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    	  Celebrate everyone's contribution in preparing the meal (e.g. 'Thanks Harry for laying the table, Thanks Polly for chopping the vegetables' see how many thanks you can give (farmers, sun) | 
		
		
		
          
            
            
             
            
            
            
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    	  Take turns serving food to each other and saying 'Please' and 'Thank you'. | 
		
		
		
          
            
            
             
            
            
            
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    	  Sing a song before a meal, which appreciates the food we are about to eat. | 
		
		
		
          
            
            
             
            
            
            
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    	  Identify common vegetables and fruits. | 
		
		
		
          
            
            
             
            
            
            
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    	  Learn that all food has to be grown and prepared for us to eat it. | 
		
		
		
          
            
            
             
            
            
            
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    	  Notice the differences in taste, colour and texture between boiling, steaming, frying and baking the same vegetable. | 
		
		
		
          
            
            
             
            
            
            
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    	  Notice how long it takes for vegetables to grow - make a growth chart and record daily observations. | 
		
		
		
          
            
            
             
            
            
            
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    	  Plant a garden that will provide all of the vegetables needed to prepare a special meal (which the children cook) for parents some weeks later. | 
		
		
		
          
            
            
             
            
            
            
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    	  Cook following a traditional local recipe (from hundreds of years ago- before supermarkets and global trade - using only locally sourced ingredients. | 
		
		
		
          
            
            
             
            
            
            
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    	  Prepare a meal to serve to someone in the community who is hungry (homeless, in poverty) - process the experience together afterwards, and talk about how it made you feel. |