Year 4 - Cooking and nutrition
Eat well every day
The Eatwell Guide: for me and you
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils map and plan meals inline with the Eatwell Guide food groups, suggesting improvements for the future. Pupils make a frittata, highlighting the food group included, as well as possible additions.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to suggest improvements to meals, with reasons for your choices.
Key Notes
- When planning to cook, we should consider current healthy eating advice, the needs of different people, and occasion.
- Meals can be evaluated against the Eatwell Guide for improvements.
- A food allergy is when the body reacts badly to specific foods, from mild to severe.
- We can plan a healthy diet (meals) over a day or more.
Vocabulary To Learn
- diet: all the food and drink we consume
- healthy: to be fit and well; good for your health
- allergy: a bad reaction to certain food or drinks
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- A healthy meal needs to have all the food groups from the Eatwell Guide.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
When planning to cook, we should consider current healthy eating advice, the needs of different people, and occasion. Meals can be evaluated against the Eatwell Guide for improvements.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'diet'
all the food and drink we consume.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: A healthy meal needs to have all the food groups from the Eatwell Guide. Correction: We do not need to eat all the food groups at each meal. We can get all the food groups through different meals in the day.
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