A set of A4 cards showing what foods grow in each season. Follow the link for lesson plans and resources.

In this story, Mrs Begum’s class learn about where potatoes come from by growing their own potato plant in a bucket. Includes instructions for planting and growing your potato.

Explain to children that food packaging often displays nutrition information which can help people make choices. Use the Food labels PowerPoint to highlight how this information is presented and how it can be used.

Use the Food safety PowerPoint to explain to children about how good food safety and hygiene is undertaken when cooking.

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.

Follow the link for more recipe ideas.

The aim of this session is for children to taste new foods, willingly and to recognise that sometimes we need to try a new food a few times to find out if we like it.

Dietary reference values fact sheet.

This is a simple test which shows whether food contains starch. When iodine solution is mixed with starch it turns from brown to dark blue. As this happens with very small amounts of starch, iodine test is a sensitive one.

A simple test to show how to measure the viscosity of a mixture.

Several fun photo jigsaws of kitchen equipment.

Stages of product development. This section provides information to help teach about food product development.

A healthy eating recipe for jacket potatoes.

A knowledge organiser providing key facts around energy, nutrients and digestion.

The PowerPoint presentation provides an overview of the needs and requirements for energy in the diet.

What should you do before you cook?

A presentation exploring energy balance.

In this story, Mrs Begum’s class learn about where potatoes come from by growing their own potato plant in a bucket. Includes worksheet for labeling the parts of a potato plant.

This guide is designed to provide general information on hydration for teachers.