Sugar Smart World

With 34% of children leaving primary school overweight, the Change4Life campaign, "make a swap when you next shop", encourages families to cut back on sugar.

To complement the national campaign, Change4Life has created interactive lesson plans in partnership with teachers, qualified nutritionists and dental professionals. These English and Maths teaching resources support teachers to educate pupils about how to make healthier choices. 

The resources are set in ‘Sugar Smart World’ and teach pupils that the number of extra sugar cubes they are consuming is enough to wrap around the world more than 3 and a half times. A cartoon-themed Science lesson plan also helps pupils understand the effects that sugar has on their teeth.

Share these free resources with your networks to help tackle childhood obesity. 

The Change4Life school resources include:

• English lesson plan PowerPoints and English lesson worksheets, including songs and a poster, comic strip and persuasive letter template for children aged between 5 and 11 years old (school years 1 to 6)
• Maths lesson plan PowerPoints and Maths lesson worksheets for each school year for children aged between 5 and 11 years old (school years 1 to 6)
• Early years lesson plan PowerPoint for children under 5 years old (nursery and Reception)
• Tilly the Tooth lesson plans for children aged between 5 and 11 years old (school years 1 to 6), in which pupils set up a simple science experiment to observe how sugar can affect teeth, and learn about making better choices to stay healthy
• display board print-outs for schools to showcase their pupils’ work and promote healthier swaps to families
• recipe idea print-outs with healthy recipes from around the world for teachers to make with pupils and send home to families

Encourage school professionals to sign up to the School Zone, so they can be the first to hear about new teaching resources.