Healthy Eating Heroes

Healthy Eating Heroes – Ready-to-Teach Primary Classroom Toolkit

Give your students the foundations of healthy eating — without the prep, the stress, or the “good food / bad food” messaging.

Healthy Eating Heroes is a complete, ready-to-teach toolkit designed for Foundation to Year 4 classrooms. Created by qualified nutritionist Troy Springthorpe of The Nutrition Studio, this resource delivers three engaging 45-minute lessons that help children understand food groups, build balanced plates, and discover where their food comes from — all while supporting a positive, shame-free relationship with food.

What’s Included

• 3 complete lesson plans (45 minutes each) with warm-ups, main activities, discussion questions and extension ideas

• 6 printable student activities: Build a Plate, Sort It Out, Food Detective, Design Your Healthy Lunchbox, What I Learned reflection sheet, and more

• Printable certificate of achievement

• Answer keys and teacher notes

• Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0) alignment notes for Health and Physical Education

Perfect For

Primary teachers looking for no-prep healthy eating lesson plans, nutrition worksheets, and food group activities that actually fit the Australian Curriculum. Ideal for classroom use, health units, or wellness weeks.

Why Teachers Love It

• Zero extra preparation — just print and teach

• Uses the positive “everyday and sometimes” framing from the Australian Dietary Guidelines

• Avoids weight, body size or dieting language

• Hands-on, discussion-based and age-appropriate for Foundation–Year 4

• Designed by a qualified nutritionist (BSc Food & Nutrition)

  
  

Help your students become Healthy Eating Heroes with clear, practical lessons that make balanced eating feel simple and positive.

Instant digital download — print as many copies as you need for your classroom.