen toolkit: This Toolkit is aimed at anyone who is wishing to start a shared community kitchen space for learning, cooking together and promoting healthy eating.

BDA Let's get cooking: A UK-based programme run by British Dietetic Association (BDA) that aims to teach children, families and communities how to cook healthy meals from scratch — building cooking skills, confidence and good food habits through recipes, e-learning and support.

Food for Life - Cook and share: Cook and share encourages schools, families, nurseries and communities across the UK to cook, eat, and enjoy food in ways that create connection, build skills and harness the joy of cooking. With a wide range of resources, Cook and Share gives you the chance to take part in hands-on experiences, spark meaningful conversations about food, and create joyful moments together.

Virtual food skills toolkit: A guide that explains how to run cooking- and food-skills sessions online (e.g. via Zoom/Teams) to help people learn cooking and food preparation skills.

Food Waste PowerPoint Presentation:  The aim of this session is to raise the awareness of food waste, provide an understanding of the impact it has on the environment, teaches what are the commonly wasted foods, and to learn about how we can reduce food waste in the home. Developed by Food Active on behalf of the Healthier Place, Healthier Future Trailblazer Programme. Suitable for ages 7-11 years old. 

Food Waste and Food Loss Lesson Plan: This lesson aims to increase student understanding of food loss and waste issues and explore practical ideas to avoid them. Developed by Food Educators. Suitable for ages 5-11 years old. 

Food and the Environment PowerPoint Presentation: This session aims to provide children with an understanding of the impact of mass food production, along with climate change, understand the issues of fast food waste and littering, as well as learning about what can be done to help the planet. Developed by Food Active on behalf of the Healthier Place, Healthier Future Trailblazer Programme.

Local and Seasonal Food Lesson Plan: In this lesson plan, young people will learn about how the local and global food systems can complement each other. They will also learn about how eating locally and seasonally offers many benefits and how global food trade plays a vital role in ensuring food security, providing dietary diversity. ​Developed by Food Educators. Suitable for ages 6-10. 

Eat Them to Defeat Them - Veg Around the World PowerPoint Presentation: Eat Them to Defeat Them is the award-winning campaign from Veg Power and ITV that gets kids eating veg. As part of the campaign, s series of lesson plans, adaptable across Reception/P1 to Year 4/P5, have been developed with the theme “Food from around the world”. There is a PowerPoint presentation with each one and a supporting map wall chart you can fill in as you go.

World Food Day Lesson Plan: In this lesson, instead of focusing on the topic of food itself, learners learn about the problem of hunger in the world and the need to work together to eradicate it. Aged 9-12 and 13-17.

Multicultural foods - analysing menus - food and nutrition lesson plan: This secondary-school Food & Nutrition lesson (ages 11–16) is designed to run over two 1-hour lessons. It focuses on exploring food from different cultures, analysing menus, and linking meals to nutrition. Cost: £3.00

KS2 Multicultural food day/lesson plan: Multicultural food lesson or assembly/demonstration focused on Indian and Chinese foods (ages 7-11). Original purpose is to be used as a demonstration with pupils able to assist in parts of making the foods (recipes included) with additional taste test and evaluation/sensory analysis completed in classes or smaller groups. Could also be used as a lesson or series of lessons to explore cultural foods linked to R.E, Food Technology or linked to Chinese New Year or other special events. Includes PowerPoint, worksheets and recipes. Cost: £5.00