Jamie Oliver is a famous British chef, who has also had much cooking television success. He is particularly known for his long-term aim to spread delicious and nutritious food to everyone.
In 2005, he started the «Feed Me Better» campaign after discovering that many schools were serving unhealthy, processed food (like the infamous Turkey Twizzlers). Thanks to his campaign, the government introduced new nutritional standards for school lunches.
More than twenty years later, Jamie Oliver is still working to make school food even better. He is campaigning for new rules to make sure school breakfast clubs serve healthy meals instead of sugary snacks. He also believes that learning to cook is an essential life skill, so his team created a free programme called 10 Skills to teach children how to prepare simple, healthy and budget-friendly meals. Every year, he also recognises schools that promote healthy eating through the Jamie Oliver Good School Food Awards.
ACTIVITY 1
Listen to your partner question
Tell your partner what you can see in the pictures 
You could structure your answer by comparing the two pictures and use some specific vocabulary around cooking and classes to build your answer
You can develop your answer by using a modal verb and the past or future tense to say what you think may have happened before or after the picture was taken
You could structure your answer by comparing the two pictures and use some specific vocabulary around cooking and classes to build your answer
You can develop your answer by using a modal verb and the past or future tense to say what you think may have happened before or after the picture was taken
ACTIVITY 2
Listen to your partner’s question
Give your opinion on Jamie Oliver’s campaign
ACTIVITY 3
Listen to your partner’s questions
And explain if the school lunches in your country tend to be healthy
Expand your response describing a typical menu and explaining if there are various options to choose from (and in that case if there are any vegetarian or vegan options).
Expand your response describing a typical menu and explaining if there are various options to choose from (and in that case if there are any vegetarian or vegan options).
ACTIVITY 4
Ask your partner:
Is it common to be vegetarian in your country?
Do you have any friends who are vegetarian or follow any other types of diet?
Do you have any friends who are vegetarian or follow any other types of diet?
ACTIVITY 5
Listen to your partner’s questions
And tell them if you return home for lunch or go out of school with friends to eat
If you can go home expand your response explaining who cooks, and what you usually eat
If you go out with friends, explain where you go and what you eat
If you can go home expand your response explaining who cooks, and what you usually eat
If you go out with friends, explain where you go and what you eat
ACTIVITY 6
Listen to the question.
And say if you can bring your lunch from home
Expand your answer by explaining the type of food that is prepared in your home to bring to school, school trips or on holiday
Expand your answer by explaining the type of food that is prepared in your home to bring to school, school trips or on holiday
ACTIVITY 7
Listen to the question.
Explain whether you agree that learning to cook is an essential life skill and say why
You could add complexity to your answer by including the future tense and / or use a modal verb to express a possibility or obligation
You could add complexity to your answer by including the future tense and / or use a modal verb to express a possibility or obligation
ACTIVITY 8
You can improvise a discussion on the recipes you can cook or would like to cook
Try to use interesting adjectives to build your answer when describing food you like to cook
Try to use interesting adjectives to build your answer when describing food you like to cook
One of the UK’s most successful healthy eating campaigns is 5 A Day, launched in 2003. It encourages people to eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables every day, following advice from the World Health Organization. Almost 90% of people in the UK have heard of the campaign.
However, it has also been criticised. Some supermarkets disagree about what counts as one portion, and some food companies claim that processed products count towards your 5 A Day, even when they contain added sugar, salt or fat. In addition, a study by University College London suggested that eating up to ten portions of fruit and vegetables a day may provide even greater health benefits.
ACTIVITY 9
Listen to your partner’s question.
Give your opinion on the 5 a day campaign, mentioning the advantages and disadvantages
ACTIVITY 10
Listen to your partner’s question.
And explain if the health authorities in your country have any similar campaigns.
Then ask your partner if he/she eats five portions of fruit and vegetables each day.
Then ask your partner if he/she eats five portions of fruit and vegetables each day.
ACTIVITY 11
Listen to the question.
Say whether you knew the expression «one apple a day keeps the doctor away» and give your opinion about it.
ACTIVITY 12
Listen to your partner’s question.
Say whether in your language there are any proverbs related to a healthy lifestyle
Expand your answer by mentioning some of your favourite proverbs in general