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Summer Picnic
This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to select, identify and prepare different types of foods for a picnic including sandwiches and fruit juice drinks by compiling shopping lists for a class outing. The class can follow sets of instructions explaining how to make sandwiches with different fillings.
Select, identify and prepare different types of foods for a picnic including sandwiches and fruit juice drinks by compiling shopping lists for a class outing
Lesson One : What Food
Practise sorting a selection of different foods for a summer holiday picnic into groups using a range of criteria
Lesson Two : Salad Vegetables
Identify and describe the taste and appearance of different foods that are suitable for salads
Lesson Three : Sandwich Fillings
Identify and describe the taste and appearance of different fillings that can be added to sandwiches
Lesson Four : Fruit Juices
Identify and describe the taste and appearance of some of the different drinks that could be taken on a picnic
Lesson Five : Picnic Lists
Select and record lists of the food and equipment that are needed for a summer picnic
Lesson Six : Class Picnic
Select and prepare different foods when following sets of instructions to get ready for a picnic
- Measurement
Measure, compare and record the mass and capacity of different objects and containers using a range of non-standard measurements - Heaviest Toy
Practise selecting and comparing the mass of pair of toys using a bucket balance - Comparing Mass
Practise using a bucket balance to compare and record the mass of different pairs of classroom objects - Heavy or Light
Identify and compare the mass of different objects and sort them into groups of similar sizes