Lesson Six – Class Picnic

This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to practise selecting and preparing some different foods to get ready for a summer picnic when following matching sets of instructions.

The class can identify and describe some of the special foods that can be used to fill a sandwich for a summer picnic by listing matching vocabulary words and illustrations.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to practise selecting and preparing some different foods to get ready for a summer picnic when following matching sets of instructions

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 foods that they can use in a picnic sandwich.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to prepare some different foods when following sets of instructions to get ready for a 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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