Scottish teaching tools
Resources developed to help teachers in Scotland enable young people to learn how to choose, cook and eat safe healthy food.
You will find materials, advice and suggestions designed to engage young people's interest in healthy food choices, keeping active and increasing fruit and veg consumption. Plus there is information on how these materials fit with the school curriculum.
There are details on how to go about setting up your own after-school cooking club as well as links to advice on healthy eating for children and young people.
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Dish it up
Dish it up is an interactive CD-ROM developed to help teachers make learning about food fun for young people (11 to 12 years). Informed by pupils’ feedback, the resource brings the subject of food and making healthier food choices to life in an enjoyable and fun way.
Food and cookery clubs
'What's cooking?' is a practical guide to setting up and running community and school food clubs. It's aimed at anyone who would like to help young people choose, cook and eat safe, healthy food.
Food competences for young people
Food competences can help young people to choose, cook and eat safe healthy food. The food competences are set out as a framework of core skills and knowledge for children and young people. This helps to set out the essential building blocks so that schools and community-based organisations can provide young people with a consistent set of food skills and knowledge.
Food route: a journey through food
'Food route: a journey through food' is a range of colourful age-appropriate resources designed and developed to enable young people to gain food-related skills and knowledge.