Design Technology – Focaccia (Lower Key Stage 2)

This unit of work forms part of the Primary Design Technology scheme of work which features over 60 units of work designed to deliver outstanding outcomes for primary school children in design technology. Each unit contains lesson slides for each session, downloadable resources, planning and a knowledge organiser. Comprehensive medium-term planning includes

• Unit overview and sequence of learning
• Prior learning needed and links to other curriculum areas
• Learning statements (from our curriculum pathway document)
• List of resources and background information to support teaching and learning
• Key vocabulary for the unit of work
• Teaching activities (investigative and focus tasks)
• Teaching activities (designing and making)
• Advice for challenge and support strategies
• Assessment indicators that children are keeping up with the curriculum

Accompanying this unit is further information about the scheme of work and the progression chart and vocabulary list used when creating the scheme of work.

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Design Brief: Design and make Italian Focaccia to share with friends

Sequence of Learning for Teachers

In this unit of work children learn how to make a focaccia bread product that can be used as part of a shared meal. They investigate a range of bread products from around the world and have the opportunity to taste test some breads that can be bought locally in a bakery then recording their results using a taste test recording sheet. Children learn how to follow a basic bread recipe, about the action of yeast and the importance of kneading bread. Using this knowledge, they adapt this recipe and add other ingredients to create their own focaccia bread product which is shaped to make it suitable to be shared. The completed product is taste tested and evaluated.

Sequence of Learning for Teachers

1. Investigate 1 – Breads from Around the World & Investigate 2 -Investigating Breads
2. Focus Task 1 – Baking Bread
3. Investigate 3 – What is Focaccia? & Focus Task 2 – Shaping Dough
4. Design and Make: Bread Designing
5. Design and Make: Making Focaccia
6. Evaluation: Evaluating the Product

Some activities / sessions can be re-arranged or delivered in different ways in the learning sequence to allow for whole-class teaching and/or small adult-led sessions to take place at the same time.