Lesson Five – Picnic Lists

This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to investigate how to select and record lists of the different types of food and equipment that are needed for a family summer picnic.

The class can identify and describe the sequence of steps that need to be followed when preparing some of the different fillings to add a specific type of sandwich.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate how to select and record lists of the different types of food and equipment that are needed for a family summer picnic

Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to explain the sequence of steps that can be followed when making a sandwich for a picnic and a template to select and record some of the different foods that can be bought by a family for a summer picnic.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore and record lists of some of the special food and equipment that are needed for a summer picnic.

This lesson is part of a curriculum topic scheme of work to get the children to select, identify and prepare different types of foods for a picnic including sandwiches and fruit juice drinks by compiling shopping lists for a class outing. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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