Yeah Sushi! (Upper Key Stage 2)

Design Brief: Design and make sushi for a healthy lunchtime snack.
Strand of Learning: Cooking & Nutrition
Overview: In this unit of work, children apply their knowledge and understanding about healthy eating to design and make a sushi roll as a healthy lunchtime snack. Children begin by discussing the different ways that we eat food at home and outside the home. They conduct market research into their favourite take away foods and brands. They investigate sushi food through conducting a taste test. They make their own sushi roll following a recipe. In learning how to make a sushi roll they acquire the essential skills and knowledge needed to make maki and this is essential when they come to designing and making their own sushi roll product. They consolidate their understanding of the different food groups on the Eatwell Guide to healthy eating and use this knowledge to design a sushi that promotes healthy eating. Having made their authentic sushi product, they become food entrepreneurs and set up their own small business learning about business basics, budgeting, packaging and marketing their product.

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Medium Term Planning includes:

Children should know:

How labels and annotated drawings can be used to explain and communicate how a product is made and how it will work.
Surveys, interviews and questionnaires are used to find out the needs and wants of clients.
Choosing materials, tools and equipment is dependent upon the skills and techniques to be used.
Step-by-step action plans should be created and followed when making complex products.
A range of different finishing techniques and choose ones that are suitable to create a quality product.
As part of the evaluation process, the designer can consider the cost (time and money) of making the finished product.
About a range of inspirational designs and designers throughout history and use this knowledge to support their own work as designers.

Cooking and Nutrition

The importance of correct storage and handling of ingredients using knowledge of micro-organisms to promote hygiene and prevent cross-contamination.
Processed food is food that has undergone multiple changes in a food factory.
People have different food diets for health, religious, cultural, and personal reasons.
Some people are intolerant and/or allergic to certain food substances and that precautions are needed to keep them safe.

Children should know how to:

Carry out different surveys and questionnaires for research and to help with the design process.
Write step by step instructions and recipes to make a product they have designed.
List the materials and tools that will be needed to make a product they have designed.
Work responsibly using guidelines to ensure they keep themselves and others safe.
Write an action plan for the making process including lists of tools, equipment and materials needed.
Accurately assemble, join and combine materials and components to ensure a quality finish to a product.
Apply a range of decorative and finishing techniques following the product design.
Evaluate a product against specific design specifications.

Cooking and Nutrition

Follow a recipe accurately.
Measure accurately and calculate ratios of ingredients to scale up or down from a recipe.
Demonstrate a range of baking and cooking techniques.
Create and refine recipes, including ingredients, methods, cooking times and temperatures.
Choose and adapt recipes for dietary reasons.

Food Preparation Skills