Food Technology
Learning Objective
Showing school groups food processes in action
The food industry is both enormous and very complex. Beyond supermarket shopping with their parents and getting lunch from the school canteen each day, younger children often have a limited understanding of where their food comes from and how it gets to the table.
As part of the National Curriculum Design and Technology guidelines, junior school children at Key Stage 2 are expected to be learning about healthy eating through diet and nutrition, the seasonality of food, plus the basic processes involved in producing and manufacturing. Children will do much of this as classroom work, but the benefits of being able to take them on a trip to see part of the food industry in action, are difficult to ignore.
Discover school visit opportunities covering topics such as manufacturing, the sourcing of ingredients, food safety, global food networks, plus packaging and labelling. We have a number of farm based trips where your students can see first hand many aspects of a working farm. Science linked trips where they can further their knowledge of manufacturing processes and product development. Plus history themed trips that look at international cuisine and our changing tastes as nation.
For KS4 and KS5 students, food technology trips may focus around careers in food, looking at the types of work they can go into, from import and distribution through to hospitality and catering. Human beings are not going to stop consuming food any time soon, so the food industry will be an attractive career option for many.
The Food Museum
School Trip East of England
Subjects: Farm, Food, History, Victorian, SEN
At the Food Museum we help people learn more about food. Where it comes from, how it’s made, the role it’s played down the centuries in shaping how we live our lives.
The Food Museum
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Food school trips and workshops
South West
Braeside Residential Adventure Centre
Our Food for Thought programme considers where food comes from and sets a budget for students to visit the local market, buy food and cook a meal for themselves. Focuses on budgeting skills, cookery skills, and sustainability. They will then have an indoor or outdoor cookery session in small groups to...
in-school workshop
Chocolate Collective
We can look at the components of chocolate from bean to bar. The tempering process of chocolate and why this plays a key element to chocolate production. Flavoring chocolates and what can and can't be used.
Wales
Adventure Day Trips
Our interactive and engaging sessions will explore food literacy, food citizenship and food systems change, enabling learners to gain a holistic understanding of the importance of a resilient, thriving and circular food system as well as the challenges and issues facing the food system. With trips...
East of England
The Food Museum
Pupils will gain understanding of how wheat grows, how wheat plants are processed into grain and then flour. Students will undertake a bread-making activity that culminates in their bread being baked on our wood fired oven. The learning session begins with your students making dough from freshly milled...
in-school workshop
Chocolate Tasting Workshop
Chocolate is one of our favourite foods but not necessarily a healthy one. We learn how to taste chocolate like a chocolate judge and learn to enjoy the flavours in what we are eating. We also get to eat some of the best chocolate in the world! We learn where this food comes from and how it is made....
in-school workshop
Classroom Kitchen
Check out our cooking and nutrition curriculum sessions to get your whole school cooking. Led by fully qualified primary teachers, we bring all of the equipment, ingredients and resources to get your school cooking. We also have topic themed cooking days and seasonal specials to enhance your current...
North West
Leighton Hall
In the Food for Thought workshop, children explore the fruit and vegetables in Leighton’s kitchen garden. They'll learn where real food comes from, how we grow it, and changing tastes through time. Later there's a supervised foraging walk, discovering the delights of edibles / how to avoid non-edibles,...
London & South East
Day Visits
We work closely with our neighbouring farm to provide tractor trailer tours, learning where food comes from including meat and grain and the challenges faced between protecting the environment with rewilding and running as a commercial business. At the centre students also have the opportunity to do...
London & South East
Residentials
We work closely with our neighbouring farm to provide tractor trailer tours, learning where food comes from including meat and grain and the challenges faced between protecting the environment with rewilding and running as a commercial business. At the centre students also have the opportunity to do...
London & South East
Day Trips at Bore Place
When students visit Bore Place, there is a spotlight on where food comes from. Explore our organic dairy farm and market garden to see how milk and vegetables are produced and grown. If you are interested in cooking, we are able to offer indoor and outdoor cooking experiences, using ingredients grown...
London & South East
Farm Visit
In our schools garden we look at how food can be grown from a tiny seed to a fruit. Or if you are more interested in our pigs, cows or sheep we can talk to your class about responsible and fair farming practices.
in-school workshop
Green Shoots and Healthy Living
As a class we discover how far food travels by tracing the journeys of different varieties of fruit and vegetables. We discuss how food is grown, the benefits of fresh food and the responsibility we all share to reduce the huge amount of packaging and food thrown away every day. This workshop is completed...
East of England
CYMs Basecamp - Suffolk
One of the activities that can be offer, includes cooking on an open fire using different techniques. We encourage creativity in using different flavour combinations to come up with something unique and original. We cook bread on a stick and cakes in oranges, inspired by forest school style cooking....
West Midlands
Cadbury World
Bean to Bar Key stage 1 & 2 talk Discover the origins of the cocoa bean as well as the chocolate making processes we use today with a fascinating visit to Cadbury World, linked to Key Stage 1 and 2 topics, Nutrition, Scrumdiddlyumptious and IPC Chocolate topic. Get hands on with real Ghanaian...
London & South East
Residential Trips at Bore Place
When students visit Bore Place they will learn about where food comes from, especially dairy and vegetable farming. Students will have the opportunity to take part in indoor and outdoor cooking activities, with a focus on healthy eating and sustainability.
New Educational Programmes at Cotswold Farm Park
Beth, the new education officer at Adam Henson's Cotswold Farm Park, shares exciting changes that are happening at the farm this year.
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Organic Farming and Healthy Eating at Bore Place
Bore Place in Kent use the national curriculum to teach school groups about organic farming, food chains and learning outside the classroom.
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Outdoor Education at Bore Place
Fantastic venue to get your pupils outdoors learning about the countryside, food, farming and the environment
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