Today we visited Tesco in Bathgate to learn about different foods and how they end up in our kitchens. We travelled on the bus to Bathgate then were met at Tesco by a lovely lady called Tracey. She took us up to the training room where we met Paul. We were given yellow bibs to wear and a hat with our names on them.

We then had to make sure we were quiet as we walked through the supermarket to the fruit and vegetable section with Paul.

Paul asked us lots of questions about fruit and veg – we learned that fruit have seeds and vegetables don’t, which means tomatoes and peppers are actually fruit! We had to split into teams and find a fruit or vegetable for each colour of the rainbow. We learned about some new fruit and vegetables, like aubergines.

We then got to try some fruit – some of which we had never had before. Max really liked the mango and Kayla liked the grapes!

After the fruit and veg section, we went to the fish section where we learned about some different kinds of fish that they sell in Tesco and even got to hold them! We saw mackerel, flatfish and squid.

We had a little break after the fish where we got a drink of water and a piece of fruit (healthy!). We then went with Tracey to the bakery. We learned about the ingredients needed to make bread (flour, yeast, water, sugar and salt) and saw the machines used to make bread and rolls.

We then added toppings to our own rolls – we could have tiger paste, sesame seeds, poppy seeds or cheese (or all of them together!).

We got to see the warehouse where all the food is kept before going onto the shelves – we even got to see in the back of a huge lorry! We then had to go into the fridge, which was really cold, and then the freezer which was even colder!

To finish the day, we got to taste lots of different cheese. We learned that cheese is made from milk, which turns into curds and whey before being squeezed together to make cheese.

We got to try cheddar cheese, smoked cheese and onion cheese. Payton loved the smoked cheese! We got to smell some blue cheese and only a few of us were brave enough to taste it – Callum was brave but didn’t like it!

We had a great day at Tesco and can’t wait to eat our rolls after school!