Teacher's notes Encouraging children to be creative and observant in every thing they do improves motivation and helps to enrich their learning experience. There are many ways in which art can be incorporated into Grab 5! activities. Posters, leaflets and display boards, in particular, could play an important part of a successful Grab 5! campaign. The children will feel ownership of the campaign if they are involved in its promotion. Examples include advertising a fruit tuck shop, promoting healthy eating at lunch time and informing parents of cooking classes . Refer to the ideas listed under 'link' below for examples of how art activities will help reinforce the healthy eating messages. Giving children the opportunity to touch, feel, observe, and draw fruit and vegetables will help them become more familiar with the different types and learn about their various properties.

AA: 2b

You will need: A wide selection of fruits and vegetables Art materials

• Close observational drawings and paintings of individual fruits and vegetables. Cut produce in half and ask the children to draw the cross-sections. Use a magnifying glass to look at the detailed patterns that occur on skins and leaves. Mix colours to match the colour of the skins of different fruits or vegetables.
  
• Prints of cross-sections of some vegetables, such as mushrooms, broccoli and cabbage. Use ink or thick paint (flour or glue can be added to thicken the paint). Larger, firmer produce, such as potatoes and other root vegetables, can be cut in half and carved to form a raised shape on the flat surface. They can then be dipped into the thick paint for printing.
  
• A carrot top person. Place a piece of moist kichen paper inside a clean eggshell. Cut the top of a carrot off and put it onto the paper. Decorate the egg with a face. The carrot top will grow stalks and leaves which will look like hair. This activity also works with mustard and cress.
  
• Rubbings. Examine the texture of fruit and vegetable skins by doing rubbings using pastels or wax crayons. Citrus fruits work particularly well.
  
• Make a 'Carmen Miranda style' fruit hat.

Starting from children’s own ideas, activity 4: Make a display board Starting from children’s own ideas, activity 8: Design a new food package Developing understanding, activity 7: Grab 5! campaign messages Working towards a healthier diet, activity 5: Posters and leaflets and Recipe books

AA: 2c

Children could be asked to:

• Use illustrations to show each stage of a preparation or cooking procedure.
  
• Design a series of symbols to convey meaning for a poster on safety and hygiene in a kitchen,
  e.g. 'danger hot surface', 'wash your hands' .
  
• Use illustrations to show the procedures for growing produce.
  
• Illustrate issues discussed to do with food, fruit and vegetables and healthy eating, such as
  food miles and advertising on TV.

Section 2 Design and Technology Science