U1.1 lesson3[lo3]

Unit 1.1 Support healthy lifestyles for children through the

provision of food and nutrition

Time: 10 mins

Use your paper plates to design your own eat well plate

LO3. Understand the nutritional needs of children [AC 3.1]


Fruit and vegetables• Source of vitamins and minerals, especially vitamin C• Should eat five portions a day.Starchy foods• Bread, cereals and potatoes• Should make up about one third of everything we eat• Main nutrients – carbohydrates, fibre, some calcium and iron, B group vitamins.Meat, fish, eggs and beans• Good sources of protein• Vitamins and minerals such as iron, zinc and B minerals.Milk and dairy foods• Good sources of protein and also contain calcium.Fat and sugar• Contain vitamins and essential fatty acids.

Explain the nutritional value of the main food groups


Time: 15 mins • In small groups, collect pictures of examples of food from the five

main food groups.• Refer to your eat well plate and explain the nutrients each food

provides.

LO3. Understand the nutritional needs of children 3.2

• Babies double their birth weight in the first six months of life. A baby needs protein for this growth.

• Babies are born with nutrients that they have acquired while in the womb; these help to provide some of the nutrients that they will need. The rest is provided by milk. From 0–4 months the best form of nutrient is breast milk/formula-feed/or a combination of both.

• Babies should not be weaned until they are six months old. The Department of Health currently recommends that infants should be breastfed (if possible) until they are six months old. After this age, breast or formula milk alone will no longer be sufficient to meet the baby’s nutritional needs.

Current Government guidance on nutritional needs of babies


Time: 30 mins• Research the nutritional needs of babies – what do they need

and why?• What can you find out about current Government guidance

on the nutritional needs of babies?• Make a note of the resources that you use.

LO3. Understand the nutritional needs of children 3.2, 3.4

Time: 15 mins

Share the research that you have collected from the Independent research activity.• What vitamin supplements do babies

need and why?• How and why do the nutritional

requirements of children change?

• Babies need a lot of energy and nutrients as they grow very quickly in their first year – they will triple their birth weight and their length will increase by 50%.

• There are four stages to weaning :

Stage 1 6 months

Stage 2 6–9 months

Stage 3 9–12 months

Stage 4 12 months and older


Explain how to plan a weaning programme

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• Babies get the vitamins that they need from breast milk or infant formula milk. But by the time they are six months old their need for vitamins increases.

• Their birth store of iron will be becoming depleted – so an outside source will be necessary.

• Important points when planning a weaning programme:• Be patient• Only introduce one food at a time• Never leave the baby alone when feeding.

• Liaise with the baby’s parents or carers when planning a weaning programme.

Explain how to plan a weaning programme (continued)


Time: 30 mins

With a partner you are going to plan a weaning programme. You will need to research the nutrient requirements for:• 0–6 months• 7–12 months• 9–12 months.Find out about the suggested foods for each stage and how to prepare them.Don’t forget that you should liaise with the child’s parents or carers.Use the textbook and the websites provided to help you.

The nutritional requirements for children aged:

1–2 years Fruit – 1 cupVegetables – ¾ cupStarchy foods (cereals) – 3 oz equivalentsMeat/fish/eggs and beans – 2 oz equivalentsMilk and dairy foods – 2 cupsFat and sugar – limit to ½–2 child size portions

2–3 years Fruit and veg – 4 servings a dayStarchy foods (cereals) – 4 servings a day, e.g. 1 slice of bread, ½ cup of porridgeMeat/fish/eggs and beans – 1 serving from this food group per dayMilk and dairy foods – 2–3 servings a dayFat and sugar – limit to ½–2 child size portions


Discuss the nutritional requirements of children

The nutritional requirements for children aged:

3–5 years Fruit and veg – 3 servings of veg and 2 of fruit a dayStarchy foods (cereals) – 5 servings a dayMeat/fish/eggs and beans – at least 1 serving every dayMilk and dairy foods – 2–3 servings a dayFat and sugar – limit to ½–2 child size portions

5–7 years Fruit and veg – 4–8 servings of veg and 2–4 of fruit a dayStarchy foods (cereals) – at least 6 servings a dayMeat/fish/eggs and beans – 1–2 servings every dayMilk and dairy foods – 4–6 servings a dayFat and sugar – limit to 1–2 child size portions


Discuss the nutritional requirements of children


Time: 15 mins• Think of three children of different ages that you have worked

with.• Make notes on the different foods that they ate.• Consider why they had different food requirements.• Share your thoughts with a partner.

LO3. Understand the nutritional needs of children AC 3.5

To encourage healthy eating it is important to educate the children, capture their imagination, involve them and provide a good role model.• Educate the children about what they are eating• Involve children in making snacks – fruit salad, fruit smoothies• A visit to the local shops to look at (and buy) fruit and veg for activities back

at the setting• Invite visitors to come in for a meal, or afternoon tea, that the children have

made• Grow your own food – you can start off with cress, children love to watch

things that they have planted grow• Invite parents in to make food with the children – good opportunity to find

out about different foods.

Strategies to encourage healthy eating


Time: 15 mins

In small groups discuss how you, as practitioners, can encourage healthy eating.• What strategies can you use?• Share your ideas.


Time: 15 mins• Find the book Handa’s Surprise, or another similar book about

healthy foods.• How could you use the book with children? What follow-on

activities could you plan? Be as creative and imaginative as you can.

• List the activities and strategies that you would plan to encourage healthy eating using the resource you have chosen.

• Consider the role of the practitioner in encouraging healthy eating – refer back to the ideas that you shared in the Classroom discussion activity.

Learning outcomesLO3. Understand the nutritional needs of children• Explain the nutritional value of the main food groups• Use current government guidance to identify the nutritional

needs of babies until they are fully weaned• Explain how to plan a weaning programme• Discuss the nutritional requirements of children aged 1–2

years, 2–3 years, 3–5 years, 5–7 years• Explain strategies to encourage healthy eating

Summary: plenary activities1. Plan a daily menu for a baby.2. Plan a weekly menu for a pre-school child.3. Plan a weekly menu for a school age child (5–7 years).

U1.1 lesson3[lo3]

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