What Do They Teach In Schools........?

lizzypopbottle

Rant coming!

Instead of history, they'd be better off teaching children how to live a healthy life and to teach it from early years with a practical approach. Science is all very well but learning the chemical constitution of protein, carbohydrate and fats is not useful until maybe 'A' level biology! Teach from early years what's good for you. Foods containing protein to build and repair your body, foods containing carbohydrates for energy, healthy fats for your brain and nerves, fibre for your gut throughput, vitamins and minerals e.g. Calcium, vitamin D, vitamin C and A in fruit and vegetables, B vitamins in cereals, plenty of water, exercise and sugar only as a treat. Teach them to read the labels on food packets, to look for that word sugar. Teach them to cook healthy meals.

*Then they can go home and teach their parents!*and

Rant over!

And following on from my previous reply - I’m irked!!!

Been taught for decades, at least a primary level. 🙄

Teach from early years what's good for you. Foods containing protein to build and repair your body, foods containing carbohydrates for energy, healthy fats for your brain and nerves, fibre for your gut throughput, vitamins and minerals e.g. Calcium, vitamin D, vitamin C and A in fruit and vegetables, B vitamins in cereals, plenty of water, exercise and sugar only as a treat. Teach them to read the labels on food packets, to look for that word sugar.

That's exactly what we're expected to teach our early years children as childminders.

At my last Ofsted inspection the inspector criticised the contents of a four year old's lunchbag as we were unpacking it.

Despite the usual healthy fruit, salad, dairy and protein items, she homed in on and quizzed the child about why the small piece of chocolate cake she'd brought as a treat was bad for us.
The child told her because it's got sugar and the inspector gave a "Hmmm..." and a look.

The child had baked it at home with daddy the evening before, and had been very proud of it.

How sad V3ra. That’s the attitude that turns children away from bothering to learn. Bad Ofsted Inspector ;)

M0nica I'm not blaming teachers! I was one! Someone must be to blame for the appalling health statistics. The curriculum is imposed upon teachers by the government who profess to be worried about the nation's health!

It's no good expecting parents to teach their children how to be healthy. They don't know how themselves and they feed their children! Most of them and their children are overweight or obese! The statistics are shocking.

Google search:
In 2022 64% of adults were overweight.
29% were obese.
15% of children aged 2-15 years were obese.
19% of children aged 11-15 were obese.
That situation hasn't improved over the last couple of years. This year in September, 12% of children aged 2-10 are obese. That's the same as 2022. The government strategies are not working.

Pearl30

How sad V3ra. That’s the attitude that turns children away from bothering to learn. Bad Ofsted Inspector ;)

I agree.

And I don't think an Ofsted Inspector has any right to go through a child's lunch box either.

V3ra, - the Ofsted Inspector had no right to look in a lunch box, which was not provided by you.
Years ago, the local Headteacher conference was addressed by a member of the local authority telling us that the government wanted us to look in lunchboxes and give feedback to parents on the contents.
This was- er - firmly rejected (!) . We fed back, quite politely, that if the government wanted this done, then they would need to send someone to do this. We offered to hold his or her coat...

That inspector was a law unto herself, and she's not the only one over the years. They come in with their own agenda and virtually ignore the grade descriptors they're supposed to assess us against.
Fortunately there's a new group who seem to be much more professional from what I hear.

The child nailed it later though:
Playing with the toy kitchen and setting up a plate of play food...

"Oh. Doughnuts. And are doughnuts good for us?" said the inspector.

"Yes," said the child, after some thought.
(My heart sank...)

"Are you sure? Because don't doughnuts have sugar too?" accused the inspector.

Child gave her a very measured look, then replied pityingly,
"Well. Some doughnuts do. But these are only plastic, you know"

Touché!
Even the inspector laughed!

Good history teaching is part entertainment like e.g. 'Horrible Histories' and partly history of ideas worldwide .

Now that it's recognised we need to know about man's past in Europe, Asia, and Africa , the exact number of one king's wives is trivial information that can be looked up in a book when required.

History is important for several reasons. We need to compare and contrast ways people lived in societies in past times so thta we may learn better how to live in societies.

Healthy diets are important and learning about nutrition in societies other than one's own society gives the child a basis for comparison and a healthy respect for legislation about nutrition standards.

It was certainly taught as 'food tech' in my boys school, from a variety of angles.

Reasons for obesity, poor nutrition, reasons why some people are more willing or able to participate in exercise, ways to allow access to everyone.
Calories, fat and sugar content, and cooking.

I remember when eating too many eggs was thought to cause high cholesterol. Care homes for the elderly wer told to restrict their residents consumption of eggs because it could shorten their lives.

Of course, now we know that eggs do not contribute to blood cholesterol.

Having recently re read Tim Spector's book, The Diet Myth, there are quite a lot more diet myths that we all, including our GPs, mindless peddle that need further investigation.

I remember when eating too many eggs was thought to cause high cholesterol
More likely constipation.

Caleo

History is important for several reasons. We need to compare and contrast ways people lived in societies in past times so thta we may learn better how to live in societies.

Healthy diets are important and learning about nutrition in societies other than one's own society gives the child a basis for comparison and a healthy respect for legislation about nutrition standards.

We like to think we learn from history but we don’t!, our lives are too comfortable, we don’t need food to keep warm the central heating does that. We don’t do physical work or exercise in the way we used to so the calories we eat go on our waist line.

We know the exact calorie content of everything we buy, it gets ignored by most

Nightbitch is the feral examination of motherhood we need, one that isn't afraid to ask the hard questions and expose exactly how much women do as mothers with little to no thanks for it.

I looked up Roxy Simons and found this.

The headline was ‘Amy Adams’ Nightbitch is the feral examination of motherhood we need.

It is a about a woman who turns into a dog at night. Iit isn't a "feral examination" whatever that is.

OK.
There seems to be TWO Roxy Simons.

Both do similar things.
I've no idea which is which!

I think it's this one:
www.newsweek.com/authors/roxy-simons

Allira

^I remember when eating too many eggs was thought to cause high cholesterol^
More likely constipation.

No, eggs do not cause constipation either.

Some people believe that eggs can cause constipation. However, there is not much scientific evidence that supports this. They are a low fiber food, though, so eating a lot of them within a low fiber diet may contribute to constipation.
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/list-of-foods-that-cause-constipation#foods-to-avoid

Oh, good.

I do like an omelette and you can't make one with just one egg.

Allira I read somewhere that this myth grew up in the 19th century on the basis that as we use eggs to bind food together, eggs would be binding internally as well.

In fact, as a child, I can remember people usng the phrase 'binding' when talking about the internal effect of eating eggs.

Yes - "eggs are binding".