Year 3 - Cooking and nutrition
Making apple flapjack bites
Food origins: from farm to fork
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Unit Summary
This unit investigates food grown, reared and caught in the UK and around the globe. Pupils name and locate food origins, expanding their experiences of food and cuisines. They make apple flapjacks, identifying ingredients from the UK.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to make flapjack bites, and describe the origins of the ingredients from the UK.
Key Notes
- Flapjacks are a traditional UK baked bar, with its roots going back to the 16th Century.
- Oats and apples are grown and harvested from around the UK.
- The food skills used to make flapjacks are measuring, grating, mixing, dividing and using the oven.
- If we have sweet foods, we should have them occasionally and in small amounts.
Vocabulary To Learn
- flapjack: a traditional baked recipe made with oats
- harvest: the time or process of gathering crops
- oats: the grains from a plant used in cooking
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- The flapjack recipe contains apple and sultanas, so must be part of our 5 A DAY.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Flapjacks are a traditional UK baked bar, with its roots going back to the 16th Century. Oats and apples are grown and harvested from around the UK.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'flapjack'
a traditional baked recipe made with oats.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: The flapjack recipe contains apple and sultanas, so must be part of our 5 A DAY. Correction: No, the flapjack does not count towards our 5 A DAY. There is not enough fruit, and they are high in sugars and fat (from butter). If we eat these types of foods, we should have them occasionally and in small amounts.
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