What is Passport to Healthy Living?

Passport to Healthy Living is a 9-lesson program designed to promote and support food literacy, physical activity, planning, goal setting, and teamwork for students in grades 4 to 7. Developed by registered dietitians, Passport to Healthy Living provides teachers fun and easy- to-follow lesson plans that meet BC curriculum standards.

Filled with tasting and experiential learning opportunities, students will enjoy planning a class activity and snack, learning about balanced lifestyles, and discovering that health and wellbeing looks different for everyone. The Passport to Healthy Living program introduces students to food groups that reflect Canada’s Food Guide and provides opportunities for students to share their own food stories.

About the program.

Passport to Healthy Living provides teachers with an easy-to-follow teacher guide with age-appropriate lessons, class discussion questions, and learning activities. Taught over a 9-week period, the Passport to Healthy Living program includes a teacher guide, a web of wellbeing poster, and a class set of student booklets and post-cards and can be ordered year after year at no cost. With curriculum integrations and hands-on experiences, the program supports teachers with teaching food literacy in the classroom through interactive and fun lessons.

Learning outcomes.

Passport to Healthy Living is designed to fulfill outcomes in the Physical Health Education Curriculum. However, many activities throughout the program integrate into cross-curricular subject matters such as Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Mathematics, Arts Education and Applied Design Skills and Technologies.

After completing the program students will:

  • Identify and explore practices that contribute to balanced lifestyles including those related to being active, eating well, mental wellbeing, environmental stewardship, and community relationships.
  • Reflect on the current routines and habits that help them develop balanced lifestyles while understanding how these are unique to each person.
  • Explore and plan food choices to support health and wellbeing.
  • Identify opportunities and potential challenges to being active.
  • Make plans and practice setting goals to try new behaviours that contribute to a balanced lifestyle.
Passport to Healthy Living Curriculum Links

How to teach the program?

To teach the program and receive the materials, teacher participation in a free workshop led by a BC Dairy registered dietitian is required. All program materials are free of charge and can be ordered yearly at no additional cost.

About the workshop.

Participation in the workshop will provide teachers with:

  • Information on the Passport to Healthy Living program materials and how to help students develop a robust and personal understanding of health and wellbeing
  • Background information on food literacy and how to deliver effective, age-appropriate nutrition education for your students
  • Equip them with strategies to support students with eating competence and developing positive feelings about food and eating
  • Lesson plans and experiential activities for the classroom
  • Links to Canada’s Food Guide and BC Curriculum.

How to take a workshop?

  • New! Learn at your own pace. Take our online workshop at a time and pace that suits your schedule on our BC Dairy education hub.
  • In-person workshops are available for Pro-D days, by request only.
  • Organize a Zoom workshop with your colleagues, by request only. Minimum group size is ten teachers

Once you have completed one of these workshop options, order your Passport to Healthy Living materials through our education hub, free of charge.

 

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