You will need: A selection of packed lunches.

Investigative, disassembly and evaluative activities

Investigate which items children would most like to have as part of their packed lunch.
Investigate the contents of a selection of packed lunch boxes.
Discuss the contents in relation to the Balance of Good Health plate and guidelines about healthy eating.
Discuss how the contents could be adapted to include more fruit and vegetables.
Investigate ways of keeping the contents in their best condition from morning until lunch time, recognising that storage space may be limited in schools and that some of the contents (e.g. yoghurt) may be best chilled while others (e.g. apples) are fine in ambient temperatures.

Focused practical tasks

Show the children how to prepare and pack a number of items which include fruit or vegetables, e.g. carrot sticks, celery, dips, fresh fruit, dried fruit or fruit juice.
Explain how you can ensure that a packed lunch is prepared under hygienic conditions.

Design and make assignment

Design and make a healthy packed lunch that will appeal to a large number of children.
Challenge the children to include 2 or 3 portions of fruit and vegetables.
Draw a diagram to show the contents and how the various elements contribute to a healthy diet.
Eat and evaluate the packed lunches against the original design criteria (i.e. a healthy packed lunch that will appeal to a large number of children).