Recipes

Year 5 students are given an engaging task to apply their planning and mathematical skills by creating a roast dinner work plan. Teachers provide recipe cards for various roasts and accompanying dishes, instructing students to select one type of roast and three additional items to prepare a meal. The key challenge is for the students to carefully calculate the cooking times for each chosen item, ensuring all components of the dinner are perfectly timed to be ready simultaneously. This exercise not only encourages time management but also introduces students to the practical application of addition and multiplication in a real-life scenario.

The recipe cards include a variety of roasts such as chicken, turkey, pork, beef, and lamb, each with specific cooking times based on their weight. For instance, a 4kg roast chicken requires 20 minutes of cooking time per kilogram plus an additional 20 minutes. The students must use these details to determine the total cooking time for their selected roast. Accompaniments like roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, gravy, and a range of vegetables with varying cooking times are also provided. By combining these elements and working backwards from the designated meal completion time, students devise a comprehensive work plan to ensure each dish is ready to serve for a perfectly timed roast dinner.