Lesson video

Hi everybody, it's Ms. Gardner.

Thank you so much for joining me on today's learning.

I'm really excited for today's lesson.

We are learning all about what makes a healthy lifestyle so we can write about it in our non-chronological reports.

So let's get started.

In today's lesson from our unit, healthy lifestyle and non-chronological report, we are going to be learning and recalling all the facts that we want to include in our non-chronological report.

So your learning outcome is, I can learn and recall facts to use in a non-chronological report about a healthy lifestyle.

Let's start with our keywords.

We'll do my turn, your turn.

Diet, nutritionist, physical activity, moderation.

Let's have a look at what these mean.

So a diet is what a person eats and drinks.

A nutritionist is a scientist who specialises in food and nutrition.

Physical activity is any movement that uses up your body's energy and moderation is doing something without excess and not doing too much of something.

There are two sections to our lesson today.

In the first, we're gonna be learning all about a balanced diet, and in the second we're gonna be learning all about exercise and sleep and why it's so important.

So let's start by looking at a balanced diet.

So we are writing a non-chronological report about the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle.

We'll be informing the reader about these vital aspects of a healthy lifestyle.

A balanced diet, water, exercise, and sleep.

And it's important that we have a good understanding of the facts so that we are really knowledgeable when we inform others.

So that's the purpose of today's lesson, is to learn all about these important aspects.

It's essential to prioritise what we eat so that we can lead a healthy lifestyle.

Eating a balanced diet means eating a wide range of food types to ensure we have enough nutrients to keep our bodies working properly.

Food contains different nutrients and different foods contain lots of different nutrients.

We want to make sure we're eating lots of different types of food so that we get lots of different nutrients in our body.

Even though they are vegetables, so they're good for us and they're nutritious.

Eating only carrots every day wouldn't provide enough different nutrients and vitamins to keep our bodies healthy.

We want to make sure we're eating lots of different types of food so that we have a balanced diet.

So checking for understanding, true or false.

Eating a balanced diet means eating one type of fruit and vegetable.

Pause the video now.

That's right, that is false.

Can you use A or B to justify your answer? A, a balanced diet includes a wide variety of fruit, vegetables, protein, carbohydrates, and whole grains.

Or B, a balanced diet includes eating different fruits and vegetables.

Pause the video now.

That's right, it is A, and we're going to be learning all about why we want to include different types of proteins, carbohydrates, whole grains, and fruits and vegetables.

Well done.

Scientists use the Eatwell Guide to advise people how to include a wide variety of food types in their diet.

So you can see the picture here.

We need to include lots of different types of food.

And a balanced diet will include all of these things.

Fruit, vegetables, whole grains or carbohydrates, protein, some dairy, and some sugary and fatty foods.

In recent years, nutritionists have actually been advising people to eat lots of plant-based foods.

Plant-based foods are foods which are naturally from plants rather than meat and dairy.

The recommendation is to eat 30 types of plant-based food a week.

Why? Because these are filled with fibre and they are excellent for our gut.

So 30 might sound a lot, but actually you can find plant-based foods in loads of different types of food.

All the different fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, whole grains like brown rice and brown bread, rye and barley and cereal and legumes.

So we're going to be looking at these in a lot more detail.

But first, let's check for understanding.

How many plant-based foods do nutritionists recommend humans eat each week? A, none, B, 30, C, three, or D, 300.

Pause the video now.

That's right, it's 30 plant-based foods a week.

Each food group provides different benefits, so things that are good for our bodies.

Fruits and vegetables are essential in a healthy diet.

So fruit could include apples, berries, citrus, kiwis.

Vegetables could include leafy greens like spinach and kale, peppers, red peppers, yellow peppers, green peppers, cauliflower, mushroom.

These are just a few examples.

I'm sure you can think of lots more that you eat.

Why do we eat fruit and vegetables? They're an excellent source of fibre.

We want fibre because that's really good for our digestive system.

They're excellent sources of vitamin C and they're gut-healthy.

They're really good for our guts.

With fruit and vegetables, we should try to eat the rainbow.

That means we want to eat a wide range of different coloured fruit and vegetables.

We don't want to just eat green vegetables like broccoli and spinach.

We want to eat orange vegetables, green vegetables, yellow vegetables, like sweet corn.

So that's a really important thing to be thinking about when you're making your lunches and your dinners and teas, thinking about how many different colours, vegetables can I get on my plate.

Whole grains are also a really important part of a balanced diet.

Whole grains release energy slowly, so that keeps us fuller for longer, which stops us eating too much in between meals.

So what kind of foods are whole grains? That means brown bread, brown and wild rice, bulgar wheat, and then oats, barley, wheat and rye.

You can often find these in cereals and porridges for your breakfast.

Whole grains are great.

They're really high in fibre.

So again, great for our digestive system.

Again, they're gut-healthy and they aid digestion, which we know is really important for our bodies to stay healthy, we need to have a healthy digestive system.

We also want to include nuts and seeds.

Nuts and seeds are an excellent source of protein.

So different nuts we can be eating are almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, pistachios.

And then seeds, we can be eating pumpkin, sunflower, chia, flax.

You might be thinking, "how can I get nuts and seeds into my diet?" Well, they're great to add onto your breakfast in the morning on your porridge or your cereal, or maybe you can add them into your lunches.

If you are having maybe a salad, you could scatter your salad with different kinds of seeds and nuts.

They're really good for you.

They're an excellent source of protein.

They're filled with healthy fats.

We know fats.

We don't want to eat too many fatty foods, especially trans fats, which we'll look at in a minute.

But healthy fats are great and they're high in lots of different minerals.

So eating lots of different types of nuts and seeds is really good for our bodies.

We also want to try and eat legumes and pulses because they're high in protein again and fibre, and they keep us fuller for longer than other carbohydrates.

So for example, chickpeas, split peas and lentils actually keep us a lot fuller for longer than maybe pasta.

The beans we could be eating are butter beans, kidney beans, soybeans, black beans, pinto beans, cannellini's and maybe we could put these in a curry or chilies or stews.

They're really delicious and keep us full for a really long time.

Again, they're high in fibre, they're gut-healthy, they're really high in protein, which we know is really important and they're low in fat.

So loads of great benefits of legumes and pulses.

Now protein has come up a lot, hasn't it? And protein is an important food group to include in a balanced diet.

Protein is essential for growth and repair of muscles, bones, and cells.

So good sources of protein in food are fish, meat, chicken and pork, and lamb and beef, eggs.

And we can have loads of different types of eggs.

You can fry your eggs or you can scramble them or poach them.

So dairy products, which is anything that comes from a cow.

So butter and cheese and milk.

And then as we said already, nuts and legumes, those plant-based foods, which are excellent sources of protein.

So protein is really important, but you can just see here, so many different types of food provide protein.

So checking for understanding.

You need to match each food to its food group.

So you have almonds, cauliflower, kiwi, brown rice and eggs.

And then your food group options are whole grains, protein, nuts and seeds, vegetables and fruits.

So pause the video now and have a go at matching the food to its group.

Okay, welcome back everybody.

So almonds are a type of nuts so in the nuts and seeds group.

Cauliflower is a vegetable.

It almost looks like a broccoli, but it's whiter in colour.

Kiwi is a fruit.

Brown rice is a type of whole grain and eggs are protein.

Well done everybody.

Now moving on to what we need to be drinking.

Scientists recommend drinking six to eight cups of water a day.

Why do we need to drink water? It's hydrating.

That means if you are dehydrated, your mouth can feel really dry and you can start to get a headache and you can be lacking in energy.

So by drinking water, we are hydrating ourselves.

Water regulates body temperature, make sure with the right temperature, we don't want to be too hot.

So if you are really, really hot and it's a hot sunny day and you've done lots of sports and running around, you can get really hot and water can cool you down, which is really important.

It also, again, aids digestion.

It keeps the digestive system working properly just like fibre.

So it's important that we're drinking water for that reason as well.

Scientists recommend drinking six to eight cups of water, but I'm sure lots of you carry around a reusable water bottle, maybe at school or at home on the weekends.

So have a look at how many cups and millilitres are in your bottle to help you know how many bottles of water you should be drinking a day.

So let's check for understanding.

How many glasses of water does scientists recommend to drink a day? A, one, B, six to eight, C, 14 to 15, or D, nine to 10.

Pause the video now.

That's right, it's six to eight cups or glasses of water a day.

Well done.

Now I'm sure lots of you also like to eat some foods that are sugary, so like chocolates or sweets or cake or foods that are higher in trans fats like crisps and chips and saltier foods.

So nutritionists understand that people like to eat these foods, but they don't want people to eat too much of them.

So they advise that sweet treats and food high in trans fat can be enjoyed in moderation.

That means not eating it every single day, every single meal, but enjoying it every now and again.

And because you're having it less, it's even more enjoyable when you do have it because you're not eating it all the time.

So true or false, nutritionists advise people to never eat foods high in sugar and trans fats? Pause the video now.

That's false.

Can you use A or B to justify your answer? A, people should never eat sugary foods as a treat, or B, people can enjoy sweet and treats and fattier foods in moderation.

Pause the video now.

That's right, it's B.

Nutritionists understand that people like to eat these types of food, they're easily available to buy in our shops.

So they don't recommend that you should never, ever eat them, but that they should be enjoyed in moderation.

Well done.

So it's time for task A.

You need to read each statement and choose if it is true or false.

I'm going to read each statement first, and you can be thinking back to what we've just learned and deciding if it's true or false.

Whole grains keep you fuller for longer.

Scientists recommend drinking nine to 12 cups of water a day.

Legumes and pulses are high in protein fibre.

It's important to eat different types of fruit and vegetables.

And nutritionists recommend eating 15 plant-based foods a week.

Pause video now and put a tick in either true or false for each statement.

Okay, welcome back everybody.

Well done.

Let's go through the answers.

Whole grains keep you fuller for longer.

That's true.

They release energy really slowly, so that keeps you full.

Scientists recommend drinking nine to 12 cups of water a day.

That's false, they recommend drinking six to eight.

Legumes and pulses are high in protein and fibre.

That's true.

It is important to eat different types of fruit and vegetable.

Definitely true, we want to have a wide range.

We want to eat the rainbow.

And nutritionists recommend eating 15 plant-based foods a week.

That's false, it's 30.

Really well done everyone.

So now it's time for part two of task A.

Here are the facts written correctly.

We want to recall them and remember them and try and lock them in our heads for when it comes to writing on non-chronological reports by saying them out loud.

So you need to get into pairs and name yourselves A and B.

Then you need to take it in turns to say each fact.

And I want you to remember to say each fact as a full sentence.

So for example, I'm going to be partner A, I'm going to say "whole grains keep you fuller for longer." Then partner B is going to say it back so that they can both have a chance.

You both have a chance of saying the sentence and this will help you to be able to recall them and remember them.

So pause the video now and off you go saying these facts out loud.

Okay, welcome back everybody.

Just have a think when you were saying your sentences out loud, did you use clear diction? So did you say the facts really clearly? Did you use good eye contact? Did you look your partner or whoever you were saying the facts to in the eye? And can you memorise? So remember at least two of those facts? If you need to pause the video now and have another go at saying those sentences again, you can otherwise really well done.

Okay, it's time for the second section of our learning where we are going to be looking and learning all about the importance of exercise and sleep.

So physical activity is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle.

Taking part in regular exercise strengthens the muscles.

Exercise also helps to keep a person's heart working properly and beating properly.

And this is really important because a beating heart is what keeps our bodies alive and keeps our body working because it's pumping blood through the body.

So how does exercise benefit human bodies? A, it slows people down.

B, it strengthens the muscles.

C, it reduces energy levels or D, it keeps the heart working properly.

Pause the video now.

That's right, exercise strengthens the muscles and it keeps the heart working properly.

Well done.

So we said that regular exercise is really important.

What does that mean? Children are recommended to aim for 60 minutes of exercise.

So one hour a day of moderate exercise or physical activity.

So this includes lots of different activities.

For example, skipping in the playground, running, ball games, dance, swimming.

But this also does include running around with your friends in the playground.

So I'm sure lots of you are probably doing nearly 60 minutes without even realising.

Scientists also believe that exercise is really good for our mental health.

So how we feel and our emotions.

Exercise actually causes your brain to release feel good chemicals.

So chemicals that make us feel really good such as endorphins.

Endorphins and serotonin.

Serotonin.

And these are chemicals that actually help to improve your mood.

Physical activity gives us a natural energy boost.

It gives us lots more energy and it can help us to feel less frustrated or angry.

So I know sometimes if I'm feeling a bit tired or I'm a little bit frustrated, going for a run can release those endorphins and make me feel a little bit more relaxed and a bit more energised.

So checking for understanding, true or false.

Exercise can improve people's moods.

Pause the video now.

That's true.

Well done.

Can you use A or B to justify your answer? A, exercise releases chemicals like endorphins and serotonin that can improve your mood.

B, exercise makes people happy because it involves playing games with friends.

Pause the video now.

That's right, it is A.

Exercise releases those feel good chemicals which can make us feel better.

Well done.

Exercise is also really important because it can improve our sleep quality.

And it is really important that we are all not just children, children and adults are getting enough sleep every night.

Scientists recommend that children in primary school should have nine to 12 hours of sleep a night.

Why do we need sleep? It can improve our brain performance.

So when you are in your lessons, you are able to focus and concentrate and listen to the teacher and work independently.

It can improve your mood so make you feel a bit more positive, a bit happier.

Again, it can improve your mental health, your emotions, and your feelings, and it can improve your immune systems. Your immune system is really important 'cause that's what fights off diseases and illnesses.

We want to have a strong immune system and sleep can help us have that.

Let's check for understanding.

How much sleep are children in primary school recommended to have each night? A, nine to 12 hours.

B, four to five hours, C, 90 minutes, or D, seven to eight hours.

Pause the video now.

That's right, it's nine to 12 hours.

Well done.

So it's time for task B.

In part one of task B, you need to sort these statements into the correct column.

So whether they are to do with exercise or they're to do with sleep.

Nine to 12 hours per night, strengthens muscles, releases feel good chemicals like endorphins and serotonin, improves brain performance, 60 minutes a day and improves mental health.

And I will give you a clue.

There is one of those statements that appears in both columns.

Pause the video now.

Off you go.

Okay, welcome back everybody.

Well done.

So the statements related to exercise were 60 minutes a day.

So one hour a day of exercise is recommended for children.

Strengthens muscles, releases feel good chemicals like endorphins and serotonin and improves mental health.

And then for sleep, nine to 12 hours per sleep is recommended for children.

It improves brain performance, helps us focus and concentrate in lessons and again, improves mental health.

So mental health comes in both columns.

Exercise and sleep can both really help our mental health.

Well done everybody.

Okay, now here are the facts written as full sentences.

And just like in task A, we want to recall these sentences, these facts by saying them out loud.

So again, you're going to get into pairs and name yourselves A and B.

You need to take it in turns to say each fact.

And I want you to remember to say each sentence as a full sentence.

So partner A will go first, they'll say the first fact and then partner B will say it back to them.

And this will help us remember it and recall these facts later when it comes to writing.

So pause the video now and off you go.

Welcome back everybody.

Just think about the facts that you've just said to your partner.

Did you use clear diction? Did you say it really clearly? Did you use good eye contact? And can you now remember and memorise at least two of these facts? If you need to have another go at saying them aloud again, you can pause the video.

Otherwise, really well done.

Okay, here is a summary of everything we've learned today.

There are five main food groups in a balanced diet, protein, fat, carbohydrates or whole grains, dairy and fruit and vegetables.

Humans should aim to eat 30 plant-based foods a week.

All the food groups need to be eaten in moderation to maintain a healthy, balanced diet.

And physical activity is an essential factor towards leading a healthy lifestyle and sleep is essential to lead a healthy lifestyle.

Well done everybody for working so hard today.