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Year 5

Making fruit scone wedges

I can use food skills to make fruit scone wedges.

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Year 5

Making fruit scone wedges

I can use food skills to make fruit scone wedges.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Scones are thought to have originated from Scotland in the early 1500s. There are many variations around the world.
  2. The food skills used to make fruit scone wedges are measuring, rubbing-in, mixing, shaping, scoring and using the oven.
  3. Baked recipes can be adapted to use different types of flour, include other ingredients and be shaped differently.
  4. Heat from the oven will take longer to penetrate and cook the scone/wedge the larger it is.

Keywords

  • Scone - a type of baked cake, made with flour, fat (e.g. butter) and milk

  • Rubbing-in - to rub a fat into flour

  • Shaping - to form, or shape, a dough, e.g. round, oval, wedge

  • Baking - to cook food by dry heat, such as in an oven

Common misconception

No matter the size of the scones, they are baked for the same length of time.

The heat from the oven will take longer to penetrate and cook the scones the bigger they are. Therefore smaller scones will cook more quickly than bigger scones.


To help you plan your year 5 cooking and nutrition lesson on: Making fruit scone wedges, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...

Allow pupils to choose the type of fruit they wish to use. This can include fresh and frozen fruits. To help with management in the classroom, pupils could choose from a small selection provided, e.g. canned pears, frozen mixed berries.
Teacher tip

Equipment

For ingredients and equipment see the recipe in additional materials.

Content guidance

  • Risk assessment required - may contain allergens
  • Risk assessment required - equipment

Supervision

Adult supervision required

Licence

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Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
If we eat cakes and biscuits we should have them ...
at the weekend and holidays.
Correct answer: occasionally and in small amounts.
with fruit and vegetables.
in large amounts once a day.
Q2.
What food skill is being demonstrated?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: rubbing-in
running-in
rolling-in
rouxing-in
Q3.
Match the equipment that you might use to the part of the cooker.
Correct Answer:saucepan, wok,hob

hob

Correct Answer:oven glove, grill pan,grill

grill

Correct Answer:baking tray, oven glove,oven

oven

Q4.
Which plant is used to make flour used in baking?
rice
beans
Correct answer: wheat
potato
Q5.
Match the measuring equipment to the correct ingredients.
Correct Answer:measuring spoons,cinnamon

cinnamon

Correct Answer:weighing scales,flour, butter, sugar

flour, butter, sugar

Correct Answer:measuring jug,milk or non-dairy alternative

milk or non-dairy alternative

Q6.
Food is important to prevent food poisoning.
Correct Answer: hygiene

5 Questions

Q1.
A basic scone is made with:
Correct answer: milk
eggs
Correct answer: self-raising flour
Correct answer: fat (e.g. baking block)
sugar
Q2.
Scones can be adapted by:
Correct answer: changing the flour
following the basic recipe
Correct answer: making a different shape
Correct answer: using different fruit or spices
using the same ingredients
Q3.
True or false? No matter the size of the scones, they are baked for the same length of time.
True
Correct answer: False
Q4.
When rubbing fat into flour, we want it to look like .
Correct Answer: breadcrumbs, bread crumbs, bread crumb, bread crumbs
Q5.
Put this scone recipe into the correct order.
1 - Preheat the oven.
2 - Rub-in the baking fat into the flour.
3 - Stir in the sugar and fruit.
4 - Add the milk and mix to form a soft dough.
5 - Form into a ball and place on a baking tray.
6 - Cut four lines over the top, making 8 wedges.
7 - Bake.

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