Yes Peas!
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Contents
 Page 2: Competition Information
 Page 3-4: Making peas educational for children
 Page 5: Teacher’s notes
 Page 6: A year in peas - from field to fork
 Page 7-14 : Reci-pea ideas
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Competition Information:
How to get involved
The Yes Peas! campaign, run by the British Growers Association, has joined forces with
Waitrose, to launch Britain’s Young Pea Chef of the Year 2015. We are on the hunt for
aspiring young chefs to create a delicious dish using Britain’s favourite vegetable, the pea!
The competition aims to inspire young people to think creatively about cooking using healthy
and nutritional ingredients.
Join us on our nationwide hunt for Britain’s next Young Pea Chef of the Year. We are
challenging Britain’s little ones to come up with healthy and exciting new reci-peas, using
Britain’s favourite family vegetable, the pea! If you think you have a budding young chef in
your class who could be the next Jamie Oliver, send us their reci-pea to be in with a chance
of winning £500 worth of cookery equipment from Waitrose.
Whether it’s a simple starter, hearty main or a wacky dessert, we’re looking for children
(under 12) to send us their pea-fect (see what we did there?!) recipe creations. You can be
as adventurous as you like, the only thing we ask is that the Great British Pea is the star of
the dish!
Entries must include a brief list of ingredients, cooking method and a photo or video of the
aspiring young pea chef with their completed recipe. You can submit your entry by email to
[email protected] or by post to: Yes Peas, Hatch Communications, Wharfebank
House, Wharfebank Business Centre, Ilkley Road, Otley, Leeds, LS21 3JP.
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Making peas educational for children:
Topics and tasks
1. The importance of farming / growing
We’ve created the attached PowerPoint presentation packed full of fun facts about
peas – which help children to learn about the importance of growing peas to the
British farming industry and how peas travel from field to plate. Other tasks might be:
Observe a seed sprouting - have the children plant his or her pea seed in a clear plastic
cup or jar stuffed with damp paper towels. Place the seed between the side of the cup and
the paper towel so they can see it from the outside of the cup. Remind your child to check on
the progress of the seed every day, and add water if the paper towel is getting dry. Students
can track their pea’s growth with a pea diary! Draw a picture of the changing seed each day,
or take photographs of the seed.
What do peas need? Experiment with the elements - once they have several pea seedlings
planted in pots, they can give one of them both water and sunlight, one just sun, and one
only water. Ask them to observe what happens after a couple of days and draw a picture of
the results.
Measuring practice - Your student can also get some measuring practice in while you are
growing pea seeds. As the plant grows, have them measure how tall it is with a ruler and
record the results in their pea diary. Take them home and plant them in the garden.
2. Learn about nutrition
Peas are a source of vitamins and nutrients, important for growth and building a strong
immune system. The majority of peas produced within the UK are frozen within 150 minutes
of being picked which means that nutrients are locked in at the height of freshness. During
harvesting time, big harvesting machines known as viners work together like a military
operation to get peas from field to freezer as quickly as possible. The PowerPoint resource
includes a number of nutritional facts.
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Persuasive letter writing activity – encourage your pupils to write a letter persuading
classmates to eat their 5 a day and the importance of eating fruit and vegetables as part of a
balanced diet. Use information from the PowerPoint to explain how good it is for you, how it
is grown, and tastes etc.
3. Developing a healthy recipe to enter into Young Pea Chef of the Year
Follow our top tips for getting started (enclosed) and consider including the below
exercises:
Maths - as a numeracy activity, give your class a list of priced ingredients for an
example reci-pea (including peas), and ask them to work out how much it would cost
to make.
Group work - put your class into pairs or small groups and challenge them to think of
an exciting and healthy reci-pea as a practice run for the competition
with a minimum of 5 ingredients, one of which is peas. To encourage
your class offer awards for lowest cost, most creative, and healthiest.
Peas in the Pod craft - let your class get crafty and make their own
pea card! Perhaps the children could write the cards to their family or
guardians telling them all they have learned about peas!
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Top tips on getting started:
Here’s how your class can approach the YesPeas! challenge
1. Ask your class to make a list of their favourite foods
2. Have a look on our website, where we have a huge bank of recipes for ideas on how
to incorporate peas with your favourites - www.peas.org.uk
*Can either add peas to your favourite dish e.g. macaroni and cheese,
http://www.peas.org/recipes/recipe/pea-bacon-and-mustard-macaroni-cheese/
*OR replace the key ingredient with peas e.g. swap the beans on your toast for peas,
http://www.peas.org/recipes/recipe/peas-on-toast/
3. Ask your class to go home and have a rummage in their cupboards with their parents
for ideas and to see if there are any ingredients they could use
4. Write a shopping list for the recipe
5. When writing the list, discuss the nutritional side of cooking. Make sure that the
children have a list of ingredients that will make a balanced meal
6. Suggest your class visit the supermarket with their parents to buy the ingredients tell them not to be afraid to change their recipe if they see something they want to
include!
7. Under adult supervision, try out the recipe
8. Taste test! Ask classmates to give feedback.
9. After they have tried their reci-pea, ask your class to think about any changes they
would like to make to improve their meal or what they would have done differently.
10. Submit a photograph of the finished masterpiece and your recipe via
www.youngpeachef.co.uk.
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