What should you do before you cook?

A presentation exploring energy balance.

Get the children to record what they eat throughout the day by drawing the food and noting the times of day.

In this story, Mrs Begum’s class learn about where potatoes come from by growing their own potato plant in a bucket. Includes worksheet for labeling the parts of a potato plant.

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A worksheet exploring how different kitchen equipment is used.

Worksheet for children to create a food map of the world.

The children can then match different foods to their animal sources. Alternatively, these can be left unlaminated and the children can cut out, match and glue a selection of these pictures into their work books.

A healthy biscuit recipe for children.

In this story Mr Valdez takes the class on a dairy farm visit. They meet Mrs Jenkins, the farmer, and learn about how milk is produced. Includes a worksheet where the children choose the missing word to complete the sentence.

Ask the children to create their own ‘Get ready to cook checklist’. This should indicate all the personal hygiene checks they will take when cooking. Ensure that children use this checklist when they undertake food preparation and cooking activities at school.

A worksheet exploring how to keep safe in the kitchen.

A set of photo cards showing the the journey of potatoes - from field to fork.

Explain to the children that they need to draw and ingredient in the first box, draw how it is prepared in the next box and then draw it in a meal in the last box, e.g. a carrot – a carrot being peeled – carrot in a coleslaw.

Use this resource to teach your students about different aspects of farming.

Ranking test worksheet.

Cards showing different types of meals.

A worksheet to recap skills taught. What do the children know about cooking?

Buying, storing, preparing and cooking food safely and hygienically are vital for health. Includes activity cards to remind children of what to do when cooking.

A chart to show how much energy is used up doing different everyday activities. Follow the link for lesson plans.