I am a primary school teacher working for a home school and tutor online with a passion for children to be engaged in learning. The resources in my shop include lesson plans, PowerPoint Presentations, and hands-on activities with many cross-curricular links.
I am a primary school teacher working for a home school and tutor online with a passion for children to be engaged in learning. The resources in my shop include lesson plans, PowerPoint Presentations, and hands-on activities with many cross-curricular links.
This lesson is designed for upper KS2
Giving pupils a chance to understand why it is important to store food correctly. This is an investigative lesson where pupils have to demonstrate how to store foods correctly and examine the differences between use by and best before dates.
There are interactive activities that are directly linked on how to store foods, which foods are best to store in plastic containers, as well as sharing thoughts about hygiene in the kitchen.
By the end of the lesson pupils will have a good understanding and will produce a class wall of knowledge using post-it notes, discussing any misconceptions and sharing new facts the children have learnt from this lesson.
The photos can be used to place correctly on the fridge shelf or food cupboard. (more foods will be added to the zipped file)
KS 2 French - 5 weeks of learning the vocabulary in role play situations - opportunities to use play food for the lessons.
KS 2 French
Link lessons to areas of the ‘12 week Food for Thought cross curricular topic’ learning the French Eat well plate, asking, ordering and replying for food and drinks in a cafe scenario. Great opportunities to set up a cafe with French cuisine .
Learning the French core vocabulary for the digestive and circulatory system will reinforce learning in science.
Updated Lesson plan with Brand new resources!
This science lesson has been planned for lower KS2 but can be used for the teaching in upper KS2 as well.
Giving opportunities for children to learn all about the muscular system in humans,that there are three types of muscles in the body and their function, how the muscles move in performing different actions and the terms/ vocabulary used in describing these actions with a series of fun activities which will reinforce learning.
The lesson that follows The Muscular System is the skeletal system. You can find this lesson in my shop.
This science lesson is for upper KS2 and grades 5-8
Pupils will learn and successfully describe the process of the digestive system, identifying and naming the parts of the digestive system through interactive games and using an outline of the body draw and annotate what they know happens to food when they’ve eaten it.
From shared learning and class activities of the lesson pupils should be able to label and identify parts of the digestive system correctly.
Also thinking about the questions asked in the power point and how to answer key questions using the stem sentence approach; A summary of children’s learning is to write a clear explanation of the function of each part of the digestive system and how the digestive system works.
Thank you in advance for taking the time to review my lesson. :-)
This six week block is for upper key stage 2 and includes lesson plans, artwork, photos and ppp 's . Based on how food has been represented through the ages by famous artists, by looking at photos of food today and evaluate them according to the media used and style.
To taking photos of displays of food to then use in creating own pop art based on Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.
This will lead into sketching using different resources and techniques from photos to use for a food package and study how art is used in the packaging of food.
By the end of the six weeks children will use examples of artwork to design a food package by researching the web to base own ideas on.
This six week art block would lead into a six week block in Design Technology that can be purchased with additional numeracy lessons.
I would appreciate any feedback and reviews.
This six week Design Tech unit of work is for upper KS2
This block is all about Menus, tasting and cooking.
This block of work is a practical, fun and involves group work activities over the six week block. With the overall objective to create a menu, buy the ingredients and then prepare the food for their chosen menu. Inviting family members into school to share work produced over the past 12 weeks.
There are a number of numeracy lessons that are linked to the DT unit of work which help them prepare for the family invite and presentation these include: Using the 12 & 24 hour clock, timings and preparation. The nutritional value of foods by creating a set of top trump cards, understanding direct and indirect ratio proportion; as well as budgeting, working out cost of ingredients, quantities of ingredients needed in preparing foods.
This lesson is for upper KS2
The lesson can be linked with the PSHE lesson - What does Fair trade mean to you?
where pupils will learn all about Atlantic Trade Routes and to be able to explain the impact of exploration on the way we live today.
By the end of the lesson pupils would be able to identify explorers who discovered trade routes and food from around the world; successfully explain how our lives today have been influenced from explorers discoveries. Finally able to explain the benefits of why specific food produce are fair trade.
Learning objective - To explain the impact of exploration on the way we live today. By the end of the lesson pupils would have successfully learnt to identify explorers who discovered trade routes and food from around the world.
To explain how our lives today have been influenced from explorers discoveries and the benefits of why specific food produce are fair trade.
This lesson has been created for upper KS2
This lesson has a scientific aspect, giving pupils a chance to understand and research what foods are consumed in the world and how they are consumed.
What foods are produced for the fast food industry and how does overconsumption of certain foods increase obesity in the world?
Pupils will have opportunities to research areas of the world where there is an obesity crisis; also by watching a bbc clip/you tube clip –‘The men who made us fat’. Will allow pupils to think about the foods we eat, seeing fast food restaurants everywhere, and advertisements.
By researching the crops that are grown and farmed in the world have a huge impact on world population and world obesity.
An interesting and interactive based unit of work planned for upper key stage two.
This unit of work is a six week block that gives pupils opportunities to research about the different religions and the food they are allowed to eat.
The following objectives are laid out below week by week.
W 1 To Research foods that are forbidden and permitted from different religions from around the world.
W 2 Understand through research different cultures have different celebrations and dietary requirements
W 3 Research a religion and continue researching about its culture and celebrations
W 4 To study in further detail a religion continuing research about its culture and celebrations.
W 5 To design a menu for the religion already research selecting food that can be eaten for that religion.
Identify the foods that are excluded from their diet from previous research.
W 6 To explain what the religious beliefs are.
To give an oral account of the religion researched, the festivals, celebrations and the menus designed.
This bundle is for upper KS2 and includes the following subjects: English, PSHE, History and maths.
The English block of 8 lessons pupils will learn all about report writing, farming and land use, why fair trade produce is important to farmers and how climate and weather conditions affect farming in the UK and around the world. By the end of the 8 day block pupils would be able to write their own NCR on farming and fair trade.
The PSHE lesson pupils will learn and understand the definition of Fair trade; Explain why Farmers rely on Fair trade for their produce; Discuss issues that are current in the news; discuss how EU sugar reform is endangering the livelihoods of small farmers and develop personal opinions and views. Give pupils opportunities in making suggestions on ways to improve the schools views and practices on Fair Trade.
History focuses on Atlantic Trade Routes where pupils will explain the impact of exploration on the way we live today.
By the end of the lesson pupils would be able to identify explorers who discovered trade routes and food from around the world; successfully explain how our lives today have been influenced from explorer’s discoveries. Finally able to explain the benefits of why specific food produce are fair trade.
Maths – Fair Trade on the High Seas these three lessons pupils will learn to solve problems involving the calculation and conversion of units of measure.
Convert between miles and kilometres and work out the time it takes on the high seas and distance in miles to reach a location in the UK or around the world; explain the method of working out the speed, distance & time for the explorers & fair trade routes.
These lessons require using IT and internet skills through researching the key topic areas as well as taking notes.
This lesson has been written for upper KS2.
Food distribution can be affected by unfair food distribution, war, environmental disaster and climate conditions affect the lives of millions around the world. ‘Does war cause hunger?’
As Mercy Corp state ‘being hungry means more than just missing a meal. It’s a debilitating crisis that has more than 820 million people in its grip. Hunger is a perilous cycle that passes from one generation to the next: Families who struggle with chronic hunger and malnutrition consistently go without the nutrients their minds and bodies need, which then prevents them from being able to work, go to school, or improve their lives.’
Pupils will look into and discuss what things children in conflicted areas need each day for their survival. As well as locating war and conflicts around the world and how environmental disasters affect agriculture and crop production, answering the question does climate change have an impact
This lesson is designed for upper KS2
This lesson will give pupils an understanding of the concept of varying food prices across the supermarkets. As well as opportunities for research and give an explanation of varying food prices across the UK and world.
When we do our food shopping, do you look at the prices between supermarkets on certain produce?
Today’s lesson involves thinking about
Q. Why does the cost of fruit and vegetables vary so much between the supermarkets?
Many food produce, especially fruit and vegetables are imported from around the world.
Q. How does this impact and influence the shopper on food prices?
As a nation are we set in our ways in only buying from one supermarket, or only buying brand name produce?
A research lesson where children will evaluate their findings, putting the data collected into a graph and writing an explanation of what has been found out.
This unit of work is suitable for upper KS2.
The learning in these four lessons gives pupils opportunities to learn about different ways of advertising, who are the target audience when adverts are produced, thinking about the techniques which are used when adverts are made with the outcome of planning and producing own posters for a healthy eating or fitness campaign.
Lesson one begins with discussing persuasive techniques in advertising answering questions on:
Q. Where do you encounter advertising? (They will likely mention television, billboards, radio, Websites, school hallways, and so on.)
Q. Which specific advertisements "stick in your head?” the class task leads into watching a selection of adverts discussing the three different ways of advertising. Lesson two gives pupils opportunities to research on the web different poster/fliers – web search images posters advertising events/ cafes and restaurants. By the end of the week, pupils will use their learning from previous lessons to create a design their own posters that has the biggest impact that is eye catching. The final lesson gives opportunities to edit and improve their posters.
This unit of work is suitable for upper KS2.
The learning in these five lessons offers pupils to research and read different newspapers and distinguish between factual information and opinions based on factual information; Read and explore a range of journalistic writing and identify how a newspaper reports on specific events. Leading on to comparing and contrasting journalistic articles using the 5w’s and how and evaluating the effectiveness and impact different journalistic articles have on its target audience.
Lesson one starts with distinguishing between facts and opinions in the newspapers and answering questions with the importance of answering questions with the 5 W’s. The weeks focus is all about when the sugar tax was first introduced and how the sugar tax has impacted on reducing the obesity of the nation.
These newspaper articles will be evaluated and questions will be answered –
Q. what type of language is used? Q. What’s it purpose/impact on audience?
Q. is formal or informal language used? Q. Is all the information needed?
Q. Is anything missing? Q. Who is the intended audience?
By the end of the week pupils should be able to identify the key language features, the structure and layouts features and explain what the differences are between fact and opinion. A following week’s planning leads into writing own newspaper reports. ‘Hot of the press’ can be purchased separately or purchased in a bundle.
This lesson is suitable for upper KS2
Giving opportunities to understand and make connections about how farmers and farming life has developed over time and finding out what you know about Early Man.
Questions to think about and ask the class:
Q. How have early civilizations changed socially over time?
Q. What cultural changes have occurred over this time frame?
After watching a selection of clips about early civilizations pupils can think about how farming has changed over the centuries producing a time line of key events. Are farmers better or worse off today than in the past?
This lesson is for designed for upper KS2
Giving pupils a chance to understand how food freezes to preserve it from decay.
Also understand why certain food products can be cooked from frozen and others have to defrost. With opportunities to Investigate and taste test which foods taste better fresh or frozen?
As the lesson is a practical session the practical preparation would need to be taught first, and the results gathered the following day, as freezing the food products the day before, ahead of cooking and tasting the frozen foods as well as the same freshly prepared food on that day. The attached numeracy lesson is linked as it reinforces why it is important to follow recipe instructions and methods before cooking, as well as measuring out ingredients correctly.
A fun and stimulating lesson.
These lessons are for upper KS2.
There are seven lessons that introduce opportunities for pupils to evaluate any goals they may have, set goals and evaluate their achievements at set lessons over the period of the term. The remaining lessons pupils will learn about medication, smoking, alcohol and taking drugs and the impacts this has on the people who do any of the above, both socially and on their health.
These lessons are suitable for upper KS2.
Opportunities are given to pupils to think of their favourite meals writing down the ingredients needed, checking the recipe and given a budget to role play buying the ingredients across different supermarkets.
Pupils would also gain an understanding of VAT, working out the VAT on food produce. Towards the end of the week, pupils will be given a budget to plan a week’s family menu, and evaluate the prices across the different supermarkets constructing tally charts, pie charts and graphs to evaluate the data collected. The four days of lessons are all prepared on one PPP listing all resources and website needed for teaching. Two characters Charlie and Lee have been used to ask questions to the children or giving a statement that the children will have to answer using stem sentences (that you are using in your class) in giving their explanations and reasonings
Feedback and comments would be appreciated, Thank you in advance.
This lesson is designed upper KS2
Giving opportunities for pupils to explain why it is important to follow rules when handling raw meat.
To also outline and conclude why bacteria can be harmful when food is involved. After the activity pupils should successfully be able to prepare raw meat for cooking.
The science lesson gives pupils a chance to explore how easy it is to transfer raw meat on hands over surfaces, and why it is important to wash hands immediately after handling raw meat, as the bacteria on the hands is harmful.
Pupils will learn why it is important to follow rules when handling raw meat. By the end of the lesson from the watching clips on ‘You Tube’ and reading Jamie Oliver’s cooking skills on safety and avoiding cross contamination, pupils will be able to identify and make corrections to a set of instructions on handling raw meat or write own instructions.
