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Year 1 - Cooking and nutrition

Food likes and dislikes

Food and drink for life

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 describe why we eat what we do.

Key Notes

  • We eat different food according to what we like and dislike.
  • We eat different food depending on the time of day and occasion.
  • People choose different types of food for different reasons, such as preference, location and allergy.
  • We use our senses to see, smell and taste food.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • occasion: a special event
  • allergy: a bad reaction to a food or drink
  • senses: how we see, smell and taste

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • People like and dislike the same foods.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

We eat different food according to what we like and dislike. We eat different food depending on the time of day and occasion.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'occasion'

a special event.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: People like and dislike the same foods. Correction: There are no right or wrong foods to like to like or dislike. We all have different tastes.

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