Learning objective
- To understand some environmental issues relating to food and food production.
Non-statutory links
PSHE
Learning opportunities in Living in the Wider World
‘Pupils learn
L5. Ways of carrying out shared responsibilities for protecting the environment in school and at home; how everyday choices can affect the environment (e.g. reducing, reusing, recycling; food choices)‘
See: Programme of Study for PSHE education (KS1-5).
Success criteria
Cross-curricular links
Before the lesson
Download classroom resources
Attention grabber
Main event
Differentiation
Pupils needing extra support
Can focus on the themes of either food waste or food miles as these are potentially less complex issues.
Pupils working at greater depth
Can explore the consequences and impact that some changes, such as reducing food miles, could have on the income of farmers in other countries.