Description
The SS1 Food and Nutrition Scheme of Work 2026 is a classroom implementation guide for teachers who want the revised curriculum already arranged into a coherent weekly flow. The content here is specific to Food and Nutrition: representative areas include Introduction to Foods and Nutrition, Adequate Diet and Food Preparation: Storage and Preservation.
The scheme is strongly practical: knowledge is tied to healthy choices, safety, routines, demonstrations and skills that learners can practise and apply.
SS1 Food and Nutrition term-by-term coverage
First Term: Opens on Introduction to Foods and Nutrition, Introduction to Foods and Nutrition: Functions of Food in the Body, Introduction to Foods and Nutrition: Careers in Food and Nutrition, Concept of Food Nutrients: Sources of Food Nutrients, and Concept of Food Nutrients: Nutrient Deficiency and Excess Disorders.
Second Term: Moves into Local Nigerian Foods and Their Nutritive Values, Adequate Diet, Adequate Diet: Components of an Adequate Diet, Kitchen Tools / Utensils, and Equipment: Classification of Kitchen Tools/Utensils and Equipment, and Kitchen Tools / Utensils, and Equipment: Local Vs. Modern Kitchen Tools/Utensils and Equipment.
Third Term: Finishes with Food Preparation, Food Preparation: Storage and Preservation, Cooking Methods and Serving for Local Dishes, Cooking Methods and Serving for Local Dishes: Food Poisoning Due to Contamination), and Cooking Methods and Serving for Local Dishes: Minimising Food Waste During Preparation.
Curriculum themes: Food Nutrients for Healthy Living; Culinary Skills Development
What teachers get in this Food and Nutrition scheme
- First, Second and Third Term coverage organised into a coherent senior-secondary teaching sequence
- Curriculum themes translated into weekly content, competencies, skills and examinable objectives
- Practical, analytical or application-based activities where the subject requires them
- A planning structure suitable for teachers, heads of department, supervision and assessment
Use it when you need the SS1 Food and Nutrition scheme of work for First, Second or Third Term without piecing the year’s sequence together from separate curriculum pages.
Related HeadTeacher.ng resources: SS1 New National Curriculum PDFs • SS1 Biology Scheme of Work 2026 • SS1 Home Management Scheme of Work 2026
Developed and published by HeadTeacher.ng as a curriculum implementation resource for Nigeria’s revised curriculum.
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