Technology: Food & Nutrition
Subject Leader: Miss T Baldry
The Cooking and Nutrition course at KS3 will teach students how to cook and apply principles of nutrition and healthy eating allowing them to instil a love of cooking. Learning how to cook is a crucial life skill that enables pupils to feed themselves and others affordably now and later in life.
Key Stage 3
Year 7 – Students will begin to develop basic skills and learn about health and safety, knife safety, weighing and measuring, parts of the cooker, food provenance and the importance of the Eatwell guide. They will start looking at sensory analysis of foods, how to adapt recipes while developing mostly savoury dishes while developing their cooking knowledge and skills.
Year 8 – Students will build upon their skills developed in Year 7. They will learn how to store, prepare and cook high risk foods, the importance of nutrition, hydration, food provenance, special dietary requirements and raising agents. They will continue to develop recipes considering specific dietary requirements while developing practical skills
Year 9 – Students will build upon their skills and knowledge developed in Year 7 and 8. They will investigate cultural and specific dietary requirements while developing a range of products and skills.
Key Stage 4
This GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition course is an exciting and creative course which focuses on practical cooking skills to ensure students develop a thorough understanding of nutrition, food provenance and the working characteristics of food materials. At its heart, this qualification focuses on nurturing students’ practical cookery skills to give them a strong understanding of nutrition.
Food preparation skills are integrated into five core topics:
- Food, nutrition and health
- Food science
- Food safety
- Food choice
- Food provenance.
What can I do with a Food Preparation and Nutrition qualification?
Successful completion of this qualification could lead to a number of possibilities. There are many local colleges that provide advanced qualifications in food, catering and hospitality e.g. apprenticeships and level 1 to 3 courses.
You could progress into careers such as a chef, dietetics, health and social care, food technologist, nursing, food production and manufacture, nutritionist, hospitality, food product development and child care.