Food 4 Thought |
Healthy Eating & Exercise
Food 4 Thought
An energetic and much-loved performance about the benefits of healthy eating and exercise, teaching young audiences that a good diet and active lifestyle can let them enjoy their lives today and tomorrow…
Suitable for:
Ages 5-11 (School Years 1-6)
Key Stages 1 & 2
Food 4 Thought is an explosive and interactive show that promotes the benefits of a balanced diet and stresses the importance of exercise. This hugely successful show enables 5-11 year olds to understand how to make positive healthy changes in their own lives.
The performance provides the essential ingredients for creating a healthy lifestyle and reveals why this is so important. The project makes learning about healthy living fun, appetising and exciting, ensuring that the messages are understood, remembered and embraced by our young audiences.
Overview
Jean, the school cook, is determined to change the eating habits of our three unhealthy pupils. Ali Dingrunner is a sports fanatic but never has any energy; Jasmine Fluenza finds her sneezing is a constant irritation; and Geoff Vorderman (loveable nephew of Carol) has his head so far up in the clouds that he doesn’t consider such trivial matters as food!
Transformed into her magical alter-ego, the “Genie in the Ketchup”, Jean takes them all on an entrancing 35 minute journey which educates and entertains. The final sing-along song ‘Eating Is So Much Fun’ gets the audience involved in a true celebration of the enormous contribution that food can make to our lives!
Logistics
Format: Performance
For: Juniors (ages 5 - 11 / years 1 - 6)
Run time: 35 minutes
Are there any accompanying resources?
You can also book an optional one hour interactive drama workshop for up to 60 pupils. Just get in touch for costs and to find out more.
Link it
What school work does it link to?
PSHE (Personal, Social & Health & Education)
Design and Technology Curriculum (cooking and nutrition)
5-A-Day Initiative
Healthy Schools
National Curriculum For Sciences
Food 4 Thought teaches young people…
That eating a balanced diet and exercising regularly are two of the most important things you need to do to be healthy
The need for regular, balanced meals and the importance of breakfast
About the impact of a poor diet and a lack of exercise on personal health
The different types of food groups/nutrients (e.g. protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamins, minerals, dairy, fruit & vegetables)
Which foods the various nutrients can be found, and the positive effects of these food groups
That treats are okay once in a while as part of a healthy balanced diet
That children can make healthy informed decisions for themselves
What people are saying about this show:
"The children left the performance excited and chatting about the show...It had a high impact on children's views, particularly witnessed at lunchtime, when they talked about the show as they selected what they were having for lunch."
– Sharon Anderson, Deputy Head Teacher, The Hayes Primary School,
London Borough of Croydon
“The Food 4 Thought performance was fantastic. It is a great fun way to get the importance of a balanced diet across to young pupils without them feeling they are being preached to […] I highly recommend it to any primary school that is dealing with Food and Diet as part of the curriculum.”
– Gerry Clinton, Catering & Schools Traded Services Manager, London Borough of Havering
"Thank you for the wonderful lively performance you gave us. It certainly had an impact and during lunchtime our younger children were actually referring to what had happened. Our Year 3 children proudly told me they had eaten healthily and had lots of energy."
— Mrs Richardson, Head Teacher, Saltburn Primary School, Saltburn-by-Sea, North Yorkshire
“We really enjoyed Food 4 Thought because it was really funny and the songs were catchy! We still sing the songs in class! Thank you for coming because now I know what healthy foods are the healthiest and what belongs in each category! I've started to change my life around by having a balanced diet!”
— Pupil, Roding Primary School, London Borough of Redbridge
Book this show.
If you’re interested in booking this show, or you’d like to find out more about it, drop us a line here and we’ll be in touch.
Alternatively, you can always pick up the phone, we’d love to hear from you…
Tel: (020) 8981 9527