“McDonalds Project”

What: To recognise that food has an ecological footprint. Who:- Group 4 Why:- Carmen’s Tutor Group/Life skills Group Ian’s English Group

The Group:- 8 boys and 2 girls 6 Year 11s, 4 Year 10s 3 SLD, 6 ASD & 1 PMLD 2 LSAs

What we did

Brainstorm activity Interactive game Powerpoint presentation Diamond ranking McDonalds visit Packaging exercise Source sale Food miles Quiz/Menu choices McDonalds website/videos Diamond ranking

Africa, Freezer, Wetherspoons, Italy, India, Mexico Spain, Ice Cream Van, Petrol Station, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Waterfields, UK, Shops, Frankie and Bennys, Domino’s Pizza, China, Pizza Hut, Thailand, Honduras, KFC, USA, Tesco’s Burger King, ASDA, Co-op, McDonalds, Morrisons Farm Foods, Costco, Germany, Subway, France Wales, Singapore, Costa Coffee, Safeway, Brazil, Somerfield, South America, Wilkinsons, New York Factories, Farmers, Farm Shops, Canada, Florida Malaysia, California, San Francisco, Ibiza, Hawaii Tahiti, Maldives, ALDI,LIDL Greggs (Pasty in a bag)

What we did next: Introduced the Project to the children using a Power Point Presentation: McDonald’s Project, Making the Right Choice.

Interactive game: Food Source Children played a game called Food Source in which they had to guess the places where food came from in the world.

EXAMPLE: Where do tomatoes come from? Click on the country. West Indies USA Argentina South Africa Spain New Zealand UK

Testing values and attitudes: Diamond ranking:

Life Skills Trip: Visit to McDonalds

Back in School: Children checked what was in the bags and looked at the packaging of their meals. They were surprised to see how much packaging one single meal contained and how much rubbish it had produced. Thank God most of it was recyclable!!!!!!

Food from source to sale Food Miles, what are they?

Food Miles (Interactive game) Choose a food/drink to find how far they have travelled Add up menu total for food miles of the meal

FOOD MILES GAME Team member’s names:- We chose the following menu and found out how many food miles each had travelled. Drink – Main course – Potatoes – Vegetables – Pudding – Food miles travelled –

Menu choices Tap water, Fizzy drink, Orange juice, Tea, Coffee Pizza, Shepherds pie, Cod in batter, Roast Lamb (New Zealand), Roast Lamb (local) Oven chips, Chips (from local potatoes), Baked Potatoes (local), Roast potatoes (frozen) Broccoli, Sprouts, Carrots, Cauliflower, Leeks, Baked beans Strawberries (all year round), Strawberries (local - summer only), Banana, Orange, Ice cream (local), Sponge cake

Team member’s names - What we have found out 1.How do we measure the distance our food has travelled? 2.What do we call what our McDonalds meal is wrapped in? 3.Is it better for the environment for us to buy lamb from New Zealand or from Wales? 4.Which travels further coffee or tap water? 5. What words describe food that is grown near to where we live?

McDonalds Website Objective:- To research where the food comes from in a McDonalds meal

Final Assessment : Diamond Ranking To see if the views of the pupils had changed To find this out we carried out the diamond ranking exercise again Did the project have any impact on children’s perceptions/views/choices