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Testimonials | Teachers
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Nicola Mackins, St Agnes Catholic Primary School, Gateshead read
Dec 2008 filming – clip coming soon
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Kit Saddington, Emmaville Primary School, Gateshead read
Dec 2008 filming – clip coming soon
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Jill Rutherford, Greenside Primary School, Gateshead read
following pilots autumn term 2007
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Emma Constantine, North Reddish Infants School, Stockport read
following pilots autumn term 2007
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Ann Laidlow, Emmaville Primary School, Gateshead read
following pilots autumn term 2007
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Katharine Hetherington, Emmaville Primary School, Gateshead read
following pilots autumn term 2007
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Nicola Mackins, St Agnes Catholic Primary School, Gateshead read
following pilots autumn term 2007
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Emma Constantine, North Reddish Infants School, Stockport read
following pilots autumn term 2007
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Katharine Hetherington, Emmaville Primary School, Gateshead read
Dec 2008 filming – clip coming soon
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Nicola Mackins, St Agnes Catholic Primary School, Gateshead? top
“As a teacher using NutriSkill for the past year, we have found the pack really good. If we had 5 minutes we were able to fit in food recognition and if we had hall time, then we were able to get out the mat and the food cards and play games with the children.
Having the pack showed you what you could do, until I was comfortable enough to bring in things that my children wanted to do with it and how I felt we could progress further.
As soon as I introduced NutriSkill to the children, they thought it was great. The minute they saw the cards they asked how many they knew. At the beginning we would go through them and they might know 20 of the cards, so the next day they made me count to see if they got any more. So they were really pleased because they were able to see their progress, until they knew them all.
The minute they saw the mat they asked if we could have the hall space and if we had time. They were so enthusiastic about it, we ‘found’ the time every day, whether it was just food recognition or to play games, because they ‘wanted’ to.
They kept saying ‘for breakfast today I had.... where does it fit in on the food mat?’ until they were able to identify, then they’d come in and say ‘I had breakfast from 4 different food groups today, but I didn’t have any from the food we shouldn’t eat for breakfast’.
Someone else would say ‘well I did today, so tomorrow I’m going to try to have something else, more healthy’, so they were able to begin to identify the different areas, really quickly.”
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Kit Saddington, Emmaville Primary School, Gateshead top
The children have lessons about balanced diets in all the year groups and we have used the NutriSkill materials all the way through the school. The pilot was just year 1, but we liked it so much that we gave the resources to all the teachers.
We find the NutriSkill materials really effective with the children, because the bright colours and the really clear pictures make it fun to learn about the different food groups. The children understand as it is in nice child friendly terms.
We found it very flexible; it allows the teachers to adapt their own teaching technique and they can use the resources in their own way – so it has become very effective that way.
Having learnt about the food groups, the children are much more aware of what makes a balanced diet, and it makes them more independent with their food choices - we have seen that in the dining hall, and we have tried to encourage it in their packed lunches as well.
I have used the resources myself across a few age groups, and I have found in all of them, they have really enjoyed using the resources; they have had a lot of fun and it has helped them to learn.
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Jill Rutherford, Greenside Primary School, Gateshead top
"The resources are easy to use and help children understand how they can make choices to improve their diet.
Some children are trying to make better
food choices in the lunch hall."
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Emma Constantine, North Reddish Infants School, Stockport top
"The visual resources make the subject more exciting and interesting for the children.
The wide range of photographs gives children an opportunity to see some foods which are unfamiliar to them.
The children are more aware of a healthy diet and are able to identify quantities recommended. They liked having the opportunity to move around and be taken out of the classroom environment."
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Ann Laidlow, Emmaville Primary School, Gateshead top
"Good quality, practical resources which children can handle. Clear, detailed pictures which lead to some great discussion.
The children now have more awareness of food groups."
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Katharine Hetherington, Emmaville Primary School, Gateshead
feedback following 2007 pilots top
"Discussions were interesting - the children are definitely more aware of healthy food choices and the importance of a balanced diet.
The large, clear photographs were very useful and the children loved the giant floor mat! The children really enjoyed becoming actively involved in the activities."
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Nicola Mackins, St Agnes Catholic Primary School, Gatesheadtop
"Before we had these resources, healthy eating was viewed by the children as any other subject, but after these resources arrived they were keen to get stuck in.
The children's knowledge has come on so much and they have really enjoyed doing it. They picked up on it quickly and wanted to do it more and more. They are even talking about their lunch and relating it to the food group model."
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Emma Constantine, North Reddish Infants School, Stockport, top
"The visual resources make the subject more exciting and interesting for the children.
The wide range of photographs give children an opportunity to see some foods which are unfamiliar to them.
The children are more aware of a healthy diet and are able to identify quantities recommended.
They liked having the opportunity to move around and be taken out of the classroom environment."
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Katharine Hetherington, Emmaville Primary School, Gateshead, top
“NutriSkill is an invaluable resource for the children. It means they have access to foods they wouldn’t have access to normally, through the photo cards and it can make a very hard concept much simpler for them.
With the bright colours and the food mat, they can learn through doing; they can move about and have a lot of fun which I think makes the concept easier to understand.
NutriSkill is a great resource because you can use it in so many different ways. You can use it in a small group situation and with a whole class, and you can make it as much fun as you want to, which the children have really enjoyed, and I think that has helped them with their learning.
It is important for children to learn about healthy eating, and NutriSkill is a brilliant resource to do that. The children have actually learnt so much from it and it has had a real impact of the foods that they are eating. They have gone home and discussed it with their parents and they are encouraging parents not to buy so many of the fatty, sugary foods.
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