Get Cooking in the Classroom – Recipes to Promote Healthy Cooking and Nutrition in Primary Schools

All primary school children in England must learn to cook in the curriculum and be taught about nutrition and healthy eating in order to comply with the School Food Plan. Each of the 15 recipes is made as an individual mixture so children make and see their own achievements. The results are designed to go home with the child to share and demonstrate their new skills to siblings, parents, relations and friends. This can provide an excellent opportunity for celebrating achievement and lead to discussion about new foods and flavours at home. The teacher’s notes also offer suggestions of both how to increase the skill demand of the recipe and how to make it easier, meaning that you can use the recipes through the whole age range of the school. Get Cooking in the Primary Classroom provides a step-by-step approach to teaching children to cook. Pupils will develop skills in food handling and an understanding of the part food plays in the world around us. With relative ease, teachers will be able to undertake a variety of healthy and fun food activities. Many of the recipes do not even require access to an oven!