Welcome to CalorieMatch

6 fun games building on the Key Stage 2  Science curriculum, teaching children aged 7-11 years-old, amazing facts, history and judgements they need to make healthy food choices. 

Teachers say...

“Lots of opportunities to reinforce language – brilliant!”

ARAssistant Head Teacher

“Weight bags are a great addition”

TBHead of Science

“Children loved drawing on competitive spirit to complete games”

OGPrimary Teacher

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CalorieMatch helps children, parents & teachers

Educational outcomes

Teaches 7-11 year-olds Science, Maths, English and Life Skills through fun games

Health messages

Builds on the UK government & NHS Eatwell Plate campaign, to learn more about food types

Sustainability

Plastic free, UK designed & manufactured. Order up replacement parts on line

Heritage & design

Created in collaboration with children & teachers for hands-on learning

Checkout the 6 CalorieMatch games

Calorie Gallery

WHAT YOU NEED

10 or more matching cards from both the green and white decks

THE COMPILER

chooses 10 or more green cards & sorts them face-down lowest to highest – keep the values secret

THE SOLVERS

look for the same white cards (the Compiler tells them which ones) & they put them face-up lowest to highest

THE COMPILER

checks the cards and turns over any green cards that have a matching white card in the right place

THE SOLVERS

take more ‘Goes’ by moving the white cards that are not in the right places until they are all matching

HOW MANY GOES

does it take the Solvers to match all the cards Low to High?

TAKE TURNS AS COMPILER

to see which team of Solvers takes the fewest goes to get the cards in the right order

ANY QUESTIONS?

Read the full instructions in the CalorieMatch box

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High Low

WHAT YOU NEED

the green deck and the 100gram bag……… and a strong nerve!

THE DEALER

puts one card face up in front of the player to his left who is holding the 100g bag. The dealer asks “HIGHER”, “LOWER” or “PASS”?

DOES THE NEXT CARD

have a higher calorie value? Or is it lower? The player shows what they think by placing the bag – “HIGHER” or “LOWER”

OR IS THE PLAYER

not sure and wants to “PASS”, in which case the player collects and keeps the cards in front of them

IF THE PLAYER IS RIGHT

they have another ‘Go’ and choose higher, lower or pass, again

IF THE PLAYER IS WRONG

the dealer keeps the cards . The rest of the deck is passed to the player on the left who was the player. They are now the ‘dealer’

THE GAME CONTINUES

clockwise with the next players being the dealer and player until there are no cards left in the deck

THE WINNER IS

the player with the most cards when all have been turned over and claimed

ANY QUESTIONS?

Read the full instructions in the CalorieMatch box

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Matching Pairs

WHAT YOU NEED

Either the ‘Low’, ‘Medium’ or ‘High’ Calorie Category Cards from the green deck and the same food cards from the white deck

HOW BRAVE ARE YOU?

If you are feeling brave use two categories or even all the cards

HIGH, MEDIUM or LOW

is marked on each green card in the top left corner - Red/High, Amber/Medium, Green/Low

LAY ALL

the chosen cards face down and mix them up

THE FIRST PLAYER

turns over a green card and a white card. If the cards are a matching pair, the player keeps the cards and has another go

IF NOT

the cards are put back face down into their original position and the player to their left has a ‘Go’ ………..and so on

THE GAME CONTINUES

clockwise with the next players being the dealer and player until there are no cards left in the deck

THE WINNER IS

the player who has collected the most pairs of cards when all cards have been matched

ANY QUESTIONS

Read the full instructions in the CalorieMatch box

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PlateMate

WHAT YOU NEED

*Matching cards from the green and white deck *PlateMate cards *True/False cards *Coloured counters

THE PLATEMATE CARD

has 5 Food Types, Treats & Drinks

START PLAYING

in the same way as Matching Pairs

WHEN A PLAYER MATCHES

a pair they choose a ‘True’ or ‘False’ question of a Food Type shown on the green card of their pair

IF THEY GET IT RIGHT

they win that coloured counter which they put on their ‘PlateMate’ card; they get another ‘Go’ at turning up cards

IF THEY GET IT WRONG

they must wait until their next ‘Go’ to match cards and answer another question

THE GAME CONTINUES

clockwise with the next players being the dealer and player until there are no cards left in the deck

ANY QUESTIONS?

Read the full instructions in the CalorieMatch box

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Food Snap

WHAT YOU NEED

Green deck only. Choose which of the five Food Types on the grey plate you wish to ‘Snap’ on

THE CHOICES ARE

Carbohydrates (yellow), Oils (purple), Dairy (blue), Meat (pink) or Fruit/Veg (green) or any combination

DIVIDE THE CARDS

equally between the 2 players. Each player holds their cards face down

PLAYING THE GAME

each player turns over their first card. They shout “SNAP” if there’s a matching food type

THE FIRST PLAYER

to say “SNAP” correctly keeps the cards from both turned over piles and adds them to the bottom of their pile of cards

PLAY CONTINUES

THE WINNER IS

the player with the most cards when all have been turned over and claimed

ANY QUESTIONS?

Read the full instructions in the CalorieMatch box

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Real Meal Deal

WHAT YOU NEED

The green deck and a ‘PlateMate’ Card each for reference

AIM OF THE GAME

make a ‘Complete Meal’ by collecting 7 cards: the 5 food types, a drink & a treat. Each card counts as on only!

SHUFFLE & DEAL

the cards face-down. Each player has 7 cards which they keep secret.

REMAINING CARDS

are placed face down in the draw pile. Turn the top card over face-up to start the discard pile

THE FIRST PLAYER

to the left of the dealer plays first and can either pick up one card from the draw pile or the discard pile

NEXT

the player must throw away a card onto the discard pile to keep only 7 cards

PLAY CONTINUES

with the next player on the left until someone calls out ‘Real Meal’ – they have collected the 5 food types + a drink & a treat

SCORING

A Real Meal scores 1.000 points less high calorie food values. Download a score sheet below

ANY QUESTIONS?

Read the full instructions in the CalorieMatch box

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SCORE SHEET