16th February 2017
For immediate release
5+ A Day launches new interactive education website
A new interactive website makes it even easier for educators to help children learn about healthy eating.
5+ A Day has launched a new website dedicated to its free teaching resources, making them more accessible to educators.
The ‘Growing and Learning with 5+ A Day’ website includes new interactive features. It is also home to the 5+ A Day
material currently used in early childhood centres, primary, intermediate and secondary schools nationwide.
The website includes lesson plans and interactive activities that educators can use in class. These resources are
designed to teach children the importance of growing, eating fresh seasonal fruit and vegetables and food technology.
All the resources are linked to the New Zealand curriculum and the new components have been developed by New Zealand
education specialists, Cognition Education.
To further enrich teacher and student experiences, 5+ A Day has developed five engaging eBooks for primary school
students starring Fredge, the 5+ A Day mascot. Research has shown that well-designed eBooks can produce a number of
positive outcomes - one being that children tend to spend more time reading an eBook than a printed book. And because
eBooks can engage children for longer, they repeatedly read them, which can help improve literacy skills, especially for
children with reading difficulties.
The eBooks and teaching resources have been specifically designed to stimulate discussion about particular concepts,
while supporting students to actively learn about 5+ A Day.
“Children are quick to pick up on digital technology and we are keen to help them learn more about healthy eating and
gardening through our eBooks,” says 5+ A Day General Manager, Paula Dudley.
“The new website is dedicated to educators and will include lesson plans, fact files and photo cards. Topics include
germination to healthy eating.”
5+ A Day has been developing free teaching resources for the past 15 years. During that time, they have distributed over
20,000 resources to early childhood centres and schools nationwide.
Visit the new website here: www.5adayeducation.org.nz for free education resources linked to The New Zealand Curriculum.
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