Healthy Eating – SEN Life Skills Module

Support learners in developing the knowledge and confidence to make healthier food choices through practical, real-world activities based on everyday situations.

Designed for teenagers and young adults, this practical PDF resource is particularly suitable for SEN learners, alternative provision, supported learning, Functional Skills and Preparing for Adulthood programmes. Using authentic food packaging, menus and health information, learners explore healthy eating while developing the literacy, numeracy and decision-making skills needed for greater independence.

The resource encourages learners to consider how everyday choices affect their health and wellbeing, both at home and when shopping or eating out.

What’s Included

• Activities exploring healthy cooking and balanced eating
• Tasks investigating calories and weight management
• Activities focusing on heart health and blood pressure
• Learning activities exploring sugar and its effects on health
• Tasks explaining the traffic light food labelling system
• Activities based on fast food, takeaways and eating out
• Reading comprehension activities using authentic health and food-related information
• Structured discussion and decision-making tasks
• A child-friendly glossary of key healthy eating and nutrition vocabulary

Skills Developed

• Making informed healthy food choices
• Reading and interpreting food packaging and nutrition labels
• Understanding menus, portion sizes and calorie information
• Interpreting everyday health information
• Developing critical thinking and decision-making skills
• Applying literacy and numeracy skills in real-world contexts
• Building confidence and independence when shopping for and choosing food

Accessibility

The resource is presented in a dyslexia-friendly 14pt font to support accessibility. Activities use realistic language, clear layouts and authentic scenarios to help learners apply healthy eating knowledge to everyday life in an engaging and supportive way.

Ideal For

SEN, SEND, Alternative Provision, Supported Learning, Functional Skills, Functional English, Life Skills, Independent Living, Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Food Labels, Food Packaging, PSHE, Personal Development, Preparing for Adulthood, KS3, KS4, Post-16 and learners developing healthy lifestyle skills.