Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Name the main food groups and identify foods that belong to each group.
- Describe the taste, feel and smell of a given food.
- Think of three different wrap ideas, considering flavour combinations.
- Construct a wrap that meets the design brief and their plan.
For lesson 6, it is suggested that wrap construction takes place outside the lesson throughout the day with an additional adult who works with children to prepare their foods and construct the wraps.
Suggested prior learning
Cooking and nutrition: Smoothies
This assumes that you are following Kapow Primary’s D&T Long-term plan – standard.
Lessons
Lesson 1: Food groups
Lesson 2: Balanced meals
Lesson 3: Preparing ingredients
Lesson 4: Taste testing ingredients
Lesson 5: Planning recipes
Lesson 6: Creating and evaluating wraps
Key skills
- Chopping foods safely to
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Key knowledge
To know:
- That ‘diet’ means
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Key vocabulary
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balanced
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Equipment list
Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.
This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)
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Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Plastic cups and plates ×30
- Food pieces for taste testing ×30
- A selection of Cocktail sticks
- Ingredients for wrap ×30
- Table knives Use child-safe knives; adult cutting knife for adult use only. ×30
- Foil ×30
- Chopping boards ×8
- Additional adults ×1
- A fork ×30
- Green chopping board ×8
- Box grater ×8
- White chopping board ×8
- Scissors right- and left-handed options recommended. ×30
- Bowls
- Spoons ×8
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Large bowl
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – D&T Y2: Cooking and nutrition: Balanced diet
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit ‘Cooking and nutrition: Balanced diet'.
Vocabulary display – D&T Y2: Cooking and nutrition: Balanced diet
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit 'Balanced diet'.
Subject resources
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Cross-curricular opportunities
RSE: Healthy eating. What constitutes a healthy diet. The principles of planning and preparing a range of healthy meals.
Science: Animals including humans. Describe eating the right amounts of different types of food.
Build on the learning
Cooking and nutrition: Eating seasonally
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