Early years

Welcome to the Early years area for Healthy Eating Week 2023! Here you will find resources that are suitable for children in your setting.

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Getting organised resources

Take a look at these resources to help you start planning your Healthy Eating Week.

Check out the guide below for a walkthrough of the Week and ideas for each day!

Our posters and key resources are now also available in Welsh. To find these, scroll down or Click here!

 

Healthy Eating Week 2023 Early Years Guide

Use this guide for resources and ideas for how to run your Week in an early years setting

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Healthy Eating Week 2023 Posters

Print and display these vibrant posters for each day of Healthy Eating Week 2023!

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What's happening this week? sheet

Fill in and display this sheet to show everyone what you have got planned for Healthy Eating Week.

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What's happening today? signs

Signs to fill out with daily focus for Healthy Eating 2023.

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Healthy Eating Week 2023 certificate

A certificate awarded for taking part in Healthy Eating Week 2023.

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Early years activities

Find the fruit and vegetables

Use this sheet to teach about different fruit and vegetables. Use the questions provided for ideas!

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Find the fruit and vegetables questions (Early years)

Use these questions with the 'Find the fruit and vegetables' sheet to ask questions to children

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Fruit and vegetable tracker

Add a coloured dot to the salad bowl every time you have some fruit or vegetables.

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Colourful pulses

Colour each pulse and draw other foods of the same colour

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Protein cards

Use these protein cards to discuss and compare foods in the protein group of the Eatwell Guide.

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Protein in meals cards

Use this resource with the protein foods cards to demonstrate how protein foods can be used in meals

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Perfect pulses

Colour in each pulse and fill in the missing letter for each name.

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Pulses cards

Use these cards to show children different kinds of pulses they can eat.

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Hydration station set up guide

A guide to setting up an hydration station.

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Hydration station sign

A sign to attached to your hydration station.

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Drink containers

Colour in the recycling bin and draw three containers that can be recycled.

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Drink pairs

Use these drink pairs to play a matching game. The player with the most pairs is the winner!

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Water tracker

Add a blue dot to the jug every time you have a drink of water.

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Recycling signs

Use this resource to teach pupils about the meanings of recycling signs.

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Food saver tracker

Add a green dot to the dish, each time you save some food from being wasted

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Food waste or food wasted?

Sort the images into those that could have been eaten and those that should go in the food waste bin

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Welsh resources

For details on how to use the key resources below, see the Early years guide.

Healthy Eating Week posters - Welsh

Posters for each of the Healthy Eating Week themes in Welsh

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Lle mae’r ffrwythau a’r llysiau (Welsh)

Key resource: Lle mae’r ffrwythau a’r llysiau

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Lle mae’r ffrwythau a’r llysiau - questions for Early Years (Welsh)

Questions to use with the 'Lle mae’r ffrwythau a’r llysiau' resource, for early years.

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Cardiau protein (Welsh)

Key resource: Cardiau protein

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Canllaw i greu gorsaf hydradu (Welsh)

Beth am greu gorsaf hydradu i annog pawb yfed rhagor o ddŵr?

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Gorsaf hydradu (Welsh)

Ydych chi wedi cael eich 6-8 diod y dydd? Hydradwch yma!

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