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Each student rotates through each area of Technology participating in each subject area to complete both written and practical work.
Year 7
The students will learn to cook a variety of dishes:- fresh fruit salad, pasta sauce, sweet or savoury crumble, scones, pizza whirls.
The students will learn about the nutritional value of food, the job of nutrients in the body and the need for our bodies to stay healthy.
Year 8
The students will look at food presentation and the reasons behind it.
Students will look at staple foods in the counties they come from. They will see how staple foods are processed and used in cookery.
They will look at the law and the requirements of packaging and labelling food as well as the different types of packaging.
Year 9
The students will be reintroduced to the food technology room and review the use of different equipment and the safety and hygiene rules.
The students will take part in a design and make project looking at designing a new novelty biscuit.
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AQA GCSE: Design and Technology: Food Technology
Aim
To encourage candidates to demonstrate fully their design and technology capability which requires them to combine skills with knowledge and understanding in order to design and make quality products in food.
Assessment
The course comprises of an external exam that has 40% of the final mark. The paper is for two hours duration for foundation tier and two and a half hours duration for higher tier.
A coursework project lasting 40 hours absorbs 60% of the marks. The coursework project is internally assessed and externally moderated.
Both written and practical work has to be shown within the coursework project.
Units
The course is presented under the following areas of study:-
Food Materials & Components
Food Product Design, Development & Market Influence
Food Processes & Product Manufacture.