• What is the length of the perimeter of each cheese straw? [15cm]


• If I halved the width of the pastry (to 7cm x 21cm) but kept the length the same, what would the answers to all the questions above be?


• If I doubled the width of the pastry (28cm x 21cm) what would the answers to the questions be? GEOGRAPHY


ENGLAND Name and locate counties and cities of the United Kingdom, geographical regions and their identifying human and physical characteristics, key topographical features and land-use patterns; and understand how some of these aspects have changed over time


WALES Through the study of their own Welsh locality, the world beyond, different environments and events in the news, learners develop their understanding of what places are like and how and why they change.


SCOTLAND I can describe the major characteristic features of Scotland’s landscape and explain how these were formed. I am beginning to locate key features within Scotland, UK, Europe or the wider world. I can consider the advantages and disadvantages of a proposed land use development.


NORTHERN IRELAND An awareness of themselves and their place in the world, as well as of other places, cultures and the environment. Appreciating the range of cultures and traditions in other countries.


The cheese used in this recipe is Cheddar cheese. Undertake a class investigation into different cheeses, and ask the children why they think Cheddar Cheese is recommended for this recipe.


• You could limit the research choice to cheeses made in the UK – e.g. Cheshire, Wensleydale, Cheddar, Somerset Brie, Stilton, Double Gloucester, Lancashire – and get the children to locate where they originate on a map of the UK.


• As a homework task, ask the children – either online or when they are visiting local shops – to research other places in the UK where cheese is made. (Over seven hundred named cheeses are produced in the UK.)


• Ask them which cheese is the most local one to where they live. • Transfer all this information to a topographical and land-use map.


• Look at the principal cheese-producing regions and see how they are linked with lowland, dairy farming areas.


• Tell the children that this is because cheese is made from milk, produced by cows, which are better suited to the areas that produce most grass – the warmer, lowland areas.


• The website www.britishcheese.com has a great range of activities to support Geography for 9–10 year olds in relation to cheese.


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