What’s new?

  • All lessons have been reviewed for content, currency, teaching methods, objectivity and inclusivity.
  • A number of lessons have been completely or partially replaced with new lessons. For example, there are several new themes, such as drinking water, food temptations and sustainable eating. There are also new cooking lessons for Grades 1 through 6, with recipes and videos from chefs Sandra Ysbrandy, Ramon Beuk and Maryam Shekoh.
  • There are additional optional activities that can also be carried out in small groups with a teaching assistant.

Overview of the new Smaaklessen

Below is an overview of the completely new lessons for each grade:

Grades 1–2

Drink your drink. About the importance of drinking water.

Grade 3

Cooking party: festive treats. About making new treats together.

Grade 4

Cooking party: the lunch menu. About making different dishes for lunch together.

Grade 5

Cooking party: Rainbow wrap. About making a wrap filled with Dutch vegetables together.

Grade 6

Tasting circuit with the Wheel of Five: About the Wheel of Five and nutrients.

Fair, sustainable or organic? About quality marks for organic products, animal welfare, fair trade and sustainability.

Cooking party: Sushi cups. About making sushi together in the shape of a cupcake.

Grade 7

Serve it up! About quantities from the Wheel of Five.

Cooking party: Olé Tabouleh. About making a bulgur salad together.

Grade 8

Food temptations. About the influence of the environment on your food choices.

How do you eat sustainably? About how to make sustainable food choices.

Cooking party: The Extraordinary Beanburger. About making a bean burger together.


Where can you find the new lessons?

A new lesson folder is available in the webshop. You can already order it as a pre-order. This means that the lesson folder will be sent to you in the first week of September! Just like the previous version, the lesson folder costs €75.00.

Pre-order the lesson folder

Smaaklessen is currently putting the finishing touches to the new worksheets and interactive whiteboard modules. After the summer, everything will be ready for the new school year!

View the lessons on Chef!

In the Smaakleskist, you will find all the materials you need to get started with Smaaklessen, such as paring knives, cutting boards, bowls, etc. These can also be found in the webshop.

View the Smaakleskist

P.S. The ‘old’ Smaaklessen will remain on Chef! until the end of the summer holidays. After that, they will be replaced by the new Smaaklessen.

About Smaaklessen

Smaaklessen is a proven-effective, officially recognised teaching package. Smaaklessen was developed by Wageningen University & Research and is supported by the Netherlands Nutrition Centre, the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, and the Food Education Platform. Smaaklessen is part of Healthy School. The RIVM recognises Smaaklessen as an effective intervention.