Assembly: Growing food

Teacher notes

**Lyfta core themes:** Health and Wellbeing, Learning and Growth, Natural Environment, Professions and Entrepreneurship. **Lyfta core skills and values**: Active Citizenship and Political Awareness, Coaching and Mentoring, Collaboration and Teamwork, Creativity and Innovation, Design Thinking, Environment and Sustainability, Healthy Living, Intercultural Competence, Lifelong Learning, Practical Life Skills, Respect, Responsibility and Accountability, Work Ethic. **SDGs:** 1,2,3,11,12,13,15. **National Curriculum Objectives:** KS2 Science - to explore examples of positive human impact on environments (using Kihamba/ natural farming) KS2 Geography Describe and understand key aspects of: - physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes - human geography, including: types of settlement and land use... the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water. KS2 Citizenship - to think about the lives of people living in other places and times, and people with different values and customs - that differences and similarities between people arise from a number of factors, including cultural, ethnic, racial and religious diversity, gender and disability - that resources can be allocated in different ways and that these economic choices affect individuals, communities and the sustainability of the environment. KS2 PSHE L4. the importance of having compassion towards others; shared responsibilities we all have for caring for other people and living things; how to show care and concern for others L5. ways of carrying out shared responsibilities for protecting the environment in school and at home. KS3 PSHE H17. the role of a balanced diet as part of a healthy lifestyle H18. what might influence decisions about eating a balanced diet and strategies to manage eating choices KS2/3 Design Technology: Cooking and Nutrition - to understand the source, seasonality and characteristics of a broad range of ingredients.