Design Technology - Salad Fit for a King (Key Stage 1)

In this unit of work children extend their knowledge of food preparation by designing and making a healthy salad for the King’s lunch. 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. For the design and make activity children learn about the commonwealth and how different countries around the world grow different types of fruit and vegetables. Children design a salad using different fruit and vegetables that are grown in commonwealth countries.

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 Session: Designing Salads for Your King
5. Making and Evaluating Salads
6. Design and Make a Packaging Box for the Royal Salad