DT: Food Technology
As part of their work with food, pupils should be taught how to cook and apply the principles of nutrition and healthy eating. Instilling a love of cooking in pupils will also open a door to one of the great expressions of human creativity. Learning how to cook is a crucial life skill that enables pupils to feed themselves and others affordably and well, now and in later life.
Pupils should be taught to:
Key stage 1
- use the basic principles of a healthy and varied diet to prepare dishes
- understand where food comes from.
Key stage 2
- 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.
Cooking at North Road
Every child in Key Stage One and Two will take part in cooking a healthy recipe in school, on a Friday afternoon.
In Neptune and Jupiter: each child will help measure, prepare and discuss ingredients used in seasonal savoury recipes and discuss the importance of healthy eating.
In Mars class: children will carry out different seasonal recipes and discuss where the ingredients come from.
In Pluto class: Children will explore foods from different cultures and discuss health eating within their class at different parts of the year.
Within our North Road Curriculum, all children will have the opportunity to complete additional class cookery sessions and/or ‘healthy eating’ activities.
