Year 2 - Cooking and nutrition
Making a healthy wrap for lunch
The Eatwell Guide: healthy eating
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Unit Summary
This unit introduces pupils to The Eatwell Guide, exploring its key messages and food groups. The composition of healthy meals is examined, focusing on 5 A DAY and drinking plenty. Pupils use a range of food skills to make a healthy wrap based on the Eatwell Guide food groups.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to make a healthy wrap, based on the Eatwell Guide.
Key Notes
- A wrap is a flatbread, with origins from Mexico, and can contain a range of fillings.
- The food skills used to make a wrap safely and hygienically are grating, spreading, arranging and folding.
- The Eatwell Guide can be used to evaluate a recipe.
Vocabulary To Learn
- grating: to cut food into small pieces by rubbing it on a grater
- spreading: to cover food with another ingredient
- arranging: to place food to make it look attractive
- folding: to make the wrap into a pocket to keep the food inside
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may think that a sandwich always uses sliced white bread.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
A wrap is a flatbread, with origins from Mexico, and can contain a range of fillings. The food skills used to make a wrap safely and hygienically are grating, spreading, arranging and folding.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'grating'
to cut food into small pieces by rubbing it on a grater.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils may think that a sandwich always uses sliced white bread. Correction: Sandwiches can use a range of breads from around the world and are eaten often in many countries.
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