Year 1 - Cooking and nutrition
Eat, drink and grow
Food and drink for life
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Unit Summary
This unit focuses on food and drink being essential for life. Pupils examine food preferences and the different factors of food choice, and make and evaluate a dish using their senses.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to list the reasons why we need food and drink.
Key Notes
- We need food and drink to stay alive.
- We need food to grow, be active and maintain health.
- We need to drink to be healthy.
Vocabulary To Learn
- grow: to get older and bigger
- active: to do something, like playing, running or swimming
- healthy: being free from illness or injury
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- We need six - eight glasses of water a day.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
We need food and drink to stay alive. We need food to grow, be active and maintain health.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'grow'
to get older and bigger.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: We need six - eight glasses of water a day. Correction: We need six - eight drinks a day. Water is a great choice, but other drinks count too, such as milk and juice.
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