A healthy diet is made up from a variety and balance of different foods and drinks, as depicted in the eatwell guide. Use the food cards to find the 5 food groups. This section provides you with detailed teaching plans for Key Fact 2, including links to all the downloadable resources.

A quiz looking at the Harvest festival.

A worksheet about food labels.

This section provides information to help teach about different aspects of food spoilage, food preservation, food hygiene and safety.

To understand that all food and drink provide nutrients.

A worksheet about naming different types of kitchen equipment.

A worksheet exploring how to keep safe in the kitchen.

A worksheet to identify the different parts of a potato plant.

A presentation on sugar.

A worksheet looking at front of pack nutrition labeling.

Investigate the energy needs of different people. Ask children to write down the reasons why different people might use different amounts of energy. Prompts include: age, job and health.

A Knowledge organiser providing key facts around where food comes from.

A presentation investigating the science of bread making.

A worksheet to investigate the viscosity of different sauces.

A presentation looking at seasonality of different foods.

This section provides information to help teach about diet and lifestyle factors.

A worksheet for children to record their findings.

A worksheet looking at comparing food labels.

A worksheet providing an overview of the ingredients used in bread making.

A presentation looking at peas - from field to fork.