Resources to support a visual language of body respect in the school, alongside resources to support wider school system culture work.
Template letters to help communicate about aspects of the programme with parents and caregivers.
This five-lesson scheme of work supports teachers to deliver KS1 food, nutrition, and health education in a body-respectful, food-positive way.
Developed by a multi-disciplinary team - including a nutritionist, intuitive eating specialist, NHS children’s eating-disorder dietitian, body image educator, and practising teachers - this scheme helps pupils build a positive relationship with food, movement and their bodies.
It meets national curriculum requirements for Food, Nutrition and PSHE, while introducing children to the Body Happy Skills framework: Literacy, Resilience, Kindness and Advocacy.
Through engaging, age-appropriate lessons, pupils learn that:
All foods can be enjoyed as part of a balanced diet
Our food choices are shaped by many factors - from culture to preference
Healthy eating means having a healthy relationship with food
Our bodies deserve respect, care and appreciation in all their diversity
Designed for flexibility - to be taught across a half term or condensed into a themed week - the scheme includes full lesson plans, classroom activities, and reflection tools.
“We loved this scheme of work — it’s super clear, really appropriate for KS1 and easily adaptable for different ability groups.”
— Emily, KS1 teacher & PE lead
Length: 5 lessons (approx. 30 mins each)
Ages: KS1 (5–7 years)
Focus: Food-positive, weight-inclusive, and developmentally appropriate nutrition education that builds body respect from the start.
This five-lesson scheme of work supports the delivery of KS2 food, nutrition and wellbeing education through a body-respectful, weight-inclusive and food-positive lens.
Developed by a multi-disciplinary team including nutritionists, educators, eating-disorder specialists and body-image experts, it meets national curriculum requirements for Food, Nutrition and PSHE while helping pupils build a healthy, confident relationship with food and their bodies.
Lessons explore:
How food supports growth, energy and wellbeing
Why variety matters, without creating food hierarchies
How culture, cost and preference influence what we eat
The role of mindful eating and interoception
How media and social messages shape our choices and beliefs
Includes full lesson plans, slides, printable activity sheets and aftercare guidance, with built-in differentiation for Upper KS2.
Length: 5–6 lessons (approx. 45 mins each)
Ages: KS2 (7–11 years)
Focus: Empowering, age-appropriate food and health education that supports body respect, critical thinking and positive wellbeing.
Standalone or flexible add-on
Healthy Eating as a Healthy Relationship with Food – Lesson Pack (2 lessons)
Body-respecting, food-positive PSHE
This two-lesson pack supports pupils in KS1 and KS2 (ages 5-11) to understand healthy eating as part of a healthy relationship with food and their bodies, rather than a set of rules or judgements.
Originally developed as Lessons 4 and 5 of our KS1 and KS2 Food Positive Healthy Eating Scheme of Work, this pack has been adapted so it can be used flexibly:
as a standalone two-lesson unit, or
as a direct alternative to the final two lessons within the full scheme.
No prior lessons are required. Each lesson can be delivered on its own or as a connected sequence.
A growing library of ready-to-use KS2 lessons and activity packs that support body respect, wellbeing and media literacy in primary settings.
Resources are designed to be flexible and age-appropriate, and can be used as standalone lessons or alongside wider PSHE and wellbeing work.
Current packs include:
Media Literacy lesson
Story Project x Body Happy Org – Bodies Are Cool lesson pack
Mindful Eating lesson pack
New lessons and resources are added regularly.
All materials are accessed via the Body Happy Hub and include clear slides, guidance and pupil activities to support confident delivery in Years 3–6.
A complete, age-appropriate scheme of work for Years 5 and 6 that helps pupils build body confidence, challenge harmful messages and learn how to treat themselves and others with respect.
The scheme is structured around The Body Happy Organisation’s four Body Happy Skills – Literacy, Resilience, Kindness and Advocacy – and supports PSHE, RSHE and wellbeing priorities.
Lessons use a mix of:
Teacher-led input
Guided discussion
Embedded video content
Practical and reflective activities
Resources are designed to be inclusive, flexible and easy to deliver, with clear slides and guidance to support confident teaching.
An animated, interactive digital workshop for pupils in Years 5–6, designed to be shown on a screen at the front of the class.
The workshop can be delivered as one longer session or broken into four shorter parts, with natural pause points after each Body Happy Skill. Teachers are guided to pause the video and facilitate short, directed discussions and activities throughout.
Please note, if you are doing the whole school programme, you will be given the option of a LIVE, IN-PERSON workshop as part of the programme. This digital workshop can be used at a later date to reaffirm the learning from the live, in-person workshop with your Body Happy Org facilitator
This section signposts to a small number of trusted, high-quality external resources that schools may find useful alongside the Body Happy Schools Programme.
These resources are not created or owned by The Body Happy Organisation, but are shared here as optional extensions to support inclusive practice, critical thinking, and age-appropriate conversations around identity, relationships, and digital life.
We encourage all schools to review materials in line with their own policies, safeguarding frameworks, and local/state guidance.
These external resources may be particularly useful alongside work developing:
Body Happy Resilience – supporting critical thinking, media and digital literacy, and the ability to question messages, norms, and online influences
Body Happy Advocacy – encouraging empathy, inclusion, and respectful action when engaging with difference, identity, and fairness
They may also support:
Classroom and advisory discussions about inclusion, belonging, and respectful dialogue
Upper elementary and middle school learning contexts
These resources are optional additions and, as with all Body Happy materials, schools are encouraged to take a self-directed approach in deciding which elements to engage with and how they fit within existing curricula, priorities, and time constraints.