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Lesson overviewBUILD · Week 1

Food Groups

How can we sort ingredients and plan a snack together?

  • Today: sort ingredients, unpack a wrap and plan a snack.
  • You can point, move cards, draw or speak. An adult can write your words.

Learning intention

Recognise the main food groups and identify the ingredients in a simple combination food.

Success criteria

  • I can sort familiar ingredients into food groups.
  • I can name two groups in a combination food.
  • I can help plan a snack within a pretend budget.
Reveal the model
What a good answer can look likeAccept any correctly identified ingredient; read each word aloud if needed.

Lundy Loop · your voice matters

SPACE

Choose a calm place and a supported way to take part.

VOICE

Say, point, draw, write or pass. A fictional example is welcome.

AUDIENCE

The adult listens and checks that your meaning is understood.

INFLUENCE

At the exit, agree one useful next step or change to your support.

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I Do · learn and modelBUILD · Week 1

Five group names

  • Fruit and vegetables; starchy foods; protein foods.
  • Dairy and alternatives; oils and spreads.
  • Use the examples on your group mat. Water belongs beside the mat as a drink.
Reveal the model
What a good answer can look likeStarchy foods. Water is a drink; do not force it into one of these five groups.
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I Do · learn and modelBUILD · Week 1

Watch me sort

  • I read the ingredient: potato.
  • I check the examples: potato belongs with starchy foods.
  • I place the card and explain my choice.
Reveal the model
What a good answer can look likeFruit and vegetables. Potato is placed in starchy foods in this guide.
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We Do · think togetherBUILD · Week 1

Your turn: sort eight cards

  • Bread, rice, apple, carrot, lentils, egg, milk, sunflower oil.
  • Place each word on the group mat.
  • Partners take turns: one places, one checks. Swap after four cards.
Reveal the model
What a good answer can look likeLentils and egg. Bread/rice: starchy; apple/carrot: fruit and vegetables; milk: dairy; sunflower oil: oils and spreads.
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I Do · learn and modelBUILD · Week 1

A wrap contains several ingredients

  • This pretend wrap contains: bread wrap, chickpeas, lettuce and yoghurt.
  • Read each ingredient separately.
  • One dish can contain several food groups.
Reveal the model
What a good answer can look likeYoghurt. Bread wrap: starchy; chickpeas: protein; lettuce: fruit and vegetables.
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You Do · practiseBUILD · Week 1

Unpack the wrap

  • Match the four wrap ingredients to their groups.
  • Point to two groups that share the same dish.
  • Say or complete: “The wrap includes ___ and ___.”
Reveal the model
What a good answer can look likeNo. Its separate ingredients can belong to different groups.
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We Do · think togetherBUILD · Week 1

A pretend snack shop

  • Kai has 100p. Roll 50p; apple 30p; yoghurt 40p.
  • Choose two items from different groups. Add their prices.
  • One partner chooses. One checks the total. Then swap roles.
Reveal the model
What a good answer can look likeYes: 50p + 40p = 90p, leaving 10p. They come from two different groups.
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ReviewBUILD · Week 1

Show the thinking

  • Name one correct group match.
  • Show two groups inside the pretend wrap.
  • Check the snack total is 100p or less.
Reveal the model
What a good answer can look like30p + 40p = 70p. Fruit and vegetables plus dairy and alternatives. 30p remains.
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Exit checkBUILD · Week 1

One food, one group

  • Choose bread, carrot or milk.
  • Name or point to its food group.
  • Return cards and leave the table ready for the next group.
Reveal the model
What a good answer can look likeDairy and alternatives. Yes: for example bread and cheese come from different groups.

Lundy Loop · your voice matters

SPACE

Choose a calm place and a supported way to take part.

VOICE

Say, point, draw, write or pass. A fictional example is welcome.

AUDIENCE

The adult listens and checks that your meaning is understood.

INFLUENCE

At the exit, agree one useful next step or change to your support.

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Use the buttons or left and right arrow keys. Home returns to the first slide; End goes to the last. Printing includes every pupil slide and leaves model answers out.