Design and Technology
1. Keeping Safe		 Back

 

 

Teacher's notes

  • Guidelines to make the kitchen a safe place should include:
  • Children should always be accompanied by an adult when working in the kitchen and should know basic first aid.
  • Sharp knives and other kitchen utensils - children should be shown how to use them safely (blades to face downwards, cut onto a clean, firm surface, fingers to be kept out of the way).
  • Ovens and cookers - children need to recognise the dangers from burning and scalding and know to use oven gloves.
  • Hot liquids and objects - children should know not to attempt to carry hot liquids.
  • Electricity and wet hands - children need to know that they should always dry their hands before touching an electrical switch in order to avoid electrocution.
  • Cleaning materials - chemicals in cleaning products can be dangerous. They should be kept out of reach of young children.
  • Wet floors - they need to know that wet floors can cause people to slip and hurt themsleves and that spills should be wiped up immediately.
  • Food safety and hygiene - children need to be taught about the importance of hygienic food preparation procedures;
  • Buying food - check that perishable food has not started to decay, ensure that tins and packaged foods are not damaged. Check 'use by' and 'best before' dates. Make sure that any foods that were stored in the fridge or freezer cabinets in the shop are not left out in the warm for more than 90 minutes after buying them.
  • Keep the kitchen clean - make sure that all work surfaces, utensils, towels and clothes
    are kept clean. Keep rubbish bins covered and keep pets out of the kitchen.
  • Personal hygiene - wash your hands, don't cough or sneeze over food, cover any cuts and sores.
  • Preparing food - wash cutting boards and utensils before using them for different foods, don't let raw food come into contact with cooked food.
  • Cooking food - cook food thoroughly, eat immediately or cool rapidly and cover, don’t refrigerate food until it is cool, don't reheat cooked foods more than once and make sure reheated food is heated through thoroughly.
 

D&T: 2f

Ask the children to identify some of the risks that exist in the kitchen and tell them to write a series of guidelines that can be used to help make the kitchen a safe place.

Design a poster or game explaining the rules of food hygiene.

Show the children safe ways to use kitchen utensils and give them the opportunity to practice these methods. Tell them to write or draw a list of instructions showing the safe way to;

  • chop an onion
  • grate a carrot
  • open a can of peaches.

Ask the children to use the safe procedures information to explain what should be done in these situations;

  • Demet is making a carrot cake and has accidentally dropped a plate of washed carrots.
    Some fall straight into her rubbish bin (which has a broken lid), others fall onto the floor.
    What should she do?
  • Sadiq has bought some ice cream and fish fingers. On his way home from the shop, his friends ask him to stop and play football with them. What should he do?
  • Eva cuts her hand on the lid of a can whilst she is making a fruit salad. What should she do?
  • Joel has cut up some raw chicken portions and put them into a baking dish. He now needs to cut up some pieces of fruit for a salad. What should he do?
 


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