Lesson video

Hello, thanks for joining me.

My name's Mr. Ballam, and today's lesson is all about food from the UK.

Let's get started.

So what are we gonna be able to do by the end of this lesson? Well, you are gonna be able to name and locate food, which is from the UK.

That sounds great, doesn't it? Let's look at a couple of key words together, shall we? The first one is produced.

Can you say that with me? Produced.

And this is the process of growing, rearing or catching food.

The second one is processed, and this is about foods that have been changed into ingredients or dishes.

So it is one thing and then it is processed into something else.

Remember to keep a lookout for them during the lesson.

Let's get started.

So the first part of the lesson is all around producing food locally.

Now a variety of food is produced in the UK and to produce our food, farmers and other people grow plants, rear animals, and catch fish.

And food is also produced in other countries.

What's Sophia saying here? Let's read it together, shall we.

"As food from other countries is popular, I thought we didn't produce much food." Well, I think we produce quite a bit of food from the UK.

Let's have a quick check, see if you've been listening, shall we? So true or false, to produce our food, farmers and others grow, rear and catch food.

That's right, it's true, isn't it? And why? Because all food is grown, reared, or caught.

Well done.

Now in the UK, food grown includes things like wheat, for example, and wheat is milled into flour, which we make bread from.

We also grow potatoes.

Do you like potatoes? You can have them in lots of different ways, can't you? We also grow oats in the UK and oats are used to make porridge.

You might have had that for your breakfast.

We also grow other things, things like apples on trees or plums for example, or blackberries.

You might have seen these.

And the last one here, cherries, my favourite.

So there are lots of different types of fruits here that are grown in the UK.

What other fruit can you name? Other food that we grow in the UK includes things like carrots, for example, or things like beet root or cauliflower or tomatoes.

Can you name other vegetables from the UK? And these types of foods are grown in fields or sometimes in greenhouses too.

Some people grow food at home, so they might grow runner beans, for example.

Look at these running up the poles.

Or they might grow tomatoes in a tomato grow bag.

Or perhaps they might grow strawberries.

There are lots of things that you could grow at home.

Do you grow any fruit or vegetables? Let's have a quick check, shall we? So which of these is grown in the UK, is it A, B or C? That's right, it's B, isn't it? Is there any others? Yes, C.

So blackberries and wheat are grown in the UK, but bananas are not grown in the UK.

Well done if you got that correct.

Now in the UK we rear food as well.

So for example, we might rear cattle and we rear cattle for beef, which is meat.

Or we might rear dairy cows, for example, for their milk.

So this is rearing animals.

Have you seen these animals? Perhaps you might have seen them in the countryside.

We also rear sheep and we rear sheep for meat, for lamb.

We also rear pigs and we rear pigs for pork, which is another type of meat.

And both lamb and pork are meat.

We also rear chickens and we rear chickens for their eggs, for example, but also we rear them for their meat as well.

And we can also get meat and eggs from other animals such as ducks and geese.

We can also catch food in the UK.

So food that is caught in the UK includes things like fish.

So for example, it could be fish like salmon or mackerel.

Or perhaps shellfish we could get, things like mussels or crab.

And there are lots of different types of fish and shellfish.

Can you name any? So which of these foods is caught? Is it A, B, or C? That's right, it's C, isn't it? It's shellfish.

We catch shellfish.

Well done.

Okay, I've got a little task for you here.

And what I want you to do, I want you to list foods that are grown, reared, and caught in the UK.

And I want three examples of each.

So pause the video, have a think, and we'll come back together very shortly to see how you've done.

Good luck.

Right, let's see how you got on, shall we? Here's some examples.

So the first one is all about food that's grown.

So you could have had things like peas, apples or tomatoes.

There's lots of other different types of fruits and vegetables that we grow in the UK as well.

What about animals that are reared? Well, some examples could be chickens, for example, or dairy cows or sheep.

And we have these for meat or for milk.

Or what about foods that are caught? Well, we could have fish like salmon or mussels or crab.

And I'm sure you came up with lots of different examples of foods that are grown, reared or caught from the UK.

Well done.

Let's move on to the next part of the lesson, which is all about processing food locally.

Now food can be changed into other foods or dishes, and this is known as processing.

And there are many foods which are processed or made in the UK.

So here's an example here that we have cows being milked, which we get the milk and then we process that into yoghourt.

So milk is processed to make yoghourt.

What else does food processing include? Well, it could be about making cheese, for example, and we make the cheese from milk, or we might be making jam and we make the jam from raspberries or other types of fruits.

Can you name some other fruit that you might use for jam? Hmm, I wonder what your favourite is.

I quite like strawberry.

So there's lots of different foods that we process to make other types of foods.

What else is included? Well, we make apple juice, don't we? And we make that by pressing apples.

The juice comes from the apples.

Or we might be making sausages.

And these are meat sausages, and this is meat from a pig called pork.

So again, there are different ways that we process ingredients to make other foods.

And sausages can also be made from plants for vegetarians.

Other types of food processing could include making flour, and we make flour from wheat, or perhaps making scones.

What are scones made from? Hmm, yes, from flour, the flour we just processed from wheat.

And flour can be used for lots of different things, so we could make bread, biscuits, pastry, and cakes.

So true or false, jam is made from wheat.

That's false, isn't it? And Why? Well, jam is made from fruit such as raspberries or strawberries.

Well done if you got that correct.

Now there are some traditional foods that are made in the UK.

Let's look at some examples together, shall we? The first one is a Cornish pasty.

Mm, they look delicious, don't they? And Cornish pasties come from Cornwall and they were originally eaten by miners.

Or Stilton cheese, that's another traditional food from the UK.

And Stilton is a village in England, but it's not made there.

Or another type could be a Victoria sponge.

So these are three different examples of traditional foods from the UK.

Let's look at some more, shall we? It could be soda bread.

Mm, bet that smells delicious when it's being baked.

And so soda bread is traditional in Northern Ireland.

Or how about Lancaster hot pot? Mm, I bet that smells good too.

Another example is cullun skink.

And this is a type of soup from Scotland, which has haddock in it.

It's a type of fish.

More examples could be trifle.

Mm, A lovely dessert, very traditional from the UK.

Or it might be fish and chips.

That's very traditional, isn't it? Or perhaps bara brith, which is a traditional cake from Whales.

Okay, let's just check you've been listening, shall we? So where in the UK is this food traditionally from, A, B, or C? That's right, it's from Cornwall, isn't it? These are Cornish pasties.

Well done if you've got that one correct.

Okay, I've got a task here for you and I want you to find out more about where food comes from in the UK.

I want you to name four traditional foods from the UK and I want you to find them and label them on this map.

Pause the video.

You might need to use a few books or perhaps the internet, but good luck and we'll come back very soon.

Okay, so how did you get on? Did you find four foods? Let's look at an example together, shall we? We're gonna label this map.

The first one could be champ, which is a potato dish, which is really popular in Northern Ireland.

Another one could be Welsh cakes from Whales.

Or how about shortbread from Scotland? And lastly, how about Shepherd's pie from Northern England? These are just four examples of traditional foods from the UK.

What did you get? There are so many different examples, aren't there? Well done.

I hope you've enjoyed this lesson.

Learning more about food from the UK.

Let's have a quick summary of what we've learned today, shall we? So the first one is there's a wide variety of food that's produced in the UK.

And to produce our food, farmers and others grow plants, rear animals and catch fish.

And we also learned that food can be changed into other foods or dishes.

For example, milk into cheese, and this is known as processing, food processing.

And lastly, there are many foods that are processed or made in the UK.

Well, well done.

That's been a really great lesson and hope you've enjoyed learning more about the food from the UK.

There's so much to be proud of and it's tasty too.

Well, hope you enjoy me again very soon for another lesson all about cooking and nutrition.

Bye.