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.

To know about the development of Dietary Reference Values.

Nutrient Sources Worksheet.

To demonstrate good personal hygiene when cooking.

A worksheet exploring food production.

Several fun photo jigsaws of kitchen equipment.

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.

Two worksheets for ranking tests.

A worksheet to record different cooking skills used in recipes.

Use the Energy Portions Worksheet (Excel) to model the affect of changing portion size on the energy provided.

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

Sensory evaluation is a scientific discipline that analyses and measures human responses to the composition of food and drink, e.g. appearance, touch, odour, texture, temperature and taste.

A Knowledge organiser providing information around macronutrients, fibre and water.

A Knowledge organiser providing key information around food choice.

A worksheet looking at the harvest.

A presentation to support learning about food in space.