Useful resources for learning

There's much more on this website than meets the eye! Here's some links and suggested resources and recipe ideas.

The Food - a fact of life (FFL) website provides a range of useful teaching resources and tips! Below you'll find some selected resources, including Knowledge organisers, interactive activities and videos, resource ideas, 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.

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Eatwell Guide KO

A Knowledge organiser providing key facts around the Eatwell Guide.

5 - 7 YR
Healthy eating KO 5-7

A Knowledge organiser providing key facts around healthy eating and physical activity.

5 - 7 YR
Where food comes from KO 5-7

A Knowledge organiser providing key facts around where food comes from.

7 - 11 YR
Energy, nutrients and digestion KO 7-11

A knowledge organiser providing key facts around energy, nutrients and digestion.

7 - 11 YR
Dairy, meat and fish KO 7-11

A knowledge organiser providing key facts around dairy, meat and fish.

11 - 14 YR
Cooking KO 11-14

A Knowledge organiser providing key facts around cooking.

11 - 14 YR
Food hygiene and safety KO 11-14

A Knowledge organiser providing key facts around food hygiene and safety.

11 - 14 YR
Planning what to cook KO 11-14

A Knowledge organiser providing key facts around planning what to cook.

14 - 16 YR
Food labelling and health claims KO 14-16

A Knowledge organiser providing key information around food labelling and health claims.

14 - 16 YR
Food science KO 14-16

A Knowledge organiser providing key information around food science.

14 - 16 YR
Food choice KO 14-16

A Knowledge organiser providing key information around food choice.

14 - 16 YR
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. 

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Budding broccoli - from picking to packing

A video looking at broccoli.

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Tasty tomatoes - from farm to fork

A video looking at tomatoes.

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How do mushrooms get from farm to fork?

A video looking at mushrooms.

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Excellent eggs - from farm to fork

A video looking at eggs.

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Earthy potatoes - from farm to fork

A video looking at potatoes.

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Burly beef - from farm to fork

A video looking at beef production in the UK.

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Brilliant bananas - from farm to fork

A video looking at bananas.

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Magnificent milk - from farm to you

A video looking at milk.

 

Resource ideas

5 - 7 YR
FFL Workbook 1

An 8-page workbook for pupils aged 5-7 years, covering healthy eating, drinki...

7 - 11 YR
FFL Workbook 2

An 8-page workbook for pupils aged 7-11 years, covering healthy eating, drink...

5 - 7 YR
Food route charts

A selection of charts and a certificate.

7 - 11 YR
Food route charts

The Food route activity charts and certificate.

11 - 14 YR
Diet and health journal

A journal to record work on diet and health.

11 - 14 YR
Cooking journal

A journal to record work on cooking.

11 - 14 YR
Consumer awareness journal

A journal to record work on consumer awareness.

11 - 14 YR
Food safety journal

A journal to record work on food safety.

11 - 14 YR
Active lifestyles journal

A journal to record work on active lifestyles.

14 - 16 YR
Diet and health journal

A journal to record work on diet and health.

14 - 16 YR
Cooking journal

A journal to record work on cooking.

14 - 16 YR
Food safety journal

A journal to record work on food safety.

14 - 16 YR
Active lifestyles journal

A journal to record work on active lifestyles.

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The Eatwell Guide

A poster of The Eatwell Guide.

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The Eatwell Guide (blank)

A poster displaying a blank Eatwell Guide.

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A to Z (food)

A poster showing an A to Z of food.

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Let's get ready to cook!

A poster about getting ready to cook.

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Eatwell Guide food cards

Food cards with different foods from the Eatwell Guide.

 

Reviewed 28.01.22

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