Session 1 · THRIVE: Tune In
Kai stories
- 10 minHook: a photo of a shared table at a hākari, a to'ona'i or a whānau barbecue. What is happening here besides eating?
- 15 minKai stories: in pairs, share a food that matters to your family or culture and when you eat it. Only share what you're comfortable with.
- 15 minBuild a class 'What shapes our kai?' web: whānau, culture, cost, time, taste, friends, ads, what's nearby.
- 10 minWrite your own question about food that you'd like answered in this world.
Session 2 · THRIVE: Habits
Fuel for growing bodies
- 10 minRead 'A balanced plate for a growing body'.
- 20 minFood group sort: sort picture cards into the food groups, then build a balanced plate for a hypothetical day with half vegetables and fruit.
- 15 minNutrient jobs: match protein, calcium, iron, fibre and healthy fats to their jobs in your body and to foods that carry them.
- 5 minExit card: one food group most young people could use more of.
Getting started
Use the picture plate card with the four sections already drawn.
Stretch
Find a traditional food from your culture or another and work out which food groups and nutrients it provides.
Checkpoint
Students can name the main food groups, what a balanced plate looks like, and two nutrients that matter while growing.
Activities for this week
- Balanced plate builder: What does a balanced day of kai look like for a growing body?
Useful this week
- Māori foods: kai Māori ↗ How Māori grew, gathered, cooked and preserved food.
- Food labels: using ↗ Handy per-100 g numbers for sugar, salt, fat and fibre.
- How can I tell if a food is healthy? ↗ Compare foods fairly, and use Health Star Ratings within the same food type.