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Home Economics

Home Economics at Nendrum College

Time allocation per week at KS3: 1hour 45mins

Theory and practical cookery lessons on alternative weeks.

Key Stage 3

Topics include:

Year 8:
                   Hygiene
                   Equipment
                   Cookers
                   First aid
                   Food storage

Year 9:
                   Weighing and measuring
                   Dietary goals
                   Importance of breakfast
                   Healthy lunch boxes

Traditional foods

Year 10:
The eatwell guide and 8 Tips for eating well

Nutrients

Diet related disorders

                   Connected learning with Maths, French and P.E
                   Roles and responsibilities in the family including RRSA Article 5

Assessment

Continuious assessment through common assessment tasks, self/peer assessment, winter and summer examinations.

GCSE Home Economics: Child Development

GCSE Home Economics

This subject is practical preparation for living in a contemporary, changing and multi-cultural society.

Further study of this subject is designed to give you the opportunity to extend and apply your skills, knowledge and understanding of food and nutrition within a variety of contexts, building on your work undertaken during Key Stage 3 Home Economics.

This GCSE will provide opportunities for you to develop your practical skills and to manage a range of resources in order to develop food items which are suited to the needs of individuals or families, and to recognise the influence of current trends, the market economy and technological change.

What will I study and how will I be assessed

Unit 1

“Diet and Health and Consumer Awareness”

Theory Work

40%
towards GCSE

1 hour 30 minute written exam paper

Short answer, structured and extended writing questions.

Unit 2

“Diet and Health”

Practical Task

40%
towards GCSE

Controlled Assessment Task

Unit 3

“Consumer Awareness”

Research Task

20%
towards GCSE

Controlled Assessment Task