Food Technology

Subject Intent

Cooking meals from scratch is a life skill, we aim to equip pupils with the knowledge, understanding and skills required to cook and apply the principles of nutrition and healthy eating. If pupils learn to cook a variety of foods, they are more likely to make better food choices and understand healthy eating. Across the curriculum we aim to instil a love of cooking, one of the greatest expressions of human creativity.

Aims

Demonstrate effective and safe cooking skills by planning, preparing and cooking using a variety of food commodities, cooking techniques and equipment.

Develop knowledge and understanding of the functional properties of food groups.
Understand the relationship between diet, nutrition and health, including the physiological and psychological effects of poor diet and health.
Understand the economic, environmental, ethical and socio-cultural influences on food availability, production processes and diet and health choices.
Recognise the environmental impact of food production and farming practices.

Brief outline of work being studied by pupils in year 7, 8 & 9

To understand the basic skills and techniques required for cooking, following the eatwell guide.

Enable pupils to learn where food comes from, how to cook a range of dishes safely and hygienically and to apply their knowledge of healthy eating.

Year 7 Unit Titles	Year 8 Unit Titles	Year 9 Unit Titles
French toast Vegetable cous cous Bread rolls Pasta salad Wedges with a dip Spicy rice Vegetable stir fry Fairy cakes	Omelette Vegetable chow mein Bread based pizza Tomato and cheese pasta bake Parmentier potatoes Vegetable paella Vegetable masala Butterfly cakes	Frittata Sweet and sour vegetable noodles Garlic doughballs Mac n cheese Potato salad Spaghetti bolognaise Chicken curry Chilli con carne Cottage pie Shortcrust pastry pinwheels Swiss roll

Brief description of the departments homework policy for pupils in year 7, 8 & 9
Students are expected to a container for their food each lesson, basic ingredients are provided for all pupils. In addition they may bring in ingredients from home to enhance their dishes, details will be placed on Classcharts each week.
Year 7 Homework Tasks	Year 8 & 9 Homework Tasks
Key word research Knowledge organiser quiz Menu planning activity	Key word research Knowledge organiser quiz Menu planning activity Recipe research Food mileage activity Time plan for dish of choice for assessment