Packed Lunch Puzzle

• Food Cards*
• Task cards (including a set for pupils with additional support needs)
• Access to online food shopping or something similar
• packed lunch box outline
• Eatwell Guide template (enlarged to A3)
• self-assessment sheet

*If your school does not have a set of Food Cards, please request them from us at resources@fss.scot.

1. sort food cards into a set for each group containing healthy and less healthy foods for a packed lunch
2. prepare large sheets of paper with headings ‘healthy for packed lunch’ and ‘less healthy for packed lunch’ or symbolic representation of this

• divide the class into groups of appropriate size depending on age/stage of pupils
• rach group is provided with a set of food cards
• within their group, the pupils work together to decide which foods would be healthy for a packed lunch and which would be less healthy, placing the cards under the appropriate heading
• each group is then given a task – this could be the only task the group will work on, or groups could rotate around the tasks, with more than one group working on a certain task
  • make up a shopping list for the packed lunch you have created
  • Use a supermarket website to estimate how much you think your packed lunch might cost
  • write the foods you have chosen onto the correct place on the Eatwell Guide
  • design a packed lunch box that would encourage pupils to eat a healthy packed lunch
• each group presents their suitable packed lunch foods and their finished task to the rest of the class

DO – Are foods chosen healthy?

DO – Self-assessment of my contribution to group

MAKE – completed task from each group

Consider CfE Bencharks, for example:

• recognise the names of the main food groups, for example, the Eatwell Guide.
• sorts a selection of foods into the food groups
• chooses foods from different food groups to create a balanced meal

Support

Use pictures/symbols to build shopping list rather than writing it. Adult provides support in navigating online supermarket.

Challenge

Challenge is already built into the tasks, but allowing pupils more independence as they complete the task increases the level of challenge already there.

• working in a pair, pupils choose foods they would like in a packed lunch from a selection of food cards that would be suitable
• actual foods/food packaging could be displayed along with food cards to assist pupils in recognition
• use adapted Task Cards for pupils to work on individually with or without adult support as necessary