Jackie Hartley’s BLOG

Am back to writing the U3 series and busy producing teaching materials around the topic of healthy eating. The more I read, think, attempt to write, the more I realise how easy it is to tell someone else they need to eat more healthily and how hard it is to actually do it! Then I get to wondering, how does an overweight or unhealthy tutor feel trying to deliver this stuff? Most of the materials out there seem to focus on food groupings and 5 lots of fruit and veg and drink more water. I think most kids are fully aware of which foods are good for them and which are bad, as are most adults, but that doesn’t stop us tucking into them. I hate telling kids to do things I cannot do myself. I always try to find activities that don’t patronise kids or leave them feeling completely uninterested or untouched by what they are doing. So, sitting here, overweight and drinking too much caffeine and not doing enough exercise myself I am having a real struggle to write something that feels real to me never mind the kids. Then people wonder why our packs take so long to write! But I am getting there - the Now and Later glasses work quite well and also the Use your HEAD strategy looks really promising so should get this cracked today.