Year 7 · Cooking and nutrition · beta

The Eatwell Guide: meals and diets

In this unit pupils use the Eatwell Guide, the 8 tips for healthy eating, and portion guidance to plan healthy meals and evaluate diets. They also use food labels to help make better food and drink choices.

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 are able to talk about the Eatwell Guide.
Pupils can name the main food groups of the Eatwell Guide.
Pupils will know the names of the main nutrients needed for health.
Pupils are able to explain how meals could be modified for health.
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 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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