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Food and Nutrition Units - Greymouth High SchoolHealth and Physical Education Online

Year 10

Roles and responsibilities

Unit aim
To investigate the roles and responsibilities of the family and demonstrate assertive communication skills.

Key area of learning
Food and nutrition

Curriculum level
5

Underlying concepts
Hauora – understanding nutritional needs for growth and development and other dimension of total well-being.

Health promotion – policies and practices within the school that promote student well-being.

Socio-ecological perspective – identify societal influences that impact on food choices.

Attitudes and values – respect for own well-being, care and concern for others, and taking personal responsibility for well-being.

Prior learning
Health/real food pyramid
National Nutritional Guidelines (NNGs)
Concept of total well-being/hauora

AO Learning outcome Learning experiences Assessment opportunities
5C1 Students will identify the effects of changing situations on roles and responsibilities in families in relation to food preparation. Brainstorm:
  • Who in the family is responsible for food?
  • How have these roles changed over the years?
  • What changes in society have brought about changes to preparation patterns?
  • What are problems families may encounter?
  • What are possible solutions to these problems?
 
5C3 Students will demonstrate a range of interpersonal skills and processes during planning and preparing a family meal. Practical activity using PRISME method for a quick and nutritious meal. Students to plan a family meal which is both quick to prepare and nutritious. Must be:
  • completed in pairs in 55 minutes,
  • reflect national nutrition guidelines,
  • enough for two people,
  • based around ingredients that are in most family's pantries.
PRISME challenge met (teacher or peer assessment).
4C3 Students will describe and demonstrate a range of assertive communication skills and processes that enable them to interact appropriately with people.

Class discussion on how family roles can impact on well-being and how students can effectively communicate their feelings.

Students' role-play assertiveness strategies for approaching change in family roles.

Students practise making quick nutritious meals that they could share when given the responsibility of preparing meals for others.

Group assessment of skills and processes used during meal preparation.
5D1

Students will investigate and describe media influences that impact on children's demand for particular foods.

Students look at magazines and supermarket packaging and conduct a television survey. Students:

  • examine food related advertisements for one afternoon and one evening when children (aged 2–12 years) may watch television.
  • place the foods advertised into the food pyramid.
  • watch the video A Little of Lots and record key points.
Comparison of the television messages about food with the messages from the video and critically evaluate.
5C1

Students will describe children's nutritional needs for physical, emotional, and intellectual processes of growth.

Students will identify how they can apply this information when in the role of child minding.

In groups of four students use resources to research children's (2-12 years) nutritional and food needs in relation to physical, intellectual, social, and emotional development.

Watch the video The Minder and do associated activities. Discuss possible barriers which prevent children in New Zealand meeting their food requirements.

Create fun food for children using ideas from the video A Little of Lots.

Assignment assessed against set criteria that describe children's nutritional needs.

Peer assessment of the way the group worked together.




Introduction

Year 9 units

Healthy eating

Healthy food across cultures

Health promotion

Year 10 units

Routines and procedures

Food fantastic

Roles and responsibilities

Societal factors affecting food choice