Meal plans from the Year 5s

 

 

In Science, the Year 5s have been looking at the digestive system. We learnt that animals, including humans, need a balanced diet to be healthy. While a balanced diet for a zebra might include a variety of grasses and leaves, humans are a bit more complicated than that. We found out that we need to eat meals and snacks, which have a variety of food groups – including lots of fruit and vegetables! Once we knew the theory, the Year 5s used their knowledge (and some research on the iPads) to create a healthy meal plan over three days – and I must say they gave their teacher some ideas for what to cook over the next few weeks!

 

Here are some of the delicious meals that were suggested:

Breakfast:

• Avocado on wholewheat toast with 2 scrambled eggs

(Sehan Singh)

• All-Bran flakes with sliced bananas mixed in

(Lereko Tabohane)

• Muesli with yoghurt and blueberries.

(Nivad Manouchehri)

 

Lunch:

• A bowl of pasta with mixed vegetables and cheese.

(Zahrah Allie)

• A bagel with tomatoes, mozzarella and lettuce, with a smoothie on the side.

(Wanda Ahadzadeh)

• A burrito with peppers, cheese and lettuce.

(Keira Nicholl)

• Mac and cheese with sliced cucumbers.

(Tinashe Chivaka)

 

Dinner:

• Pap and steak with spinach and sliced tomato.

(Pelumi Olawoyin)

• Butternut, baked potato and chicken pieces

(Isabella Schultz)

• Omelette with mushrooms and sausages.

(Okuhle William)

 

Snack ideas:

• A smoothie with 1 cup of frozen strawberries, 1 cup of frozen peaches, and some yoghurt and milk.

(Shanna-Rose Jenkinson)

• Salti crackers with some snoek pate, feta cubes and pear slices.

(Emily Rӧhlandt)

• Carrot sticks with hummus.

(Mika Bhyat)

• Carrots and peanut butter, with some grapes (do not put peanut butter on the grapes!).

(Dicla Tona)

• Strawberries with yoghurt and honey.

(Alistair Mouton)

• Wholewheat grain crackers, light cream cheese and mixed berries.

(Talicia Nyausaru)

 

Of course, it helps to know WHY a meal is healthy – and the students had that covered too!

 

“The pasta, beef and vegetables were healthy because there were different food groups that can help our body in different ways and give us nutrients.”

(Ileana Dias)

Watch this space – next up for the Year 5s is a video oral where the students make one of the meals on their meal plans and then tell us about it. Masterchef Junior, here we come!

 

Hannah Kirkaldy

Year 5 Teacher

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