I’m a qualified secondary teacher specialising in Food Prep & Nutrition and DT, with a background in graphic design. I create structured, student-tested resources that support both pupils and non-specialist teachers through clear, engaging visuals and curriculum-aligned content.
I’m a qualified secondary teacher specialising in Food Prep & Nutrition and DT, with a background in graphic design. I create structured, student-tested resources that support both pupils and non-specialist teachers through clear, engaging visuals and curriculum-aligned content.
Editable scaffolded NEA2 PowerPoint template to guide students through planning, costing, photos, and evaluation for OCR GCSE Food Prep and Nutrition.
What is this resource?
This is a fully editable PowerPoint template designed to support students through the planning, preparation, and evaluation stages of NEA2 for OCR GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition.
It includes clear scaffolding to help students break down the task, organise their research, plan their dishes, and present their practical outcomes confidently.
What’s included?
Planning slides with sentence starters and guidance
Mind map and research structure
Dish selection and justification templates
Costing tables and portion analysis
Time plan with H&S, equipment and control points
Photographic evidence planner with caption prompts
Evaluation and analysis writing frames
Bibliography and student checklist
Important
Yellow slides and sentence starters are for planning only
Clear reminders are included: scaffolding must be removed before submission
Students must write their final work in their own words to comply with OCR and JCQ regulations
Who is it for?
Food tech teachers delivering OCR GCSE NEA2
Departments supporting students who need help with organisation
Those looking for a consistent and compliant framework for coursework
Why this resource?
Supports independent thinking while offering structured guidance
Saves planning time for teachers
Helps ensure all assessment objectives are covered
Editable and adaptable to different briefs
Format
PowerPoint (.pptx) file fully editable in A4 Landscape
Can be used digitally or printed
Includes visual tips on layout, design, and presentation
This resource was developed by a qualified teacher using AI-assisted planning to support curriculum design and save time in the classroom. It has been fully reviewed, customised, and tested with real learners. Author is a qualified Design and Technology teacher with a specialism in Food and Nutrition.
A vibrant, structured zine exploring the Eatwell Guide, nutrients, and lunchbox planning for KS3. Designed for teacher-led delivery. Ideal for creative, curriculum-aligned Food & Nutrition lessons.
This engaging, zine-style Food & Nutrition resource supports teacher-led lessons on healthy eating, balanced diets, and nutrition for Key Stage 3.
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Please note
This isn’t a standalone worksheet pack, it’s a classroom resource best used with guided delivery, questioning, and discussion. **
Each section includes structured tasks that build students’ understanding of the Eatwell Guide, macronutrients, meal balance, and cost-effective lunchbox planning.
The format is lively and visual, but still grounded in curriculum objectives – ideal for students who enjoy creativity while learning key nutritional concepts.
Although designed by a subject specialist, non-specialists can deliver this resource successfully by pairing it with BBC Bitesize articles and short videos, which reinforce key knowledge throughout.
What’s Included?
Printable/digital A4 zine booklet (PowerPoint format for easy customisation)
Fully illustrated tasks and scaffolded writing prompts
Real-world scenario: students design a lunchbox for a Year 7 girl based on taste preferences, cost, and energy needs
Quizzes and comic-based activities to reinforce key knowledge in fun ways
Lunchbox analysis task with Eatwell Guide links and nutrient breakdown
Use It For:
Core Food & Nutrition lessons (teacher-led)
Double lessons or split into chunks across a scheme
Project-based learning
Prep for food science practicals or written tasks
Cover lessons (you need to add teacher instructions and give access to BBC Bitesize)
Contents
The Eatwell Guide Label,:annotate, group discussion
Colourful Nutrition Drawing: food group exploration
What’s Missing? Meal evaluation and completion task
Why Is a Balanced Diet Important? Scaffolded short writing task
Quiz Time : 15-question assessment/recap
Food Hero vs Junk Food Villain: 4-panel comic story – creative thinking
Crossword: Key vocabulary consolidation
Meet Ella (Scenario): Reading for detail, brief analysis
Lunchbox Planning: Meal planning with cost and nutrition
Analysing Lunchbox Foods: Nutrient and food group breakdown
The Perfect Lunchbox: Final draw/label/explain + reflection
Key Topics Covered
Eatwell Guide and food groups
Macronutrients and micronutrients
Balanced meal planning
Portion size and energy needs
Cost-effective healthy eating
Scenario-based reasoning
Comic and visual storytelling in food education
Recommended Pairing
Use with BBC Bitesize KS3 Food and Nutrition pages for:
Food group explanations
Interactive quizzes
Nutrient information
Balanced diet videos
Created by:
This KS3 Food & Nutrition Zine Bundle brings together five high-quality resources designed to make nutrition education fun, engaging, and meaningful for students. Created by a specialist Food teacher, each zine-style booklet blends curriculum-aligned content with visual, student-friendly activities that encourage independent thinking, creativity, and application of knowledge.
Perfect for use across the year or as a themed series, the bundle includes:
Included in This Bundle:
The Eatwell Guide Zine
Label, explore, and apply the Eatwell Guide with practical meal design, food hero comics, and lunchbox planning challenges. No practicals in this zine.
Health & Safety Zine
Covers kitchen hygiene, safe knife skills, personal hygiene, and behaviour expectations. Great for setting routines early in the year.
Recipe is for Couscous Salad
– Used for knife skills practice (claw and bridge hold)
Nutrition Zine
Clear breakdown of macronutrients and micronutrients, with creative activities, short explanations, and colourful food challenges.
Recipes are Cheese Scones
– Used to teach the rubbing-in method
– Linked to fat content and energy
and Bean Chilli
– Highlights plant-based protein (kidney beans)
Energy & Food Labels Zine
Students learn how to read nutritional labels, understand energy needs, and evaluate how food choices impact their body and mind.
Recipes are for Flapjacks
– Used for evaluating ingredients, fat and sugar content
– Ideal for nutrition analysis or adaptation tasks
and Savoury Pinwheels
– Practical recipe suitable for group work or skill rotation
– Can be linked to dough handling, flavour balance, and presentation
Weekly Food Tech Certificates
Editable, zine-style reward certificates focused on professionalism and teamwork – perfect for weekly recognition in practical lessons.
Why You’ll Love This Bundle:
Teacher-led and student-tested
Designed by a specialist Food teacher
High engagement and positive student feedback
Visual, clear layouts to support all learners
Easy to adapt for non-specialists using BBC Bitesize
Use these zines for core lessons, cover work, independent tasks, or revision. Whether you’re building a new KS3 scheme or enriching an existing one, this bundle gives you everything you need to deliver engaging, structured, and practical food education.
A 16-page printable KS3 Food & Nutrition zine exploring nutrients through two accessible recipes. Includes recap tasks, assessments, sensory analysis, and skill checklists. Supplied in both PDF and fully editable PowerPoint formats. Designed in black and white for student colouring. Classroom tested with strong engagement.
This 16-page A4 black-and-white zine introduces students to macronutrients and micronutrients, linking nutrition theory directly to two practical cooking tasks: cheese scones and bean chilli. Designed for KS3 Food lessons, the zine includes recap sheets, self-assessments, kitchen skill checklists, and visual tools to support learning across different ability levels.
The resource has been tested in the classroom with excellent student engagement. Every page is black and white, making it suitable for photocopying or colouring in, and supplied as both a fully editable PowerPoint file and print-ready PDF.
Key Features:
What’s Included:
16-page A4 printable zine
Macronutrient & micronutrient theory with visuals and examples
Two complete recipes (Cheese Scones and Bean Chilli) with method, equipment, and nutritional analysis
Peer/self-assessment grids and improvement prompts
Kitchen skills checklists
Sensory evaluation activities
Starter recap pages for classroom or homework use
Designed to be coloured in by students (black and white layout)
Contents
Cover page: Nutrients zine title
Intro: What nutrients are and why we need them
Macro vs Micro Nutrients: Simple overview
Macronutrient summary: Carbs, protein, fat
Nutrient hand activity: Label five fingers with nutrients
What is a nutrient?: Recap and definition
Function focus: Carbs, protein, fat explained
Reflection activity: “I think I’m important because...”
Cheese scone recipe: Method and ingredients
Equipment match-up: Identify tools and uses
Nutrition notes: Balanced diet and Eatwell Guide links
Kitchen skills checklist: Safe, hygienic food prep
Assessment: Peer/self marking and improvement
Descriptive word bank: Texture, taste, appearance, smell
Sensory analysis prompts: What went well / what to improve
Superpower activity: Macronutrients in ingredients
Micronutrient introduction: Vitamins, minerals, water
Micronutrient overview: Expanded nutrient info
Vitamin focus: What they do and where they come from
Vitamins topic starter
Bean chilli recipe: Method and ingredients
Equipment overview: Prep tools and usage
Knife safety reminder: Bridge hold / claw grip
Kitchen skills checklist: Chilli-specific prep and safety
Nutrition analysis: Ingredient-by-ingredient breakdown
Capsaicin fact box: Why chilli feels hot
Ingredient match activity: “Who am I?”
Recap: Starter or revision task Macronutrients
Recap: Starter or revision task Mcronutrients
A fun, student-friendly 18-page zine for lower KS3 Food & Nutrition, exploring energy needs and food labelling through practical tasks and creative thinking. Includes 2 simple recipes, an adaptation challenge, assessments, and label-reading activities. Designed to be printed and filled in by hand, ideal for colouring or printing on coloured paper. Fully editable, tested in the classroom with strong engagement. Created to support teaching, and theory elements are suitable for non-specialists with guidance.
Please note: This is not a full lesson or scheme of work.
It is a support resource, designed to be used alongside teaching.
With clear teacher guidance, the non-cooking theory elements can be delivered by a non-specialist.
This 18-page A4 zine supports students in exploring energy requirements, nutrition through life stages, and how to read food labels. It links theory to practice with two simple, affordable recipes: flapjacks and savoury pinwheels.
Students complete a range of engaging tasks: reflecting on their own energy needs, adapting a recipe to explore sugar and fat content, identifying hidden ingredients, and decoding the traffic light system. Illustrations of people have been thoughtfully chosen to reflect ethnic diversity and promote representation.
What’s Included:
18-page black-and-white zine (editable PowerPoint + print-ready PDF)
Designed for student annotation and colouring, or to print on coloured paper
Two recipe-linked practicals:
Flapjacks: includes an ingredient adaptation activity (students change sugar/fat levels and evaluate the outcome)
Savoury Pinwheels: supports learning about fat, labels, and food swaps
Recap questions, redrafting tasks, and structured self-assessment
Traffic light labelling worksheets, hidden sugar/fat activities
Designed to fit teacher-led lessons or homework extensions
Skills Developed:
Understanding energy needs for different ages and life stages
Applying nutrition knowledge to real-world food choices
Adapting recipes and evaluating texture, flavour, and presentation
Developing food label literacy using the traffic light system
Improving descriptive language through sensory analysis
Practising safe and independent cooking with structured support
Created by:
A qualified Food Technology teacher with KS3/KS4 experience. Layout supported by AI-assisted design tools, with content tested and refined through classroom use. Works best when used alongside your teaching or with trusted video resources like BBC Bitesize.
A 10-page printable KS3 zine introducing kitchen safety, hygiene, and knife skills through hands-on tasks and reflective activities. Includes a couscous salad recipe, step-by-step guides, and assessments. Fully editable (PowerPoint + PDF), designed for younger KS3 students. Print-friendly and classroom tested.
Please note
This is not a complete lesson or standalone scheme it’s a support resource to use alongside teaching. With clear guidance, the non-cooking elements can be delivered by a non-specialist.
This 10-page A4 zine introduces essential kitchen safety, hygiene rules, and knife skills for KS3 students. It blends practical learning with fun, accessible design; ideal as a starter resource for Year 7 or for any group needing a reset on safe kitchen routines.
It includes a simple couscous salad recipe to build skills like boiling water in a kettle, chopping vegetables using correct grips, and working cleanly and safely in pairs or small teams.
What’s Included:
10-page zine in fully editable PowerPoint and print-ready PDF
Designed to be printed and filled in by hand, students can colour it in or use coloured paper
Step-by-step visuals and prompts covering:
Personal hygiene rules
Spotting kitchen hazards
Knife safety (including bridge and claw grips)
Cleaning up correctly
Practising teamwork in the kitchen
Student-friendly couscous salad recipe using basic equipment
Reflections, assessments, and redrafting prompts to embed learning
Skills Developed:
Recognising risks and preventing accidents in a food room
Understanding hygiene routines and food safety
Using knives safely with correct grips (bridge and claw)
Practising accurate vegetable preparation using basic knife cuts
Working as a team and keeping a tidy, efficient kitchen space
Reflecting on practical work and improving through redrafting
Created by:
A qualified Food & Nutrition teacher with KS3 and KS4 experience. Layout and visual style supported by AI-assisted design tools. This resource has been classroom tested with strong student engagement.
Print-and-go, fully editable
Street Food Mini NEA2 Template: GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition (Practice Project)
This scaffolded and fully editable PowerPoint guides students through a complete NEA2-style project, using the engaging brief of designing street food for teenagers. Ideal for Year 10 learners as a confidence-building preparation task for the real NEA2.
Includes:
Fully editable PowerPoint format
PDF version included for easy printing or online use
A completed example project to model expectations and show students what a strong response looks like
Scaffolded slides for research, planning, costing, time plans, photo evidence, and evaluation
Sentence starters, writing frames, and supportive structure throughout
Student-friendly layout and clear visual guidance
This practice project has been classroom-tested: students were highly engaged and made excellent progress across all ability levels.
Written by a qualified Food teacher: created to build confidence with structured support while clearly showing the path toward independent work in Year 11.
Note: I used AI tools to help polish layout and phrasing, but all content is my own and has been tailored and tested in real teaching settings.
GCSE Food NEA2 Practice + Scaffolded Project | Year 10 + Year 11 OCR Bundle
This three-resource bundle supports students at different stages of the OCR GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition NEA2 journey. Perfect for building confidence, developing structure, and guiding students toward independent success.
Included in this bundle:
Year 10 Street Food Mini NEA2 Practice Project
A scaffolded, student-friendly PowerPoint project using a street food brief. Ideal for Year 10s to build confidence before the real NEA2.
Includes:
Fully editable slides + printable PDF version
Exemplar project for modelling high-quality work
Scaffolded prompts for research, planning, costing, time plans, practical evidence and evaluation
Clear layout and sentence starters to support all learners
Tested in real classrooms with strong engagement
Year 11 NEA2 Editable Scaffold Template
A complete PowerPoint framework for supporting OCR NEA2 delivery from start to finish.
Includes:
Fully editable planning slides with sentence starters and visual guidance
Dish planning, costing, time plans, photography planner, evaluation, and checklist
Structured support that encourages independence and meets all AOs
Clear compliance reminders: scaffold must be removed for final submission
Why choose this bundle?
Saves teachers time with ready-to-go, editable resources
Provides consistent support across Year 10 and Year 11
Engages students while scaffolding complex tasks
Fully classroom-tested and adaptable
Written by a qualified Food teacher with experience delivering OCR Food Prep and Nutrition and supporting mixed-ability classes.
Layout and phrasing refined using AI tools to save time, all content has been teacher-developed, classroom-tested, and tailored to meet real student needs.
Support inclusive teaching with this clear, student-friendly guide to special diets, allergies, and religious food rules, designed for KS2 and KS3 learners.
This resource covers medical, ethical, and religious dietary needs with accessible explanations, colourful character illustrations, and practical classroom tools.
This resource is fully editable, allowing you to customise text, visuals, or layout to suit your students’ needs or local curriculum.
What’s included:
Can / Can’t Eat tables for quick reference
Dietary overviews for allergies, coeliac, diabetes, lactose intolerance, and more
Key information on vegetarian, vegan, and eco-friendly diets
Religion-based food rules (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, etc.)
Kawaii-style posters to support empathy and engagement
Features:
Christian Diet
Hindu Diet
Buddhist Diet
Sikh Diet
Islamic (Halal) Diet
Jewish (Kosher) Diet
Vegetarian Diet
Vegan Diet
Eco-Friendly Diet
Coeliac Disease (Gluten-Free)
Diabetes
Lactose Intolerance
Low Salt
Low Fat
Allergies
Perfect for use in Food and Nutrition, PSHE, RE, or Healthy Eating lessons.
Created by a specialist Food & DT teacher. Tried and tested with real students.
About This Resource:
This resource was developed by a qualified Food & Design Technology teacher using a blend of professional expertise and AI-assisted design tools. Content has been carefully reviewed, adapted, and tested for classroom use to ensure clarity, inclusivity, and student engagement.
AI was used to support illustration and formatting: every element has been curated with care to meet the needs of real learners.
Celebrate effort, teamwork, and practical excellence in your KS3 Food Tech lessons with these printable A4 certificates!
These two bold, zine-style certificates are designed to engage students and support positive classroom culture. They’re perfect for:
Rewarding outstanding cooking, teamwork, or attitude
Aligning with your existing behaviour policy
Creating a moment of pride in weekly lessons or end-of-project reflections
Includes:
Fully editable A4 PDFs and JPEGs
Black-and-white artwork designed to be coloured in by students or printed on coloured paper
Two awards: Star Chef (for skill and care) and Team Star (for teamwork and positivity)
Editable so you can change the award title and the wording underneath.
Tested in the classroom with strong student engagement and easy integration into regular routines.
Created by a fully qualified Food Tech teacher using classroom experience and AI-assisted design tools to streamline layout and visual impact.
Part of a growing set of zine-inspired KS3 resources: check out the full Food Heroes Nutrition Zine for linked learning.
Free to download and ready to use, please leave a review if you like them.
Food Tech Award Certificates – Star Chef & Top Cook
Brighten up your Food Tech classroom with these fun, student-friendly award certificates! Perfect for celebrating effort, progress, and safe working in practical lessons, these two editable certificates: Star Chef and Top Cook are designed with a cheerful kawaii fruit-and-veg border on a clean layout that leaves plenty of space for writing student names and dates.
All text is editable in the Powerpoint version
What’s included:
2 printable certificates ( as PDF and Powerpoint)
Positive wording encouraging safe, skilled kitchen work
Two wording levels: one formal, one simplified that are editable
Kawaii design featuring smiling ingredients and a cheerful layout
Perfect for:
End-of-term celebrations
Rewarding effort and safe working in practical lessons
Class displays or take-home awards
Created by a qualified Food & DT teacher and tested with real students, these certificates are a light-hearted way to celebrate your learners’ efforts while reinforcing good Food Tech habits. Illustrations were created with the help of AI image tools and edited for classroom use.
These worksheets introduce KS3 students to macro and micro nutrients through a fun, accessible activity featuring cartoon nutrient superheroes. Students are prompted to think about why each nutrient is important and write short explanations based on class discussion.
Designed to be teacher-led, this resource works best when the teacher talks students through each nutrient, helping them link the cartoon characters to their real-life functions. It pairs well with BBC Bitesize resources to reinforce learning.
Created by a specialist Food teacher, with illustrations generated using AI tools, this worksheet is a free sample from a 16-page KS3 Food & Nutrition printable zine. The full zine explores nutrients through two accessible recipes – cheese scones and bean chilli – and includes recap tasks, assessments, sensory analysis, and kitchen skill checklists. Supplied in both editable PowerPoint and print-ready PDF formats, all in black and white for easy photocopying or student colouring.
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Classroom tested with strong engagement. Ideal for busy Food teachers looking for flexible, student-friendly resources.
This engaging lesson asks students to design six different pizza slices: one for themselves and five for people with special dietary needs. It helps learners explore how to adapt recipes so that everyone can enjoy the same meal, no matter their dietary restrictions or beliefs. This is my go-to cover lesson and I’ve used it for years 7, 8 and 9 many times. It has good engagement, there are great opportunities for discussion (pineapple on pizza, yes or no?) and you can end up with colourful, student created artwork to hang on your walls.
In this lesson, students will:
Watch a short video on special diets (Or use the printed alternative if screens are not available)
Research five different dietary needs (e.g. vegan, halal, coeliac)
Complete a simple comparison table to explore what people can and can’t eat
Design six pizza slices, drawing toppings and writing short explanations
Use clear visual guides to help draw realistic pizza toppings
Consider inclusivity, allergies, religion, ethics, and health in food choices
Tried and tested in the classroom
Designed by a qualified Food Tech teacher
Works brilliantly as a cover lesson
Flexible format, can be taught with videos and slides, or using printed resources only
Relevant videos embedded and linked in the PDF
Pairs perfectly with my Understanding Dietary Needs resource (also available as a bundle)
Includes printable drawing templates and simple ingredient illustrations
Note: Some images in this resource were created with the help of AI tools and adapted for classroom use.
Teach students how to adapt meals for different dietary needs – with creativity, empathy, and clarity.
This bundle includes three flexible, engaging resources to support lessons on special diets, nutrition, and inclusive food choices:
Included Resources:
Pizza Party: Adapting a Recipe for Special Dietary Needs
A creative task where students design six inclusive pizza slices for different needs using templates, videos, and illustrations.
Understanding Dietary Needs: Overview Pack
Clear, student-friendly overviews of common dietary requirements (e.g. vegetarian, halal, gluten-free), with posters, “can/can’t eat” tables, and illustrated characters.
Design a Pizza: Cut-and-Create Extension Worksheet
A fun, hands-on activity where students design pizza slices using cut-out toppings or by drawing their own, ideal for consolidation or homework.
Perfect For:
KS2 and KS3 Food Tech or PSHE lessons
Creative, inclusive thinking around food
Cover lessons, homework, or early finisher tasks
Created by a qualified Food Tech teacher
All resources tested in real classrooms
Includes Bblack-and-white, print-friendly resources
AI-generated images for visual clarity
A flexible Food & PSHE resource to explore toppings, nutrition, and dietary needs.
This printable worksheet lets students design a six-slice pizza using 14 labelled toppings (cut, colour, stick), or by drawing their own. It supports discussion around food choices, special diets, and inclusivity.
Perfect as:
An extension to Pizza Party: Adapting a Recipe for Dietary Needs
A standalone Food or PSHE task
Creative homework or early finisher activity
How to Use:
Design slices for different dietary needs (e.g. vegetarian, halal, nut-free)
Link to nutrition: use the Eatwell Guide to build a balanced pizza
Encourage creativity: colour or draw your own toppings
Pair work or display activity with written explanations
Curriculum Links:
KS2 and KS3 Food: nutrition, adapting dishes, ingredient knowledge
PSHE: empathy, diversity, informed food choices
Details:
Made by a qualified Food Tech teacher
Tested in real KS2 & KS3 classrooms
AI-generated images for clarity
Black and white, easy to print and photocopy
Pairs perfectly with Pizza Party or works alone to support food, health, and inclusion topics.