HEALTH EDUCATION

TOPIC: NHES 4: Interpersonal Communications for Healthy Nutrition

GRADE: 5 DURATION: 30 min
Learning
Outcomes:
At the end of the esson! students must:
1. be able to emonstrate interpersonal s!ills for ealin" #ith peer influence to eat less nutritious foos
Prere"uisites: 1. Stuents shoul !no# the efinition of less nutritious foo ta!in" reference from $%y Healthy &late'.
(. Stuents shoul be able to list e)amples of less nutritious foo
A#stract: Stuents "o throu"h a short lesson on the efinition of less nutritious foo. *hen they are brou"ht throu"h an acti+ity that
helps them to ientify the instances #hen they #ere influence by their peers to eat less nutritious foo an ho# they
ealt #ith that situation. ,inally- an acti+ity that helps them to fin strate"ies to say $No' to their peers.
$TAGE TEACHING % LEARNING
ACTI&IT'
RATIONALE TEACHING CUE$ % POINT$
Intro
5 min
(hat is )Less Nutritious
*ood+,
*o start off the lesson- the *eacher
#ill efine $.ess Nutritious
,oo' ta!in" reference from $%y
Healthy &late'.
*his is one so that e+eryone has a
common unerstanin" of #hat is
$.ess Nutritious ,oo' an further
iscussions #ill flo# on the same
trac!.
*eacher touches on the follo#in":
%ain concepts of $%y Healthy &late'.
/efine $.ess Nutritious ,oo' as those that o
not belon" to $%y Healthy &late'.
&oint out that $.ess Nutritious ,oo' are also
usually foun #ith contents that are hi"h in salt-
fats- su"ar- preser+ati+es an simple
carbohyrates.
%y Healthy &late
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$TAGE TEACHING % LEARNING
ACTI&IT'
RATIONALE TEACHING CUE$ % POINT$
-od.
10min
Ha/e .ou e/er #een 0ressured to
ta1e )Less Nutritious *ood,+
Did .ou sa. )No,+
*eacher places in 4 corners of the
classrooms the follo#in" #ors:
1. Ne+er
(. %aybe
3. 0es- an I sai No
4. 0es- an I i not say No
*hen teacher #ill "i+e stuents 30
secs to thin! if they ha+e e+er
been pressure an ho# they ealt
#ith it1 2t the comman of the
teacher- stuents #ill mo+e to the
corner #ith the #ors that best
e)plaine their situation.
2fter stuents ha+e mo+e to their
respecti+e corners- "et stuents to
share on their e)periences. %a!e
sure stuents are pic!e from
e+ery corner.
*his acti+ity ser+es the follo#in"
purpose:
1. Help stuents to best unerstan
themsel+es #hen it comes to
ealin" #ith peer pressure
(. 3i+es the stuents e)amples on
ho# they can be pressure an
ho# they eal #ith it
3. Helps the stuents to reali4e that
they are not alone
&ic! stuents to share in the follo#in" se5uence:
1. 0es- an I i not say No 6 reaffirm the stuents
after they ha+e share an tell them it is no#
time for them to learn to say $No'.
(. %aybe 6 2fter hearin" from some e)amples- o
they no# thin! that they ha+e been pressure
before1 If still unsure- as! them to share about a
particular situation so that they class can help
them to ecie.
3. Ne+er 6 No# o they still feel that they ha+e
ne+er been pressure1 If they still thin! that
they ha+e Ne+er been pressure- reassure them.
4. 0es- an I sai No 6 *hese may be "oo
e)amples for e+eryone to learn an con"ratulate
the stuents #ho ha+e share.
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$TAGE TEACHING % LEARNING
ACTI&IT'
RATIONALE TEACHING CUE$ % POINT$
-od.
10min
(hat can I do 2hen I am #eing
0ressured+
*eacher sho#s a +ieo about
Sally- a hi"h school stuent- #ho
#as ha+in" lunch #ith her friens
in the cafeteria. Sally lo+es the
sala an "rille chic!en an #as
about to "et one #hen her best
frien 7anet offere her a ba" of
chips to "o #ith her sala. 7anet
happene to ha+e an e)tra an
#as 8ust offerin" her best frien
one. 9ut #hen Sally sai No-
7anet insiste she ha+e it.
*eacher to "et stuents into pairs
an iscuss ho# Sally can politely
say No to 7anet. :hen stuents
ha+e iscusse- they are then to
act it out in front of the class.
*his acti+ity helps stuents to learn
about +arious #ays to turn someone
o#n politely.
2fter each pair has acte out their solution- teacher
is to o the follo#in":
1. Con"ratulate the pair
(. &oint out the strate"y that #as use an ho# it
can help in the situation
Concusi
on
5min
*eacher to conclue by
reaffirmin" e+eryone that they
ha+e the po#er in them to say No.
Ho#e+er- it is not al#ays as easy
as sayin" No. :hat the stuents
ha+e one toay is to help each
other to come out #ith #ays to
say $No' an it is important that
they remember these for life.
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