Lesson Plan: Years 1 & 2
Lunch Bowl – Lesson Plan
Age Group:Years 1 - 2
Resources:
Empty lunch box
Food examples – pictures, posters real foods
World Map
Photo Pack
Teachers’ Fact Sheet
Lunch Bowl envelopes
National Curriculum Links:
Learning Objectives:
Introduction
(15 minutes):
Q. Who owns a lunch box?
Q. When might you use it?
Holding up the closed lunch box ask the children to suggest what might be inside. Record their ideas in a list, drawing the children’s attention to the great variety of foods that they can have everyday for lunch. It may be helpful to use visual aids such as posters, photos, pictures or real foods. If there is time ask the children to draw a lunch they may have in their lunch box.
After discussing the various ideas, open the lunch box and show the children that it is empty – show disappointment.
Q. How would you feel if you opened your lunch box and it was completely empty?
Discuss feelings – sad, angry, hungry, surprised ……
Remind the children that today across the world, there are many children who will have nothing to eat. Tell the children that there are rich and poor everywhere, even in the places we live.
Activity
(20 minutes):
Plenary
(20 minutes):
Age Group:Years 1 - 2
Resources:
Empty lunch box
Food examples – pictures, posters real foods
World Map
Photo Pack
Teachers’ Fact Sheet
Lunch Bowl envelopes
National Curriculum Links:
- Geography enquiry and skills – 1a
- Knowledge and understanding of places – 3b, 3d
- PSHE – knowledge, skills and understanding – 1a, 1b, 2e, 2i, 4c, 5g
Learning Objectives:
- To understand that some people in the world are rich and some are poor.
- To compare and contrast life in London with life in the Kibera
- To provide an opportunity to reflect
- To begin to develop a sense of empathy for others.
Introduction
(15 minutes):
Q. Who owns a lunch box?
Q. When might you use it?
Holding up the closed lunch box ask the children to suggest what might be inside. Record their ideas in a list, drawing the children’s attention to the great variety of foods that they can have everyday for lunch. It may be helpful to use visual aids such as posters, photos, pictures or real foods. If there is time ask the children to draw a lunch they may have in their lunch box.
After discussing the various ideas, open the lunch box and show the children that it is empty – show disappointment.
Q. How would you feel if you opened your lunch box and it was completely empty?
Discuss feelings – sad, angry, hungry, surprised ……
Remind the children that today across the world, there are many children who will have nothing to eat. Tell the children that there are rich and poor everywhere, even in the places we live.
Activity
(20 minutes):
- Refer back to the ‘Lunch Bowl’ assembly – question the children about what they can remember about the children living in the Kibera – focus on the diet and the food.
- Define ‘orphan’
- In pairs ask the children to talk together and see if they can recall 5 facts. Invite pairs to report back. Acting as scribe record key facts.
- Using a world map ask if one of the children can find England/London showing the class where they live. Ask if anyone can locate Africa. Show the children where Kenya is and Nairobi. The Kibera is on the edge of Nairobi.
- Using photographs G.H, I and J from the photo pack show the children the lunch programme photographs. Ask children what they can see in each photo. Discuss. (See fact sheet in Teacher Pack to inform your discussion).
Plenary
(20 minutes):
- Provide the children with time to reflect. Ask them to sit in their places quietly and write or draw their thoughts.Extension:Draw pictures to compare the different lunches children have.
- List your feelings about the children living in the Kibera.
- Write a prayer thanking God for your daily food.
- Invite the children to put their thoughts into the empty lunch box. Time permitting, children share their responses with the whole class.
- Finally show the children the ‘Lunch Bowl’ envelopes for collecting money for the Kibera orphans.
- Discuss how they can each help in a small way.
- Handout envelopes at home time.
