Year 7 · Cooking and nutrition · beta

Informed food choices

This unit develops pupils' knowledge of food choice, and how occasion and location can have an influence. Food skills and nutrition understanding are further developed through practical work, and the use of components are explored.

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.

This Oak index uses an earlier export and lists 2 source lessons. DASKEREL has 3 original lessons for this unit, including 1 linked to source lessons absent from that export. Read the full DASKEREL unit.

Prior knowledge

  • Pupils will know that different people eat different foods.
  • Pupils can list some factors that affect food choice.
  • Pupils will know that we eat different food on different occasions and celebrations.
  • Pupils can identify the key nutrients provided by a selection of foods.

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 the source, seasonality and characteristics of a broad range of ingredients.
  • Understand and apply the principles of nutrition and health.
  • Become competent in a range of cooking techniques.

Oak source metadata. DASKEREL has not independently verified school-level coverage.

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