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Year 1

Family food

I can plan a salad for my family.

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Year 1

Family food

I can plan a salad for my family.

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Key learning points

  1. We eat different food depending on the time of day, occasion and lifestyle.
  2. We eat different foods, depending on where we live, who we live with, our culture and customs.
  3. We can plan a dish or meal for our family based on their food preferences.
  4. We need lots of different food and drinks to be healthy.

Keywords

  • Salad - a cold dish with mix of raw and/or cooked vegetables, with a dressing

  • Family - a group of two or more people who live together

  • Healthy - being free from illness or injury

Common misconception

People eat the same types of food.

People eat different foods for a number of reasons. This includes time of day, occasions, likes/dislikes, where we live, who we live with, and tradition.


To help you plan your year 1 cooking and nutrition lesson on: Family food, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...

Encourage pupils to talk about the food they eat, establishing some of the reasons. Pupils could work together to create a montage of foods they and their families like, looking for positive similarities and celebrating differences.
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4 Questions

Q1.
What are these?
An image in a quiz
nuts
fruits
Correct answer: vegetables
Q2.
We use our to smell food.
Correct Answer: nose
Q3.
True or false? We need lots of different food to be healthy.
Correct answer: True
False
Q4.
Which of these is a special occasion?
school lunch
breakfast
Correct answer: birthday party

4 Questions

Q1.
Match the following:
Correct Answer:We eat breakfast ...,... in the morning.
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... in the morning.

Correct Answer:We eat lunch ...,... at lunchtime.
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... at lunchtime.

Correct Answer:We eat a meal ...,... in the evening.
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... in the evening.

Q2.
True or false? People eat different types of food.
Correct answer: True
False
Q3.
We need to eat __________ of fruit and vegetables.
a little
some
Correct answer: lots
Q4.
Which of these would go in a salad?
Correct answer: fruit and vegetables
cakes and biscuits
Correct answer: cheese and egg
chocolates