1. food4life
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2. food4life
The updated food4life website is brought to you by Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland (LMC).
LMC has a long heritage of supporting Home Economics teaching in secondary schools throughout Northern Ireland.
BNF has been working with LMC to update resources, reflecting curriculum and changing qualification requirements.
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3. The website Introduced last year Recipes added KS3 section updated
A-level section introduced
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4. Recipes New recipes added Search for Key Stage and time available
Look out for videos
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5. Key Stage 3: Recap The materials support the three key concepts:
Healthy eating – developing understanding required in the choice, planning, storage, preparation, cooking and serving of food;
Home and family life – exploring the needs of family members at different life stages;
Independent living – building knowledge and skills to become discerning consumers and effective managers of resources.
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6. Key Stage 3: New and updated
Eatwell Game
Food groups
Meal occasions
Meal composition
Meal planning
Day menu planning
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7. Eatwell Task 1 Select a food card at random.
List the different components of the dish on your food card.
Using the blank Eatwell Guide, match the components of the dish to their food group.
Extension: Consider the following:
How balanced is the meal?
What could be added and/or swapped to improve the balance of the meal?
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8. Eatwell Task 2 Split into groups of three.
Your teacher will give each group one breakfast, one lunch, and one main meal card.
In your groups, list the different components of the three dishes and fill in the blank Eatwell Guide with the different food groups you can see.
Extension: Considering the three meals as a whole throughout the day:
How does this fit with the Eatwell Guide?
Is the diet throughout the day balanced?
What could be added and/or swapped to improve the balance of the meals over the day?
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9. Eatwell Task 3
Plan a menu for a day. The menu must reflect the healthy eating guidelines and the proportions of the food groups in the Eatwell Guide. You will need to justify your choices.
Select one of the main dishes to prepare and cook. Use a nutritional analysis programme to analyse the nutritional value of the dish.
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10. Key Stage 3: New and updated
Eatwell resources updated – presentations and worksheets
Quiz sheets for all areas (pupil and teacher sheets)
Selection of additional resources , including:
Myths and facts
Storage and hygiene
Homemade v ready meal
People and places activity
Making the right choice
Being creative 
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11. Key Stage 4: Recap
The materials support the main areas of the specification, including:
What’s on the plate?
What’s in food?
What’s on the label?
Ages and stages
Keeping food safe
Dietary disorders
Special diets 
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12. Key Stage 4: New and updated
Eatwell updates
Quiz sheets for all areas (pupil and teacher sheets)
Social media challenge
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13. Key Stage 4: New and updated
Food styling resource:
Introduction and tips presentation
Worksheet
Checklist
Challenge
Food critic for a day
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14. A-level Initial areas include: Principles of nutrition
Diet, lifestyle and health
Food security and sustainability
Thank you to CCEA and the A-level team for their support and advice.
Focus is on self-study, data analysis and interpretation/presentation of information. Different approaches.
LMC looking to develop more resources in the future.
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15. A-level: Principles of nutrition
The resource comprises:
Protein video: Short, key facts.
Protein video note sheet
Estimate protein - Starter Activity: A PowerPoint that challenges students to guess which food is higher in protein.
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16. A-level: Principles of nutrition
The resource comprises:
Practical Task: A series of tasks around protein - self study.
Protein Task: Investigating the protein content of foods. 
RNI Calculator template
Protein data graph template: An Excel document to capture data for comparison
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17. A-level: Diet, lifestyle and health
The resource comprises:
Barrier Word Cards: A set of discussion cards, useful to introduce the topic area.
Data Task - Overweight and Obesity: Data analysis task, focusing on trends in overweight and obesity in NI.
Family Food Survey: Data analysis task, using the Family Food Survey. 
Information Sources: Useful sources of further information.
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18. A-level: Food security and sustainability
The resource comprises:
Interactive PowerPoint, for self-guided study
Key questions and note sheet
Links to further information and support
Coming soon!
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19. Teacher CPD and School Support
Annual event
School Demonstrator events
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20. Other support www.beefandlambni.com www.lmcni.com
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21. Your vote counts What should LMC focus on in the forthcoming year?
You each have 4 ‘dots’ (votes).
Around the room there are different areas in which LMC could support – resources and training.
Which would you prioritise?
Your vote counts!
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22. Thank you
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