Healthy eating, healthy lifestyles, and positive behaviours
Educate the children and young people at your holiday club on the best ways to live a healthy lifestyle.
Overview
Holiday clubs are expected to help children and young people understand more about the benefits of healthy eating and nutrition into their programme. These do not need to be formal learning activities. This could include:
- getting children involved in food preparation and cooking
- growing fruit and vegetables
- taste tests
- discussing food and healthy eating during mealtimes
- including food and nutrition in other activities
Offering positive learning and development through Bring it on Brum! activities creates stigma-free opportunities to support children and young people in learning about healthy lifestyles and exercise. This could cover, for example, the use of vapes, cigarettes, drugs, and how this can lead to issues including:
- economic
- social
- personal safety
- exploitation
- criminality
Resources
Startwell
The Startwell programme is based around 8 key characters and their messages to help early years settings, parents and health professionals create a healthier environment for our children and families.
Good for the Holidays – Food Active Toolkit
The Good Food for the Holidays – Food Active Toolkit provided support for good food for the holidays in Birmingham. A great tool to support HAF programme across the country.
My Pocket Cookbook
Make your own cookbook and record any new recipes that you try. Or create your own unique recipes and keep note of it to make again!
Extending Children’s Food Experiences Webinar
This webinar outlines training and advice on seasonal activities that connect children to their food, engaging children with food preparation and relaying nutritional messaging back to their families.
Feeding Britain – The Children’s Kitchen Webinars
Inclusive Cooking for children with additional needs or dietary requirements. Includes approaches to encourage all children to access food workshops/ activities which engage learners.
Hands-on food workshops for children and families.
Ideas for sessions that encourage children to try new and fresh ingredients following the school food plan, planning safe and engaging food activities, risk assessments and food safety.
Cooking for Children
Ideas for meals that are practical to cook and provide a healthy balanced lunch, food hygiene and risk assessments for cooking lunches, involving children in the lunch preparation.
British Nutrition Good Breakfast Guide
Learn the importance of a good breakfast with British Nutrition Foundation.
Young People and Vaping Guidance
Get guidance and resources to help young people understand the dangers of vaping and how to quit.
Talk About Trust
Resources, games and activities covering alcohol, cannabis and vaping that can be used in informal groups, in clubs or on a one to one basis