What is Food Technology?
Design and Technology is all about having ideas and developing them – designing useful things, creating them and then trying them out. There are lots of different ways of making things, from cooking to woodwork, building to sewing. So what is Food Technology?
Below see tips and tricks to support your children learning how to cook and bake at home. Included are some links and videos to watch to learn how to cook certain recipes as well as learning certain techniques.
Macmillan Coffee Afternoon
This year for Macmillan we will be hosting a cake sale after school on Friday 26th September 2025.
We have attached some ideas of how you can use fruits and vegetables in your bakes below.
There are also recipes linked to countries in Europe as we celebrate European Day of Languages on the same day!
We welcome any donations of cakes and biscuits for the bake sale and look forward to seeing you there!
Cooking at home
Are you interested in baking and cooking at home?
It is very important that children understand the principles of a healthy and varied diet.
From the true colour of carrots to how to spot the difference between kinds of cows, why onions make us cry to the magic behind growing straight cucumbers, Stefan Gates reveals where our food comes from and how it is made. These clips are taken from the BBC series ‘The Secret Life of Our Favourite Dishes.’
There are 5 different favourite recipes included in the series:-
– Chicken Curry
-Fish and Chips
– Salad
-Shepherds Pie
-Spaghetti Bolognese
Below see other links of how you can begin cooking or baking at home with your children. Skills learned through cooking can support other areas of development such as counting, weighing, designing and reading.
New Skills
Preparing food is a perfect activity for children and cooking fresh, nutritious food is an important life skill. Therefore it is important that children are taught a range of cooking skills with increasing competence such as cutting, grating, peeling, arranging and cracking.
Skills snippets videos
An expert team of food teachers developed these Skills Snippets to make teaching cooking skills easier. If children grasp basic skills (e.g. using knives, peeling, grating) then they have a toolbox for life.
Bridge Technique
The bridge technique is a safe way of teaching children to cut something in half. Here’s how to do it, click the icon to go to the bridge snippet video.
The Claw
The claw technique is a safe way of teaching children how to slice ingredients. Here’s how to do it, click the icon to go to the claw snippet video.
Peeling
Let’s look at how to teach children to peel fruit and vegetables safely. Click the icon to go to the peel snippet video.
Grating
Let’s look at how to teach children to grate ingredients safely and effectively. Click the icon to go to the grate snippet video.
Which 2D shapes can you make?
How many different arrays can you make?
Kids’ Cooking Recipes
Get fussy little eaters into the kitchen and turn them into little chefs with our easy and fun cooking projects. They’ll love tasting their handiwork, too! Click on the icon to explore the 67 recipes.
Recipes for Kids
Looking for recipes to help your child learn how to cook? Or are you a mini master-chef looking for the next challenge? We’ve got loads of easy recipes to try, from pitta pizzas to chocolate cupcakes. Click on the icon to explore some more recipes from BBC Food.
Countryside Kitchen
Here you can find a wealth of free, downloadable resources to help with teaching and learning at home on the themes of food, farming and the natural environment. We have resources for all ages, on a wide range of topics, and for use indoors or outdoors. Click on the icon to find out more about food, farming and the natural environment.
Food Technology at Holbeach Primary Academy
We all need to eat food. Where does food come from? What different types of food are there? What are good things to eat? These are questions that children from EYFS to Year 6 explore throughout topic days, our Design and Technology curriculum, our Science curriculum and PSHE topics throughout the year.