Year 9 · Cooking and nutrition · beta
Health and dietary needs
In this unit pupils explore key nutritional needs throughout life, and allergies, food labelling, portion size and health conditions. They plan dishes and menus, and describe how diets can be changed for health to meet the needs of different groups of people.
This is an attributed Oak National Academy lesson sequence, not a completed or academically approved DASKEREL course. Supporting transcripts may depend on video, images, practical equipment or teacher explanation. Follow each lesson’s supervision guidance. For religious education and RSHE, follow the school’s syllabus, policy and safeguarding procedures.
Prior knowledge
- Pupils can describe the energy and nutrients provided by food and drinks, and their important functions for health.
- Pupils can modify recipes and cooking methods to help meet current healthy eating messages.
- Pupils can use the Eatwell Guide, food portion and size, and 8 tips to evaluate and justify healthier changes to a diet.
- Pupils can read food labels, choosing those lower in fat, salt and sugars.
- Pupils will know that people have an allergy to specific ingredients, such as wheat flour, nuts and milk.
Source curriculum references
- Cook a repertoire of predominantly savoury dishes so that they are able to feed themselves and others a healthy and varied diet.
- Select from and use a wider, more complex range of materials, components and ingredients, taking into account their properties.
- Understand and apply the principles of nutrition and health.
- Become competent in a range of cooking techniques.
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