FREE Kitchen Confidence Starter Lessons: Secondary

Try the first two lessons of Kitchen Confidence free. These are complete, ready-to-teach lessons for secondary pupils (S1-S4 / Years 7-11), suitable for Health and Wellbeing, life skills, home economics, nurture groups and ASN/SEND bases. All activities can be done on paper.

Lesson 1: Kitchen Safe
Name common kitchen hazards, give a safe habit for knives and hot pans, and say what to do for a burn and for a pan fire.

Lesson 2: Clean Hands, Clean Food
List the steps for washing hands, name the four Cs of food safety, and explain the difference between use by and best before.

What is included (12 files)

• Two PowerPoint lessons with retrieval starters, hinge questions and speaker notes.
• Teacher guide for Lessons 1 and 2 (Word and PDF).
• Pupil workbook pages for Lessons 1 and 2 (Word and PDF) and answer key.
• Printable activity cards and four starter posters (PowerPoint and PDF).

Want the rest? The full unit adds Lessons 3 to 5 (Read the Recipe, Cook It Safely, My Kitchen Plan), the complete workbook, baseline and end-of-unit checks with marking scheme, eight posters and a staff quick guide. Search for “Kitchen Confidence” in my shop.

Scenarios are fictional and pupils can pass on any task. Complete your own risk assessment before practical cooking. Shared under a Creative Commons licence: use it and share it with credit.