Cooking & Nutrition
The National Curriculum for Design and Technology aims to ensure that all pupils:
- develop the creative, technical and practical expertise needed to perform everyday tasks confidently
- build and apply a repertoire of knowledge, understanding and skills in order to design and make high-quality prototypes and products for a wide range of users
- critique, evaluate and test their ideas and products and the work of others
- understand and apply the principles of nutrition and learn how to cook
Technical Knowledge
Key Stage 1:
use the basic principles of a healthy and varied diet to prepare dishes;
understand where food comes from.
Key Stage 2:
understand and apply the principles of a healthy and varied diet;
prepare and cook a variety of predominantly savoury dishes using a range of cooking techniques;
understand seasonality, and know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown, reared, caught and processed.
Year 1
Pinwheels
Use the basic principles of a healthy and varied diet to prepare dishes.
Understand where food comes from.
Year 2
Pizzas
Use the basic principles of a healthy and varied diet to prepare dishes.
Understand where food comes from.
Year 3
Cupcakes
Understand and apply the principles of a healthy and varied diet.
Prepare and cook a variety of predominantly savoury dishes using a range of cooking techniques.
Understand seasonality and know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown, reared, caught and processed.
Year 4
Apple Pies
Understand and apply the principles of a healthy and varied diet.
Prepare and cook a variety of predominantly savoury dishes using a range of cooking techniques.
Understand seasonality, and know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown, reared, caught and processed.
Year 5
Biscuits
Understand and apply the principles of a healthy and varied diet.
Prepare and cook a variety of predominantly savoury dishes using a range of cooking techniques.
Understand seasonality and know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown, reared, caught and processed.
Year 6
Burgers
Understand and apply the principles of a healthy and varied diet.
Prepare and cook a variety of predominantly savoury dishes using a range of cooking techniques.
Understand seasonality, and know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown, reared, caught and processed.