Food and The Human Body

We made all sorts of dishes; some plates had chicken, salad and baked potatoes. This plate was made at the Rip Hopper restaurant. It was very healthy and more a nouvelle cuisine dish. Very posh!

This term we have been learning about what our bodies need in order to stay healthy and strong. We now understand that we are supposed to eat lots of grains, cereals and pasta. These foods give us the most energy. We also know that we need to eat lots of vegetables and fruit, as they give us all the vitamins we need. Milk and dairy products give us calcium and make our bones, nails and hair strong and healthy. Meat and fish give us plenty of protein. As for sweets and fatty foods, we are only allowed to eat a small amount of these, as they are not very good for us at all!
We made our very own pizza at Pizza Express. One each! We found it difficult to flatten the dough. The chef made it look so easy! We had to choose our toppings and then wait anxiously for our delectable pizzas.


   


In pairs, we designed our own healthy menus. We taste-tested various foods and used adjectives to describe the food such as: chunky, delectable, delicious, mouth-watering, scrumptious, tantalising and bud-tickling. Then we decided the food we would like to put on our menus. When all the menus were complete, we made the meal ourselves and enjoyed eating it. It was great fun. All the meals were really healthy and tasted great.

We went on another trip to the National Gallery and looked at some beautiful paintings that had food in them. We realised that there is more to a painting than just a picture and, if you look closely enough, there is always more that you haven’t noticed at first glance.

This inspired us to draw and paint our very own pictures. We really had to think about proportions and where the light shone on the fruit! We have produced some excellent work.

This is one of our fabulous drawings of fruit. We used pastels on black paper. When we had finished drawing our pictures, we got to eat the fruit. Yum!