Cooking without heat
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Why this why now
Developing food skills enables pupils to achieve greater accuracy and precision, helping their fine motor skills. Practical activity reinforces food safety and hygiene procedures and adherence. Food skills from Year 1, Let's start cooking, are revisited, and new skills and techniques are introduced. In Year 3, pupils prepare and cook more complex recipes and use the application of heat, as well as continue to improve their food skill repertoire.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils will know how to get ready to cook.
- Pupils will be able to use a range of food skills, such as peeling, mashing and mixing.
- Pupils will be familiar with the format of a recipe.
- Pupis will be able to name different pieces of equipment.
- Pupils can use their senses to describe the look, smell, texture and taste of food.
Threads
Why this why now
Developing food skills enables pupils to achieve greater accuracy and precision, helping their fine motor skills. Practical activity reinforces food safety and hygiene procedures and adherence. Food skills from Year 1, Let's start cooking, are revisited, and new skills and techniques are introduced. In Year 3, pupils prepare and cook more complex recipes and use the application of heat, as well as continue to improve their food skill repertoire.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils will know how to get ready to cook.
- Pupils will be able to use a range of food skills, such as peeling, mashing and mixing.
- Pupils will be familiar with the format of a recipe.
- Pupis will be able to name different pieces of equipment.
- Pupils can use their senses to describe the look, smell, texture and taste of food.
Cooking without heat
During this unit, pupils continue to acquire and develop their food skills. Pupils learn about the structure of a recipe and how to use the 'bridge hold' and 'claw grip'.
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