WASHINGBOROUGH ACADEMY Food Glorious Food Cooking Scheme of work for KS1 No.
Session 60 mins
Cooking Activity/Recipe
Cooking Skills Developed
1
Early Autumn Term
Carrot and Coriander soup
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2
Late Autumn Term
Fruit & Muesli Breakfast Pots
Snipping herbs Knife bridge Knife claw Jugs to measure liquids
Links to Curriculum Themes
Links to Growing
Preparation Required
Health & Safety
• Science: Basic needs of animals (food) • Maths: capacity • History: WWI – growing own vegetables
Prepare the soil for growing food in the KS1 garden.
Prepare ingredients and equipment
Remove rings, tie back hair, wash hands, wear aprons.
• Using scales • Measuring using cups and spoons • Beating ingredients together • Claw knife technique • Using a lemon squeezer • Arranging ingredients
Science: Describe the importance for humans of eating the right amounts of different types of food and food hygiene. Literacy: Non chronological writing - Importance of keeping fit; healthy eating Maths: measuring using and reading scales
Prepare the soil for growing food; adding compost to the KS1 garden.
Prepare ingredients and equipment
Remove rings, tie back hair, wash hands, wear aprons.
Choose seeds for our KS1 garden, using seed catalogues.
3
Early Spring Term
Butternut & Thyme scones
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Scooping Rubbing fat into flour Cooking to form a dough Shaping Cracking and beating an egg Glazing
Maths: Enlarging our ‘Food Glorious Food recipe; what if we had a dinosaur egg to bake with? Shapes with the cutters.
How do herbs grow? Planting seeds; planting herbs
Prepare ingredients and equipment
Remove rings, tie back hair, wash hands, wear aprons.
4
Late Spring Term
Mini Breakfast Frittatas
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Bridge and claw knife Crack and beat eggs Grating Use a jug to measure liquids Snipping herbs
Maths: Non-standard measures versus standard measures Capacity.
Using new potatoes grown in our garden
Prepare ingredients and equipment
Remove rings, tie back hair, wash hands, wear aprons.
5
Early Summer Term
Caribbean Fruit Salad
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Bridge knife Use a lemon squeezer Measuring spoons Scooping mango shell
Science: healthy eating, eating the right amounts of different types of food Geography: locate countries for fruits on a world map Maths: measuring
How exotic fruits grow – link to Caribbean
Prepare ingredients and equipment
Remove rings, tie back hair, wash hands, wear aprons.
6
Late Summer Term
Chocolate Courgette Cake
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Maths: Measurement - capacity. Dividing. Literacy - Instructions – write our recipe for chocolate courgette cake. Take our cake to eat on a picnic at the seaside!
Harvest courgettes for the cake
Prepare ingredients and equipment
Remove rings, tie back hair, wash hands, wear aprons.
Using scales Grating Creaming fat and sugar Cracking and beating an egg Folding flour into a creamed mixture • Scraping out a bowl with a spatula • Dividing mixture into a tin