Healthy Living What does it mean Staying Healthy

Healthy Living

What does it mean?

Staying Healthy There are many ways to stay healthy. Some of these ways are: Exercising regularly Eating healthily Having a happy attitude Having a healthy sleep schedule Why do you think being healthy is so important?

Exercising Is Fun! Doing regular exercise will help us all feel great and keep our bodies strong! Our hearts need to be kept active and pumping. Exercise also burns fat.

Ways to Stay Active: Walking Playing games Can you think of any more? Dancing

Healthy Foods We should aim to eat 5 portions of fruit and vegetables a day. Fruit and vegetables Fish and meat Eggs, milk and cheese

Unhealthy Foods It is perfectly fine to eat a little bit of unhealthy food but eating too much unhealthy food could make us overweight and not feel great. Cakes and sweets Chocolate Chips and crisps

Play ‘What is Healthy’ Can you sort these different statements into ‘healthy’ and ‘unhealthy’? Ask an adult to read out the statements or listen to the powerpoint…say ‘healthy’ or unhealthy after each one. • • • • Eating lots of chocolate Wearing lots of sun cream Eating fruit Sitting down all day Playing outside Eating 5 packets of crisps a day Eating vegetables Drinking lots of fizzy drinks Drinking water Staying up late every night Washing hands after the toilet Eating lots of sugary sweets Clean your teeth

Did you know that eating well and exercising stops us from being ill?

• Can you create a poster that would encourage children to be healthy? • Look at the ideas from the ‘healthy’ list that you have just done. Perhaps choose 2/3/4 to include in your poster.

Here are some more examples to look at