Eating the seasons

Children will investigate the idea of seasonality in food. They will use this knowledge to prepare a healthy, seasonal dish.

Teaching Outcomes
To explore and sort fruit and vegetables commonly eaten in great-grandparents’ era.
To sort British fruit and vegetables into the seasons in which they grow.
To make a seasonal soup or fruit salad.

Children will:

• Look at fruit and vegetables commonly eaten in the past and relate them to seasons.
• Sort seasonal food baskets for the UK into the correct season based on clues.
• Design and make a seasonal soup or fruit salad.

• Seasonal tree photos
• Seasonal fruit and vegetable charts
• British fruit and vegetable images
• Extract from Mrs Beeton’s 1909 Book of Household Management

You do not need any particular resources for this session.

Basic soup recipe from bbcgoodfood.com