This is a basic guide to running cooking activities in a primary school classroom. Although not exhaustive, it provides a checklist for the main features you need to consider before organising and running cooking activities with primary school children.

A game about getting ready to cook.

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

The children need to match the pictures of the equipment to their names and functions.

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 for adding the amounts of dairy children consume.

A healthy soda bread recipe.

A cooking poster.

A card activity for the Get active challenge to support Healthy Eating Week.

A healthy chelsea buns recipe for children.

A recipe for a seaside salad.

A recipe for tuna wraps.

A recipe for noodles.

In this story the Food investigators learn about breads from different countries and make their own different shaped bread rolls. Includes worksheet for making a poster to explain what to do when preparing to cook.

Place the Food Cards into a small bag. Take a card from the bag. Ask the children whether it comes from a plant or an animal.

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

Help Mr Skate to write his diary entry about meeting the Food Investigators.

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

A step by step recipe guide.

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.

Step by step Triple-decker sandwich recipe.