Design and TechnologyFood

To develop knowledge and understanding of

Design and Technology in the Primary school through the development of skills in:

Mechanisms Resistant materials Textiles as a material Food as a material

To help you to: Understand the National Curriculum

for Design and Technology Develop knowledge of health and

safety in D&T Understand the cross curricular

nature of D&T Develop planning skills Develop assessment skills

Food links to the: Every Child Matters Agenda Healthy Schools Initiative, eg Active Kids

get Cooking (eg. Sainsbury’s initiative www.activekidsgetcooking.org.uk)

This is a new approach to the well-being of children and young people from birth to age 19.The Government's aim is for every child, whatever their background or their circumstances, is to have the support they need to:

Be healthy Stay safe Enjoy and achieve Make a positive contribution Achieve economic well-being

This Government programme is based on a whole-school approach to physical and emotional well-being, focusing on four core themes:

Personal, Social & Health Education Healthy Eating Physical Activity Emotional Health & Wellbeing

Product analysis using Food

Designing and Making with food

Health and Safety in food activities

Cross Curricular Food Activities

These activities emphasise the cross curricular dimensions of D&T (literacy and numeracy)

Taste and analyse 4 types of bread from different countries. Concentrate carefully!

Fill in chart on p.25 using Tasting Word Bank (pp.22/23/24)

Allocate scores (1 -5) and find your own and the group’s favourite bread.

Interpret this in a ‘mathematical’ way for display eg. pie chart, bar graph on A3 paper, it must be perfectly drawn and correctly labelled.

Design a sandwich : Choose from the variety of breads on p26 Using Get the Balance Right p.65: Make

sure you have at least one food from each food group (except sugars) in your sandwich

Draw your sandwich as an exploded diagram

See DATA helpsheet Sandwich Snacks p61 and diagram on p67

Read through the Case StudyRead the QCA Level Descriptors Using the Case Study and QCA Level

Descriptors, decide at what Level the children are working.

What is your evidence for this? What do they need to do to achieve the

next level?

To help you to: Understand the National Curriculum for

Design and Technology Develop knowledge of health and safety

in D&T Understand the cross curricular nature of

D&T Develop planning skills Develop assessment skills