Archived unit: Cooking and nutrition: Come Dine with Me
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This unit has now been replaced by the Year 6 unit Cooking and nutrition: Come dine with me and will be unavailable from August 2024. This unit is no longer being updated.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Find a suitable recipe for their course.
- Record the relevant ingredients and equipment needed.
- Follow a recipe, including using the correct quantities of each ingredient.
- Write a recipe, explaining the process taken.
- Explain where certain key foods come from before they appear on the supermarket shelf.
Suggested prior learning
Archived unit: Cooking and nutrition: What could be healthier?
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Three ingredients; three courses
Lesson 2: To start…
Lesson 3: The main course
Lesson 4: Dessert
Key skills
- Writing a recipe, explaining
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Key knowledge
- To know that ‘flavour’
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Key vocabulary
equipment
flavours
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Unit resources
Assessment D&T Y6: Food: Come dine with me
Assessment resources for this unit. Use
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Knowledge organiser
A summary document for pupils, consolidating
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Subject resources
D&T Long-term plans
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National curriculum mapping
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D&T: Progression of pupil skills and knowledge
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Equipment list
A handy spreadsheet allowing you to
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Assessment
Spreadsheet to record teacher assessments against
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Key vocabulary
Vocabulary document that shows key vocabulary
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Science
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function’
See National curriculum - Science key stages 1 and 2.
RSE & PSHE
‘Pupils should know:
- the principles of planning and preparing a range of healthy meals.’