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We often purchase kai from the supermarket but don’t always know where it really comes from. Let your ākonga explore the adventures of kai by travelling with it from its original source to the table.
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Help Hearty find and name the kai in the picture, then place the kai into groups you could eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner and paramanawa.
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The teachers’ supplement for Connecting with kai provides specific links to the New Zealand Curriculum and useful tips on how to talk about kai in a non-judgmental way, helping all ākonga engage in the lessons.
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A child-friendly fact and activity sheet providing an overview of heart anatomy, what the heart does and how to keep your heart healthy. A useful addition to the health, science or nutrition focus areas.
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Kai time is a great opportunity to engage in conversations and role model a positive food environment for tamariki.
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What food should go in a lunchbox? Our visual A4 poster will help you make a healthy school lunch for children under 5. This version is written in Tongan.
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A lesson plan with activity cards for teachers to introduce the four food groups to students.
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A lesson plan with activity cards for teachers to introduce the four food groups to students.
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This is a follow up lesson plan to the food groups activity. In this lesson, students will learn about food processing, and how it can influence the nutritional composition of different foods.
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