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World Food Day is one of the most celebrated days of the UN calendar! Every year on 16 October, people come together with a common goal to raise global awareness and action to end hunger and ensure healthy diets for all. 

It's true that although we have made progress towards building a better world, we need to make sure everyone, everywhere has regular access to enough nutritious food and can afford a healthy diet. That's why we celebrate World Food Day. This year, encourage your students to become food heroes!

#WorldFoodDay 2022

Inspire your students to create a better, more sustainable future for all. If they're aged between 5 and 19 (living anywhere in the world), they can use their imagination to create a poster showing a world where no one is left behind and everyone has access to nutritious food. You just have to help them to take a photo or scan their poster, inform their parents or legal guardians and submit their entry before 4 November 2022! Three winners in each age category will be selected and receive a Surprise Gift Bag and a Certificate of Recognition! 

And there is an awesome Children’s Activity Book that can motivate them to become food heroes. Download the Leave no one behind - Activity Book and explain to your English learners how they can take action!

tip 🗸 When keeping young English learners focused on what you’re teaching seems like a herculean task, grab their attention with similar activities that build a bridge between what is taught in your classroom and what happens in life. Most students won't be interested in a boring gap-filling exercise, but they will eagerly participate in a creative activity! And a gift or a prize (like the Surprise Gift Bag in this case) can add an extra element of competition and fun!

Fun, Art & Food

Are you looking for a fun food-based activity to keep your young students entertained? The Natural History Museum in London is here to help! Are your English learners ready to create a colourful caterpillar, watch cress grow and eat the tasty results? They just have to follow some simple instructions to transform eggshells and cress seeds into an impressive caterpillar!

Tate Kids is here too! Will the dedicated website from Tate for kids inspire your students? Let's find out! Are your English learners ready to take an exciting quiz to find out which art snack is right for them (and practise their English at the same time!)? Click here: Which Arty Snack Should You Eat?

And if you want to impress your students with more fun experiments and activities, follow the instructions of the Science Museum Group and let your English learners unleash their creativity. Can they make an egg bounce, taste instant ice cream, create a fizzy fountain with carbonated drinks and make magic with milk? 

tip 🗸 When we hear the words 'instructions' and 'experiments', our minds go immediately to subjects like physics and chemistry. And when we think of the word ‘creativity’, we usually imagine art and music classes. But hands-on, creative learning activities can be easily brought into all EFL classrooms. Try it out and you'll certainly notice a buzz of excitement!

Health, Wellness & Food

We all know how tricky it can be to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Can your students make healthier choices? Well, they've certainly been told from a young age to eat well. But do they know how they can follow a balanced diet? And do you know any important eating tips that have withstood the test of time? Voices B1+ is here with an interesting worksheet: Heatlh, Wellness & Food. Help your English learners to understand what all good eating plans have in common (and guide them to learn useful vocabulary for the B1+ level in a fun and effective way)!

You can also say yes to an interesting discussion or debate and motivate your students to sharpen their speaking skills. Focus on questions such as the following ones: Do you believe that buying local, fresh food means that you are a responsible eater? How can we stop wasting food? How can we change food systems for the better by being more responsible? The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) offers some smart ideas: What can you do?

Chemistry, Technology & Food

The art of cooking and the combination and transformation of different ingredients to form new tastes is an exciting chemical process. But have you ever wondered how chemists have shaped the food we eat? The Science Museum in London will inspire you and your older English learners to learn more about chemicals in our food, methods of preservation, food additives and artificial sweeteners: FOOD: A Chemical History.

And if you want to delve back into the long history of kitchen technology and culinary gadgetry, take a look at the fascinating story of Home Cooking: Victorian Tech & an Iconic Food Mixer; …well, kitchens all over the world have always been at the forefront of technological innovation!