Lesson 3: Designing soup

Using what they have learnt from lessons one and two, children develop a vegetable soup recipe of their own. When finished, the children share their ideas with their peers to create a class soup recipe.

Learning objectives

  • To design a fruit and vegetable soup recipe.

EYFS outcomes

Communication and language

  • ELG: Speaking: Participate in small group, class and one-to-one discussions, offering their own ideas, using recently introduced vocabulary.

Personal, social and emotional development

  • Know and talk about the different factors that support their overall health and wellbeing: healthy eating.
  • ELG: Managing self: Manage their own basic hygiene and personal needs, including…understanding the importance of healthy food choices

Understanding the world

  • Explore the natural world around them.
  • ELG: The Natural World: Explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants.

Characteristics of effective learning

> Playing and exploring

> Active learning

Classroom resources

Before the lesson

Activity

Teacher notes

Key vocabulary

Prompts for learning

Observations

Next steps

To practise knife skills.

Note any specific next steps for individual pupils.

Created by:
Sophie Pickles (EYFS),  
Design and Technology specialist
Sophie is an expert Early Years consultant. She has spent many years both teaching in Reception and leading, in her role of Head of Early Years and senior manager at an outstanding-rated, child-led setting. Sophie now works with many national educational…
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