Please note
This unit includes new lessons that explore basic tastes and complementary flavours. The Archived unit: Cooking and nutrition: Come Dine with Me will no longer be updated.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Find a suitable recipe for their course.
- Record the relevant ingredients and equipment needed.
- Follow a recipe, including using the correct quantities of each ingredient.
- Write a recipe, explaining the process taken.
- Explain where certain key foods come from before they appear on the supermarket shelf.
Additional adult support is required for lessons 3-6.
Suggested prior learning
*New* Cooking and nutrition: Developing a recipe
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Lessons
Lesson 1: Complementary flavours (optional)
Lesson 2: Three ingredients; three courses
Lesson 3: Ingredients and skills (optional)
Lesson 4: To start…
Lesson 5: The main course
Lesson 6: Dessert
Key skills
- Writing a recipe, explaining
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Key knowledge
To know:
- That ‘flavour’ is
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Key vocabulary
balance
bitter
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Unit resources
Assessment – D&T Y6: Cooking and nutrition: Come dine with me
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Knowledge organiser
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Unit vocabulary
Subject resources
D&T Long-term plans
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Equipment list
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Science – recognising the impact of diet.
RSE & PSHE – the principles of planning and preparing a range of healthy meals.
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Structures: Playgrounds
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