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Lesson 1: Hidden sugars in drinks

Children learn how much sugar is in a variety of drinks, including 'healthy' juices, and then categorise different foods into their correct food groups.

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Before the lesson

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Learning objective

To know what makes a balanced diet

National curriculum

Pupils should be taught to:

Understand where food comes from
Use the basic principles of a healthy and varied diet to prepare dishes
Explore and evaluate a range of existing products

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Will need support reading the information and with ordering values using the >, < and = symbols.

Pupils working at greater depth: Will need to consider the portion size and could divide or multiply to make a consistent size for comparison.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

In this unit

Created by:

Tom Turnham,

Design and technology specialist

Tom has been a teacher for seven years and, as Head of Upper School at The Belham Primary School, he has a keen interest in young people and good causes. For the past seventeen years he has volunteered with various…

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