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competition ThemeThe effect of physical activity and diet on performance, focusing on the influence of marketing

and advertising.

AimFor children to realise that having a balanced diet and taking part in physical activity can help

make them look and feel great and increase their performance levels.

CURRICULUM CONTEXT SOCIAL, PERSONAL AND HEALTH EDUCATIONStrand: Myself

Strand Unit: Taking care of my body

The child should be enabled to

Health and well-being• understand and appreciate what it means to be healthy and to have a balanced lifestyle.

• realise that each individual has some responsibility for his/her health and that this responsibility increases as

he/she gets older.

Food and nutrition• differentiate between a healthy and an unhealthy diet and appreciate the role of balance and moderation.

• examine the dietary needs of his/her own age group and other groups in society.

• explore some factors that influence the consumption of different food products.

Strand Unit: Growing and Changing

As I grow I change• realise that growing and changing are continuous throughout life.

Strand: Myself and the wider world

Strand Unit: Media education

• become aware of advertising and its purpose and nature.

• begin to explore some of the techniques that are used in marketing and advertising.

GETTING STARTED

This is the menu screen.

Click on ‘Classroom Slides’ to begin the session or click on

‘Extension Activities’ for some additional ideas.

Print the Teacher’s Notes for this session here by clicking on the

‘Teacher’s Notes’ button.

MENU SCREEN

Taste Buds | Notes Skateboard Competition

KEY MESSAGE

An active lifestyle and a balanced diet can improve how we look,

feel and perform.

This is an animated cartoon based on Jay, one of the Taste Buds

characters. It shows him practising for and taking part in a

skateboarding competition. We see how good performance comes

from practice and exercise.

The cartoon begins with Jay preparing to take part in the competition.

He is nervous about participating because he thinks he has no chance

of doing well, especially since Carlton who is a big skateboarding star

will be in the competition too. The Taste Buds investigate and find that

while Jay is practising, Carlton is sitting around watching TV and eating

junk food. Also, Carlton’s past successes aren’t real as he bought his

trophies on the internet.

Jay wins the competition and Carlton realises that he should have

practised more and eaten a more balanced diet.

Suggested Approach

Play the animation for the children and afterwards discuss what they

have seen and learned.

KEY MESSAGE

An active lifestyle and a balanced diet can improve how we look,

feel and perform.

This screen lists some reasons why exercise is good for you.

Suggested Approach

Go through the points with the children and ask them to suggest

other reasons why exercise is good for you.

SCREEN 1

SCREEN 2

Taste Buds | Notes Skateboard Competition

KEY MESSAGEAn active lifestyle and a balanced diet can improve how

we look, feel and perform.

Click on the ‘Start’ button to begin the Activity Diary.

The Activity Diary allows the children to enter details about their

activities and to get feed back on how they are doing. Begin by

entering a name. A number of stages in the day

are then displayed. Start by choosing ‘Before School’. You

are presented with a list of activities. Click on all that apply for that

time.

Carry on entering activities for the other times. When you have

finished click ‘Finished’. You are then given feedback

on your input when you click ‘Ready’. Click ‘Ready’ again

to continue.

The feedback from this game is positive and encouraging no matter

what the outcome.

Suggested Approach

Invite the students to get involved by participating in

this activity.

KEY MESSAGE

An active lifestyle and a balanced diet can improve how we look,

feel and perform.

Click on the ‘Start’ button to begin a multiple choice revision quiz. There

are five questions, each with three possible answers. Feedback is given

on whether answers are correct or not. Click ‘Next’ to move on to the

next question. A final score is given.

Suggested Approach

Go through each of the questions and ask the children to suggest

answers. This game can be played multiple times as different questions

are displayed each time. The game can be played as a class or in

smaller groups.

SCREEN 4

SCREEN 3

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Taste Buds | Extension Activities Skateboard Competition

EXTENSION ACTIVITIESACTIVITY 1: JAY’S COMIC STRIP

ACTIVITY 2: A BALANCED DIET

ACTIVITY 3: ACTIVITIES

HOMEWORK ACTIVITIES

Taste Buds | Extension Activities

activity 1

jay’s comic strip

KEY MESSAGEAn active lifestyle and a balanced diet can improve how

we look, feel and perform.

This is an interactive ‘drag and drop’game to help children

remember what happened to Jay in the cartoon.

Suggested Approach

Invite the children to get involved by participating in

this activity.

activity 2

a balanced diet

KEY MESSAGEAn active lifestyle and a balanced diet can improve how

we look, feel and perform. There are lots of healthy

alternatives to sugary and fatty snack foods.

This screen is a ‘drag and drop’ game about replacing sugary

and fatty snack foods in the lunch box with healthier

alternatives. The children replace the foods in the lunch box

with the healthy alternatives by dragging them to the food

they should replace. When the correct food is hit it disappears

and is replaced by the alternative. The items match up as

follows:

1. Popcorn replaces crisps

2. Yoghurt replaces iced bun

3. Raisins replaces jellies

4. Cereal Bar replaces chocolate bar

5. Apple Juice replaces cola

Suggested Approach

Get the children involved in the game.

Skateboard Competition

Taste Buds | Extension Activities Skateboard Competition

activity 3

activities

KEY MESSAGEAn active lifestyle and a balanced diet can improve how

we look, feel and perform. There are lots of different

activities we can do.

This is an interactive screen where physical activities

suggested by the class can be entered and suggestions can

also be taken from Mac.

Suggested Approach

Invite the children to make suggestions, then when you have

a number of them, click the ‘Show Suggestions’ button to

reveal some more from Mac.

It is important to note that physical activities can include

non-competitive activities and sports, such as walking,

cycling, taking the dog for a walk.

HOMEWORK ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS

1:

Ask the children to talk to their

parent/guardian about what they

learned in the Skateboarding

animation.

2:Ask the children, with their

parent/guardian, to suggest healthier

options to replace snack foods.

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