Lesson 5: Making soup

After developing a class soup recipe in lesson three and practising their fine motor skills in lesson four, pupils prepare different fruits and vegetables in groups ready to make, taste and evaluate the soup.

Learning objectives

  • To observe and help (where appropriate) with the use of tools to prepare ingredients.
  • To describe the finished product and evaluate the process.

EYFS outcomes

Communication and language

  • Learn new vocabulary.
  • Use new vocabulary throughout the day.
  • 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

Characteristics of effective learning

> Playing and exploring

> Active learning

Before the lesson

Activity

Teacher notes

Key vocabulary

Prompts for learning

Observations

Next steps

To design soup packaging.

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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