Lesson 1: From farm to fork

Children learn how beef, the main ingredient of a bolognese sauce, is farmed and are made aware of key welfare issues surrounding the rearing of cattle

Before the lesson

Learning objective

  • To understand where food comes from

 

National curriculum

Cooking and nutrition

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Understand and apply the principles of a healthy and varied diet.
  • Prepare and cook a variety of predominantly savoury dishes using a range of cooking techniques.
  • Understand seasonality, and know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown, reared, caught and processed.

 

Design

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose, aimed at particular individuals or groups.
  • Generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated sketches, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams, prototypes, pattern pieces and computer-aided design.

 

Evaluate

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Investigate and analyse a range of existing products.
  • Evaluate their ideas and products against their own design criteria and consider the views of others to improve their work.
  • Understand how key events and individuals in design and technology have helped shape the world.

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Could make a poster in a group,  supported by TAs, depicting the journey of beef from the farm to our supermarkets. Children can re-watch the video – pausing it at each stage.

 

Pupils working at greater depth: Might want to make a poster on a different subject relating to the rearing of cattle and the process that brings meat to our shops.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

Created by:
Tom Turnham,  
Design and Technology specialist
Tom has been a teacher for seven years and, as Head of Upper School at The Belham Primary School, he has a keen interest in young people and good causes. For the past seventeen years he has volunteered with various…
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