Created for 7-11 year olds, this set of resources developed by ‘British Nutrition Foundation’, form part of a series of successful lessons exploring healthy eating for children.

Children can label the map of the UK with foods grown in this country.

This section provides information to help teach about the functional properties of food.

To know about the development of Dietary Reference Values.

Use the World food PowerPoint to show children how food is prepared, cooked and eaten differently in a variety of countries.

Test children’s knowledge of fruit and vegetables using this fun bingo game. Follow the link for lesson plans.

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 describe the stages of milk production.

Nutrient Sources Worksheet.

A PowerPoint presentation to remind children of hygiene rules when cooking.

To demonstrate good personal hygiene when cooking.

A worksheet exploring food production.

A worksheet to show how energy needs change over time.

Several fun photo jigsaws of kitchen equipment.

Mrs Flynn and her class explore healthy lunchboxes. This is one of six stories which forms a new resource to support cross-curricular/inter-disciplinary learning for primary schools in the UK. Teachers’ notes, worksheets and interactive whiteboard activities are also available to support the story. The resource is brought to you from www.foodafactoflife.org.uk

This worksheet involves the students thinking about they types of food that come under the dairy heading.

Understanding where our food comes from, and how it is produced, helps individuals make more informed choices about their diet. To support this aim, we have developed a set of case studies focusing on dairy farming, covering: animal health and welfare; the environment and sustainability; diversity of farming systems; the production of milk and other dairy products.

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 to help children identify skills needed when cooking.

A worksheet about naming different ways to store food.

A presentation for a lesson plan for pupils to cook three recipes.