The Food - a fact of life (FFL) website provides a range of useful teaching resources and tips! Below you'll find some selected resources, games videos, and recipes. Along the top menu of this website you'll find support for children aged 3-5, 5-7, 7-11, 11-14 and 14-16 years, as well as recipe ideas too! Just click and use. There's lots for families and teachers - you can download and edit to make your own.
Knowledge organisers
The Food - a fact of life Knowledge organisers provide key facts for pupils around Healthy eating, Cooking, Where food comes from and Food commodities.
Below is a selection of the Knowledge organisers available. The whole range of Knowledge organisers can be found here: 5-7 Years, 7-11 Years, 11-14 Years and 14-16 Years.
To find out the purpose of the Knowledge organisers and how to use them, read this news article.
Healthy eating KO 5-7
A Knowledge organiser providing key facts around healthy eating and physical activity.
Where food comes from KO 5-7
A Knowledge organiser providing key facts around where food comes from.
Energy, nutrients and digestion KO 7-11
A knowledge organiser providing key facts around energy, nutrients and digestion.
Dairy, meat and fish KO 7-11
A knowledge organiser providing key facts around dairy, meat and fish.
Food hygiene and safety KO 11-14
A Knowledge organiser providing key facts around food hygiene and safety.
Planning what to cook KO 11-14
A Knowledge organiser providing key facts around planning what to cook.
Food labelling and health claims KO 14-16
A Knowledge organiser providing key information around food labelling and health claims.
Sensory science KO 14-16
A Knowledge organiser providing key information around sensory science.
Interactive activities and videos
A range of interactive activities including memory and matching games, fill in the gap, cooking videos with questions to answer, and activities with 'hot-spots' which provide jumping off points with further information.
Interactive activities can be found here:
5-7 Years: Healthy eating, Cooking, Where food comes from
7-11 Years: Healthy eating, Cooking, Where food comes from
11-14 Years: Cooking, Healthy eating, Digestion, Where food comes from.
Below is a selection of farm to fork videos. Many more can be found here. There are also farm to fork quizzes to support some of the videos.
Resource ideas
Recipe ideas
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