Educating children on how to develop healthy eating habits and lifestyles remains a core element of the HAPpy programme and we know it can be hard to think of innovative ways to start these conversations with children, encourage them to eat a healthy lunch or incorporate meaningful activities into your delivery.

Delivered by experienced nutritionalists from Beezee by Maximus (Hertfordshire’s County Council’s commissioned Healthy Eating and Weight Management Service) who regularly deliver professionals training and long term programmes and interventions that support young people and their families to create healthy habits and have a good relationship with food.

This bitesize BESPOKE online workshop was commissioned specifically for HAPpy/Wraparound Childcare providers and focussed on providing you with specific, actionable, practical strategies, resources and short activities for you to incorporate into your delivery which you should be able to easily slot into your exisitng session planning.

It focussed on:

• The Energy balance and healthy eating
• Practical activity ideas and resources
• Considerations with SEND children - including some helpful advice on how to engage SEND children in trying different foods and how you can cater for fussy eaters.

Bearing in mind the HAPpy programme is open to children from Reception (4yrs) through to year 11 (16yrs) the activities suggested were pitched such that they could be adapted to be relevant for children from all age groups.

The live online session ran on 10th July 2025 - The workshop was recorded so please email hsptraining@herts.ac.uk if you would like this to be shared with you to watch in your own time and still benefit from the content.