This collection supports learning about healthy eating, cooking and where food comes from. It links to many aspects of physical development, understanding the world and communicating ideas, whilst also aiding vocabulary development and group work. The British Nutrition Foundation provides information relating to...

This collection supports learning about healthy eating, cooking and where food comes from. It links to many aspects of physical development, understanding the world and communicating ideas, whilst also aiding vocabulary development and group work. The British Nutrition Foundation provides information relating to...

This activity pack provides a range of activities that promote cross-curricular learning, so that STEM can be linked to other curriculum subjects and to children's own backgrounds, lives and interests.  It has been designed for British Science Week 2023 on the theme of 'connections'.

The activities included...

The Chilled Food Association (CFA) was formed in 1989 to establish, continuously improve and promote best hygienic practice standards in the production of retailed chilled prepared food. CFA represents many of the leading names in UK chilled prepared food production, predominantly supplying the retail trade.

These materials, from the Nuffield Foundation, contain a wealth of ideas and practical advice on the delivery of design and technology in the primary curriculum. Each of the resources includes extensive teacher guidance as well as chidlren's stimulus materials. The materials cover a range of topics in which...

From the Nuffield Foundation, these activities challenge children to make and prepare toast to customers' specifications.

This task allows children to:
* explore the different types of bread that can be toasted
* find out people's preferences for this common food
* think about when and how...

This resource, aimed at primary level, links to the curriculum areas of food and diet, healthy eating and where food comes from. Using feely bags, children are asked to identify fruits and vegetables using their sense of touch. They then work in small groups to discuss and debate what food they may have. Once the...

From the Chilled Food Association, this resource helps children to think about food hygiene and in particular the importance of washing hands. The materials are aimed at STEM ambassadors but are readily adapted for use by teachers in the classroom.

The materials consist of a lesson plan, stimulus materials...

Aimed at Key Stages One and Two, the ten activities in this pack relate to food science. They look at the topics of keeping healthy, a balanced diet, digestion, teeth and eating, solids, liquids and gases and irreversible reactions. Designed to demonstrate key ideas and concepts and to spark an interest in science...

Aimed at very young learners, this resource looks at fruit and the part it plays in a healthy diet. Children are asked to cut out fruit pictures and place them onto cards showing a quad bike, a speedboat, a snowboarder and a ballerina.

This resource has been produced by the Rowett Institute of Nutrition and...

This collection from the Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health offers an integrated, structured cross-curricular programme of learning and teaching about how to develop a balanced lifestyle. The programme runs from Early Years through to lower Secondary and includes activity worksheets, teachers' notes,...

Produced by the Rowett Institute, this booklet, aimed at Early Years Foundation Stage, is a cross curricular programme taught through interesting and innovative methodologies.

Focusing on how our food is produced, nutrition education, physical activity, and the role of the media, this resource provides...

One of the units from the Nuffield Primary Solutions in Design and Technology. In this unit, students write a specification for toast that meets the identified preferences of a particular person. They then make a serving of toast to that specification. The task can be widened to include the development of a...

A series of resources for primary and secondary-aged pupils based around the theme of King Charles III’s coronation aimed at developing their knowledge and skills in Design & Technology and Engineering.

Produced by the Chilled Food Association (CFA), these activities are aimed at Key Stage One children. They look at the topics of:
* Food hygiene and hand-washing
* Food and taste
* Developing a new food product

Primarily aimed at STEM ambassadors, these resources are also readily used by...