Year 1 - Cooking and nutrition
Let's make some veggie snacks
Let's start cooking
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Unit Summary
This unit introduces pupils to food and gives them their first opportunity to prepare simple dishes. Pupils use different food skills and equipment, and learn about handling food safely and hygienically.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to make veggie snacks.
Key Notes
- Before cooking, we need to get ready to cook to be safe and hygienic.
- The food skills used to make veggie snacks are cutting with scissors and mixing.
- Scissors can be used to cut different fruit and vegetables safely.
- After cooking, we need to wash-up equipment, and clean and tidy work surfaces.
Vocabulary To Learn
- cutting: to divide food into pieces
- mixing: to stir food together
- cleaning: to remove dirt and food
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Children have to use knives to cut food.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Before cooking, we need to get ready to cook to be safe and hygienic. The food skills used to make veggie snacks are cutting with scissors and mixing.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'cutting'
to divide food into pieces.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Children have to use knives to cut food. Correction: Kitchen scissors can be used to cut a variety of foods. Scissors are generally safer to use.
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