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Food - a fact of life

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Free resources for teaching young people aged 3-16 years about where food comes from, cooking and healthy eating.

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Free resources for teaching young people aged 3-16 years about where food comes from, cooking and healthy eating.
Great Green Soup Session
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Great Green Soup Session

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The aim of this session is to help children understand that there are many different types of vegetables, and that eating lots of different vegetables helps to keep us healthy. They will learn that soup is a dish which can be made from vegetables.
What Can You See? Guide and Poster
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What Can You See? Guide and Poster

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As well as making an attractive display, the poster provides the opportunity for a whole host of cross-curricular/interdisciplinary classroom activities. The teachers’ activity notes provide ideas for activities relating to the poster.
Tasty Toast Session
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Tasty Toast Session

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The aim of this session is to reinforce the importance of having something healthy to eat and drink everyday for breakfast. The main activity, ‘Have a go’, involves selecting and adding a topping to toast.
Cooking - Scenario Cards
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Cooking - Scenario Cards

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Read out the Scenario Cards to the children and see if they can explain what should be done, e.g. somebody wants to sneeze while they are in the middle of peeling a carrot, what should they do?
Picturesque Pizza Session
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Picturesque Pizza Session

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The aim of this session is to help children understand what pizza is made from and that it is a dish that originates from Italy. The main activity, ‘Have a go’, involves the children learning how to make pizzas and develop their spreading, grating and assembling skills.
Cooking - Occasions PowerPoint
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Cooking - Occasions PowerPoint

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Use the Occasions PowerPoint to highlight a number of different celebrations and festivals which include specific food, e.g. Passover and Matzo crackers, Christmas and turkey.