Cooking and Nutrition
Year 6 - DT - Summer 1
Year 6 - DT - Summer 1
Year 6 Cafe/Enterprise Project - design and create a sweet item
Design
• Design a cake adaptation for an audience other than themselves (adult cafe customer).
Make
• Make and decorate cake from children’s own design in preparation for their cafe project, thinking about their target audience.
Evaluate
• Deliver cakes to adults around the school for feedback.
• Discuss the comments received from their target audience for their cake design and make decisions on final products based on this.
Technical Knowledge
• To adapt an existing recipe.
• Decorating skills.
• Presenting food in a consistent and aesthetically pleasing way.
• Use of all food tech equipment with adult supervision.
• To run a class cafe considering costings and customer satisfaction in the Summer term.
Customer satisfaction
Feedback
Adapt and adjust
Consistency
Aesthetically pleasing
Presentation
Costings
Budget
In Key Stage 2, the children complete two 'Cooking and Nutrition' units per academic year.
In Year 5, the children designed and made rocks cakes, biscuits and pizzas. They learnt about food hygiene, food packaging and the different ways food can be cooked as well as kneading dough.