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Lesson overviewBUILD · Week 3

Reading Labels

What do labels tell us before we choose or use an ingredient?

  • Today’s labels are fictional paper examples.
  • Find ingredients, dates and storage; compare the same measure.
  • An adult checks any real product before classroom use.

Learning intention

Find important label information and compare the same measure on two fictional labels, asking an adult when suitability is uncertain.

Success criteria

  • I can find ingredients, dates and storage instructions.
  • I can explain a use-by warning and an allergen-check action.
  • I can compare the same measure on two labels.
Reveal the model
What a good answer can look likeThe ingredients list.

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 3

Three checks before using food

  • Read the ingredients and allergen information.
  • Read the date words and the date.
  • Read storage and after-opening instructions. Ask an adult if anything is unclear.
Reveal the model
What a good answer can look likeNo. Find the written ingredients, date and storage instructions too.
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I Do · learn and modelBUILD · Week 3

Spot the ingredient warning

  • Label A includes cream (MILK). The capitals highlight milk here.
  • Some regulated allergens are emphasised within ingredient lists.
  • “May contain CELERY” on Label B also needs an adult check.
Reveal the model
What a good answer can look likeNo. The ingredients include milk. Stop and ask the responsible adult.
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I Do · learn and modelBUILD · Week 3

Two dates, different jobs

  • Use-by: a food-safety date. Do not eat food that has simply stayed chilled beyond it.
  • Best before: a quality date; ask an adult to check the product and its storage.
  • Smell cannot make an out-of-date use-by food safe.
Reveal the model
What a good answer can look likeDo not eat it. Tell the adult; normal smell does not change the use-by warning.
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You Do · practiseBUILD · Week 3

Find it on Label A

  • Ingredients include cream (MILK).
  • Use by 8 October 2026. Refrigerate at 5°C or below.
  • After opening: use within 24 hours and before the end of the use-by date.
Reveal the model
What a good answer can look likeUse within 24 hours and before the end of the use-by date. Follow whichever deadline comes first.
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We Do · think togetherBUILD · Week 3

Date and storage detectives

  • Case 1: chilled soup is past its use-by date.
  • Case 2: dry crackers are past their best-before date.
  • Case 3: soup was left warm overnight before its use-by date.
Reveal the model
What a good answer can look likeCase 3. The storage instructions were not followed. Stop and tell the adult.
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I Do · learn and modelBUILD · Week 3

Compare the same measure

  • Soup A: salt 0.60g per 100g. Soup B: salt 0.30g per 100g.
  • Both packs contain 400g. A costs £1.20; B costs £1.00.
  • Read the units. This comparison does not settle allergy suitability.
Reveal the model
What a good answer can look likeB: 0.30g per 100g is less than A: 0.60g per 100g. B is also 20p cheaper for the same pack mass.
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ReviewBUILD · Week 3

Read, compare, ask

  • Find one ingredient warning and the storage instruction.
  • Compare salt using per 100g on both labels.
  • Tell the adult about “may contain”, unclear information or a storage problem.
Reveal the model
What a good answer can look likeNo. It says “May contain CELERY”. Stop and ask the responsible adult; do not select it for that person.
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Exit checkBUILD · Week 3

One label decision

  • A pot says “Use by yesterday”. It has only been kept chilled.
  • It looks and smells normal.
  • Choose an action, explain it and return the paper labels.
Reveal the model
What a good answer can look likeStop and tell an adult. It is past its use-by date; normal appearance or smell cannot establish safety.

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.