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Home Economics With modern rooms and 2 specialist Food and Nutrition teachers, we pride ourselves in enabling students to make informed choices when choosing a balanced diet. Students from Year 5 upwards have Food Technology lessons, developing a wide range of practical skills and competence with technical equipment. An understanding of nutrition is paramount in today’s society with diet related diseases increasing at an alarming rate and this forms the core of our programmes of study. Most of all, students love to cook. They gain confidence and pride from their practical results and may go on to careers in food related university courses.Year 7: ‘The Balanced plate’ focusing on nutrition and attaining competence with basic cookery skills. This includes adapting recipes in line with current government guidelines with students making dishes such as banana squares, herby Bolognese, fresh fruit tropical salad and scones. Year 8: Micro-organisms ~ ‘Friend or Foe’! ~ using yeast to make bread and pizza, yoghurt, cheese and the place of friendly cultures in today’s diet. Safe food handling and an understanding of HACCP completes the course. Year 9: Changing consumer trends, incorporating convenience foods and smart starches into practical work, a cultural investigation and research into the role of iron and calcium in teenage diets, All work is supported by practical dishes relating to the topic. |
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