Expressive
Arts
Health And
Wellbeing
• Photography of food
• Maintain a healthy weight
• D
esign of product packaging, books,
leaflets
• Portion size
• C
omposition of music for food advertising
• A
ccess to opportunities, energy in and
energy out
• Illustration of food
• Healthy relationships with food
• Regular physical activity
• U
se range of media and technologies to create food images for publication or
art display
• S
ocial wellbeing: eating with friends and
peer food influence
• Menu planning: practical cooking skills
• Graphic design for food publications
• Dietary needs
• U
se of lighting and sound in theatre arts
technology in creating media around food
• Resilience
• R
ole of media in influencing health
behaviours
• D
evelop and communicate imaginative
design solutions
• Safe and hygienic practices, safety risks
• Sustainability, seasonality, source of food
• Legal rights of consumers and agencies
Religious
And Moral
education
Sciences
• Components and function of food
• Fertilisers and fuel
• Fragile earth food
• Role of food in celebrations festivals
• E
nvironmental impact of farming and
fertilisers • F
ood preparation guidance in accordance
with different religions
• Genetically modified foods
• Function of vitamins and minerals
• Food for deities
• Genetic engineering
• F
ood rituals: to communicate with God in
blessing and thanks
• Food chains and webs
• Demonstrate faith through religious rites
• Energy changes in chemical reactions
• R
eligions which require particular food rules include: Jewish, Hindu, Sikh,
Muslim, Buddhist, Rastafarian, Janists and Christianity
• E
xpress opinions and make decisions
on social, moral, ethical, economic and environmental issues
• Diseases caused by germs or cooking
• Charity work e.g. Mary’s Meals
Languages
Mathematics
• Following recipes and instructions accurately
• W
eighing and measuring volume in
recipes, cooking for large numbers
• Describing tasting experiences
• Food miles
• Listening to instructions • Working out energy content of food
• Reading menus in any language
• Estimation and rounding in recipes
• Food labelling
ractions, decimal fractions and
• F
percentages - for costing or portion sizing
• Food in literature
• Food diaries
oney management: budgeting in the
• M
home or workplace
• Menu planning and shopping lists
• Media literacy
• Environmental print
• T
iming skills: cooking, preparation and
planning of meals
• Decoding • Dividing a bill
• Advertising
• Measurement: presentation of food
• Gaelic culture: recipes and food vocabulary
• D
ata and analysis in food production and logistics
• W
riting for: magazines, newspapers, films,
radio and TV
• Ratio and proportion
• Interpret numerical information: assess risk and problem solving
• O
nline media: including blogs, social
networking, web pages, catalogues and directories
Social Studies
Technologies
• Ethics regarding aid packages
• D
esign of cooking tools, kitchens, eating
spaces
• Availability, distribution of food for all
• Design of packaging
• Global famine
• R
ole and impact of technologies in
changing and influencing society
• H
istorical events: potato famine, rationing, Holocaust, slavery
• L
and procurement: use or overuse, environmental changes
• Practical cooking skills
• Renewable and sustainable energy
• O
besity endemic: society changing, effect on health care systems
• E
thical issues arising from technological
developments
• F
arming: growing, crop rotation, subsistence farming, commercial farming,
growing crops, rearing animals, industry,
recycling, food waste
• Health and safety legislation
ood security: local food policy and • F
global food policy
• Design challenges with a food focus
• D
evelop a creative food idea which
could be realised using computer-aided
manufacture
• D
esign of multimedia games involving food
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onlinetoprintoffandaddyourownideasanddevelop
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Local Farms
Ecoschools: www.ecoschoolsscotland.org
Local Food Co-ops – community support
Zero Waste Scotland: www.zerowastescotland.org.uk
Local Colleges
Co-operative Education Trust Scotland: www.cets.
coop/index.html
Community Dietician
FoodandFarming
Local independent/local food retailers/producers/
supermarkets
Community Health and Care Partnerships – find yours:
www.chp.scot.nhs.uk/index.php/chps/chp-map
Environmental Health Department
School Catering Service – advice on meeting nutrition
standards, healthy eating sessions for pupils, parents
or staff
Home Economics Teachers – advice, guidance and
cluster CPD on practical food skills
Education Scotland
Localsupport
Food and Health Alliance: www.fhascot.org.uk/Home
Community Food and Health (Scotland):
www.communityfoodandhealth.org.uk
Scottish Environmental Protection Agency: www.sepa.
org.uk
NHS Health Scotland: www.nhs.uk/Livewell/healthyeating/Pages/Healthyeating.aspx
Food and Drink Scottish Government: www.scotland.
gov.uk/Topics/Business-Industry/Food-Industry
NHS Health Scotland – Healthy Weight for Children:
www.healthscotland.com/documents/4143.aspx
Scot-PHO – Public Health Information for Scotland –
Health Statistics for your authority: www.scotpho.org.
uk/comparative-health/profiles/2010-chp-profiles
PracticalCookingSkills
Scottish Food and Drink Federation: www.sfdf.org.uk/
sfdf/home.aspx
This resource aims to support learning
about food and drink through well planned
interdisciplinary learning. The important
aspect of interdisciplinary learning is to
provide opportunities for progression in skills
and understanding in a range of contexts and
to make connections between different areas
of learning. There are good examples
of interdisciplinary learning available
based on strong subject themes, as well
as project-based approaches.
Interdisciplinary learning based upon
groupings of experiences and outcomes
from within and across curriculum areas, can
provide relevant, challenging and enjoyable
learning experiences and stimulating contexts
to meet the varied needs of learners.
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is based upon experie
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drawn from different
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• Parental Involvement
• Developing Global Citizens
• Enterprise in Education
• Financial Education
Provide appropriate
advice and guidance
on and suitable
qualifications in
the food and drink
industry as an
attractive career path.
• Skills for Learning, Life and Work
• Promoting Positive Behaviour
• Outdoor Learning
• School Gardens
• More Choices More Chances /
16 + Opportunities for all
• Community Learning Development
Recognise the
achievements of
learners in related areas.
• Canteen as classrooms – linking
food provision and learning
• Staff Health and Wellbeing
Working alongside
learners to create
exciting and challenging
learning experiences
within the curriculum
and contexts for
learning.
• Breakfast Clubs and After
School Clubs
• Extra-curricular events
• Career Opportunities
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Ethos and life
of the school
Your school will have received copies of an A1 sized
Food for Thought poster. It is available online as an A3
PDF at www.educationscotland.gov.uk/foodidl and
provides a snapshot of ideas around learning about
food. It is not intended to be definitive, the poster aims
to stimulate practitioners and learners to think about
food across the curriculum and beyond...
Interdisciplinary
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thought
The curriculum should include space for
learning beyond subject boundaries, so that
learners can make connections between
different areas of learning. The presence of
food and health within the curriculum provides
students with the knowledge and skills to
make healthy food choices and help establish
lifelong healthy eating habits.
Education Scotland: www.educationscotland.gov.uk
Revisiting a concept or skill from different
perspectives deepens understanding, and
can also make the curriculum more coherent
and meaningful.
Websites
ensures progression in
skills and in
knowledge and understand
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can provide opportunities
for mixedstage learning which is
interest-based.
Nationalsupport
Interdisciplinary learning provides many
opportunities to work in an outdoor context
and make the best use of the natural and
the built environment, as well as enabling
work with partners who are able to offer
and support enriched learning experiences
and opportunities for young people’s wider
involvement in society and the wider community.
Building your Curriculum Outside and In:
www.educationscotland.gov.uk/Images/building_
your_curriculum_outside_in_tcm4-656470.pdf
Curriculum for Excellence through outdoor
learning: www.educationscotland.gov.uk/
learningteachingandassessment/approaches/
outdoorlearning/about/cfethroughoutdoorlearning.asp
OutdoorLearning
Red Tractor: redtractor.org.uk
Seafood Scotland: seafoodscotland.org
Royal Highland Agricultural Trust:www.rhet.org.uk
The Soil Association: www.soilassociation.org
FoodandSustainability
Local Chefs – may be willing to visit, support activities
for staff or pupils
Schools Global Gardens Network:
www.globalgardens.org.uk
Scottish Natural Heritage: www.gardenforlife.org.uk
Growing Schools: www.growingschools.org.uk
GrowYourOwn
Food in the classroom: www.food.gov.uk/
foodindustry/schoolfood
Food Safety: www.flyonthewall.com/FlyBroadcast/
FSA/BacteriaBiteBusiness
BBC Good Food: www.bbc.co.uk/food
Food A Fact of Life: www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/
index.aspx
Focus on Food – Healthier Cooking Bus:
www.focusonfood.org/cookingbuses.html
The Diary Council: www.milk.co.uk
Recipe for Success – Scotland’s National Food and
Drink Policy: www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/
Doc/277346/0083283.pdf
British Nutrition Foundation: www.nutrition.org.uk
British Heart Foundation: www.bhf.org.uk
Food Standards Agency Scotland: www.food.gov.uk/
scotland
HealthandNutritionInformation
Healthy Eating in Schools – A guide to implementing the
Nutritional Requirements for Food and Drink in Schools
(Scotland) Regulations 2008 – National guidance on
food in schools: www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/
Doc/238187/0065394.pdf
Informationandresources
This poster is available online as
an A3 PDF at www.educationscotland.gov
it provides a snapshot of ideas around
.uk/foodidl
learning about food. It is not intended
to be definitive,
the poster aims to stimulate practitioners
and learners to think about food
across the
curriculum and beyond…
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