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Canteen to Classroom
Educating and Empowering Children
About Canteen to Classroom
Through our School Plates programme, thousands of schools are embracing healthy meals that have a minimal environmental footprint – now it’s time for students to learn more about them!Â
Educating students on the impact of their food choices is essential in nurturing future generations that are both health and environmentally conscious. With this in mind, we have developed an educational programme – Canteen to Classroom – in order to teach students about the food they eat: where it comes from, how it is made, and its impact on our health and the planet.Â
With high-quality, evidence-based lesson plans, we save teachers precious time and effort. Even better? All of our resources are free.
Busy timetable? Try out Quick Bites – our concise, high-impact sessions for all ages including secondary.
Take a look at our resources below to see the topics covered, including the types of food we grow and eat, climate change, tasting, and food waste.
The key benefits of the Canteen to Classroom programme include:
- Experiencing, celebrating, and having fun tasting fruit, vegetables, and other plant-rich foods.
- Understanding the health benefits and importance of eating more plants.
- Gaining a greater awareness of food waste and the ways that we can feed our increasing population nutritiously and sustainably.
- Increasing knowledge of where our food comes from and how it ends up on our plates.
- Assessing the impact of making sustainable food choices.
- Empowering children to make informed choices about food and the positive steps they can take in their own lives, as well as that of the community and the planet.
- Engaging the next generation in debates around big topics such as the future of our planet and climate change education.
The programme also encourages the development of cross-curricular skills, including: data handling and analysis; debating; geography skills such as exploring land use; using search technologies effectively in computing; science through nutrition, plants, and animal classification; using art creatively; cooking and nutrition within design and technology; and even taking part in team games and being active during PE.
Resources
Is the climate changing?
This session explores whether our climate is changing and to what extent.
The…
Climate Action Week Assembly
London Climate Action Week is one of the world’s largest independent climate events. Now…
EYFS – What are healthy food choices?
Eatwell Guide and being active
LEARNING OUTCOMES​
Discuss an image and…
KS1 – What types of food do we eat?
Rainbow skewers
LEARNING OUTCOMES​
Explore food using all of our senses​…
UKS2 – Where does our food come from?
A plant-powered future​
LEARNING OUTCOMES​
Make predictions about the future​…
UKS2 – How can we reduce our environmental impact?
Making positive choices
LEARNING OUTCOMES​
Discover the impact of food…
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