Year 3

Using ingredients to create your ideas

In this lesson, we will make our own healthy lunch. We will make sure that we are working safely and hygienically using a range of ingredients. (Please note, the evaluation lesson 6 will need to be completed straight after you have made your healthy lunch so that it can be tested against your design criteria). This lesson includes some physical activity and equipment beyond pen, paper or pencil. Please make sure your child is adequately supervised.

Year 3

Using ingredients to create your ideas

In this lesson, we will make our own healthy lunch. We will make sure that we are working safely and hygienically using a range of ingredients. (Please note, the evaluation lesson 6 will need to be completed straight after you have made your healthy lunch so that it can be tested against your design criteria). This lesson includes some physical activity and equipment beyond pen, paper or pencil. Please make sure your child is adequately supervised.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. assemble, join and combine materials and components with some accuracy
  2. follow procedures for safety and hygiene
  3. use a wider range of materials and components than Key Stage 1, including construction materials and kits, textiles, food ingredients, mechanical components and electrical components

Equipment

Range of relevant example foods to taste and evaluate, suitable equipment and utensils such as: knives, chopping board, weighing scales, measuring jugs, bowls, baking trays, spoons - various sizes, parchment paper, cling film

Content guidance

  • Equipment requiring safe usage.

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

This content is made available by Oak National Academy Limited and its partners and licensed under Oak’s terms & conditions (Collection 1), except where otherwise stated.

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4 Questions

Q1.
What do you need to do before you use a sharp knife?
Correct answer: Make sure a responsible adult is able to supervise
Sharpen the knife
Q2.
Who will the sandwich be for?
A baby
Correct answer: A child
An adult
Q3.
What are the two names of the cutting technique?
Correct answer: claw and bridge technique
hoof and tower technique
tail and house technique
Q4.
What health and hygiene must you do before working with food?
Take a bath and tidy your room
Correct answer: Tie long hair back and wash your hands
Wear cooking clothes

4 Questions

Q1.
What skill was used to prepare the cheese?
Cutting
Correct answer: Grating
slicing
Q2.
What is hygiene?
A rule made up by adults to make children be clean
Having fun cooking
Correct answer: The process of cleanliness to reduce the spreading of germs
Q3.
What are the two names of the cutting technique?
Correct answer: claw and bridge technique
hoof and tower technique
tail and house technique
Q4.
What health and hygiene must you do before working with food?
Take a bath and tidy your room
Correct answer: Tie long hair back and wash your hands
Wear cooking clothes