Building a balanced plate

Lesson overviewBUILD · Week 6

Building a balanced plate

Different foods. A shared set of groups.

I can sort foods and explain what this model can show.

An apple and carrot labelled FRUIT and VEG.

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Retrieve a food-job idea

Name or point to a food from last week.

What can it provide for a body?

Now we will group example foods.

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I Do · learn and modelBUILD · Week 6

Three things we will do

Name the broad food groups.

Sort eight example cards.

Explain balance over a day or week.

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Five broad food groups

TWO LARGE GROUPS	OTHER GROUPS
Fruit and vegetables Starchy carbohydrate foods	Protein-source foods Dairy and alternatives Oils and spreads

Protein-source examples labelled EGGS, BEANS and FISH.

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Place one food, explain its group

Pasta belongs with starchy carbohydrate foods, such as bread, rice and potatoes.

The group is about the food’s broad place in this model.

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Where do these four cards go?

Rice and bread

Carrot and apple

Choose the broad group for each pair.

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Now place the other four cards

Chicken and beans

Milk and fortified soya alternative

Name the group; then check the labels.

A simplified chicken portion, used as a food card.

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What does balance mean?

THE MODEL HELPS SHOW	IT DOES NOT REQUIRE
A range across the groups. Variety within the groups. Patterns over a day or week.	Every meal to copy a diagram. Exact portions from these cards. Judging anyone’s real food.

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Explain it without a vague label

A balanced pattern includes a range of food groups over a day or week.

One plate of cards cannot show all a person’s food needs.

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Which claims need improving?

READ THE CLAIM	TEST IT WITH THE MODEL
Some from the different groups. Only one group is needed. Sometimes foods are banned.	What can a range provide? Does a single group show variety? Does the guide ban foods?

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Swap within a group and save

Swap rice for bread.

Swap chicken for beans.

Explain why the broad group still fits.

Save the labelled cards for Wednesday.

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