Introduction
There are seven main topics in this section. They build on the work covered
in the 7–11 year-olds’ area of the website. Topics covered include where our
food comes from, the 'grain chain', energy, food groups, healthy eating and
festivals of food from different cultures. The science and technology of the
baking process are explored, and the broader issues of sustainable development
in farming are considered.
The topic objectives and curriculum links outlined are those that relate
directly to the content of this science/geography/environmental
studies/technology/health-based topic. However, there may be other more general
learning objectives and curriculum links that you may wish to include, for
example:
- ICT/information technology/computing
- Enterprise learning
- Work-related learning/Learning for life and work
- Citizenship
- Literacy and numeracy.
On this website, the following abbreviations are used:
IWB = interactive whiteboard activity
IP = information page (page on the website, which can be printed off)
AS = activity sheet (PDF on website, which can be downloaded and/or printed off)
There is a considerable amount of information covered in the topics for this
age group and individual schools may wish to separate out different parts of
each topic to build into their own curriculum planning to suit different levels
of age and ability. It is not possible on this website to provide lesson plans
targeted at specific age and/or ability groups. The teacher’s notes therefore
cover the topics broken down into sections, which can be adapted and
differentiated in order to fit into a school’s own curriculum.
General lesson plans are provided for the different topics, and teachers may
then adapt these lesson plans to meet their own needs. Each of the prepared
lessons could be stand-alone or used as part of a sequence of two or more. Also,
several of the lessons could be shortened, with part of the content being used
as homework. Activities suitable for homework are identified, but these
activities could also be used in the classroom. It is down to the needs of
individual schools as to how topic content is finally broken down.
Note for teachers: IPs and ASs are standard for the whole age range
and so will need to be differentiated according to the needs of your students.
You may choose to shorten information, adapt language or break content down into
smaller modules.
Teacher's notes
Click on each topic for teacher's notes, curriculum references, lesson plans
and homework/extension ideas.
