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Licence to Cook Case Studies: Health and Safety

These case studies from Licence to Cook provide examples of activities and worksheets developed by lead practitioners to support the teaching of health and safety in food technology.

Safety and equipment is an example of a short worksheet for Year Seven students covering how to use a cooker safely

Hygiene and safety is an activity which asks students to consider the importance of personal hygiene, how food should be stored safe temperatures for food

Dishwasher and washing up gives an example of a word search activity

Abbreviations and oven temperatures is an example of a worksheet that could be used to look at the different ways of expressing oven temperatures and quantities in recipes

Cooking safely quiz is a homework or revision task based on the Licence to Cook presentation Cooking Safely

Personal hygiene scenario plenary is a group work activity to accompany the personal hygiene Licence to Cook presentation and generate discussion on how food poisoning might occur

Cooking safely explained focuses on preparing, cooking, cooling and reheating food. The activity supports the Licence to Cook Cooking Safely presentation by providing extra information for each slide and asking students to develop a list of ‘safe food preparation rules’

Personal hygiene explained provides students with more information to support the Licence to Cook presentation on Personal Hygiene

Leftovers and food storage gives students tips on how to use left-over food, with pictures and captions showing how to store fruits, vegetables and herbs to avoid waste.

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