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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.
Healthy Eating - Key Fact 2 - What is it made from
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Healthy Eating - Key Fact 2 - What is it made from

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A healthy diet is made up from a variety and balance of different foods and drinks, as depicted in the eatwell plate. This section provides you with detailed teaching plans for Key Fact 2, including links to all the downloadable resources. This is a worksheet for children to record their work.
Cooking - Food Treasure Hunt
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Cooking - Food Treasure Hunt

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Arrange a visit local supermarket, find foods from given pictures and record information about them. Talk to a shop manager and encourage the children to ask questions, e.g. where does the food come from. Give children a Food treasure hunt Worksheet to record their findings.
Cooking - Cooking Guide
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Cooking - Cooking Guide

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This is a basic guide to running cooking activities in a primary school classroom. Although not exhaustive, it provides a checklist for the main features you need to consider before organising and running cooking activities with primary school children.
The farm visit- milk consumption
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The farm visit- milk consumption

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In this story Mr Valdez takes the class on a dairy farm visit. They meet Mrs Jenkins, the farmer, and learn about how milk is produced. Includes a worksheet for adding the amounts of dairy children consume.