Design Technology - Rainbow Salads (Key Stage 1)

In this unit of work children extend their knowledge of food preparation by designing and making a healthy rainbow salad of five fruits and vegetables. This unit provides an opportunity for children to consolidate their food cutting skills and to extend these skills to include grating and juicing fruit and vegetables. Children begin by taste testing some salads that can be bought in the local supermarket before going on to create their own healthy salad product. They learn the key healthy eating message of eating five portions of fruit and vegetables daily and choosing these from a rainbow of colours. They learn how adding additional ingredients and a dressing can improve the taste of their salads. They complete this project by designing simple packaging and labelling for the rainbow salad product they have made.

This knowledge, skills and understanding is delivered through the following six sessions:

1. IDEA Task 1: Supermarket Salads
2. Focused Practical Task 1: Carrot Salad
3. Focused Practical Task 2: Designing Salads for Your Friends
4. Designing Salads
5. Making and Evaluating Salad
6. Design and Make a Packaging Box for the Salad