What Do We Do?
Active Kids Get Cooking (Forms 1-3)
CIEH Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering (Form 3)
GCSE Home Economics
GCSE Home Economics: Child Development
CIEH Level 2 Award in Healthier Foods and Special Diets (Form 5)
AS Home Economics
A2 Home Economics
Home Economics help to develop life skills. All pupils in Form One and Form 2 study Key Stage 3 and may continue to select the subject in Form 3.
Pupils have opportunities to learn about Healthy Eating, Home and Family Life and Independent Living. They can develop practical skills in the safe, hygienic, healthy and creative use of food.
Pupils in Key Stage 3 are also provided with the opportunity to apply their food knowledge and cooking skills in the Active Kids Get Cooking Award Scheme.
Form 3 pupils study the Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering. On completion of the course they are entered for the CIEH examination.
Also in Form 3 we have participated in very successful visits to the Tayto factory at Tandragee. These allowed pupils to observe and appreciate the technologies involved in the manufacture of food products on a mass scale, and to be aware of the diversity of professional careers available in manufacturing, and in particular in the food industry.
GCSE Home Economics
The new specification for Home Economics allows pupils to progress from Key Stage 3 to A level Home Economics and other subject related courses. The specification is divided into three units.
Unit 1: Diet and Health and Consumer Awareness (40%).
Unit 2: Diet and Helath (controlled assessment 40%).
Unit 3: Consumer Awareness (controlled assessment 20%).
The course is assessed through one written paper and two controlled assessment tasks.
GCSE Home Economics: Child Development
GCSE Child Developement is assessed through four units.
Unit 1: Parenthood, Pregnancy and Childbirth (20%).
Unit 2: Child Development (0-5 years) (20%)
Unit 3: Investigation Task (40%)
Unit 4: Short Task (20%).
The course is assessed through two written papers and two controlled assessements tasks.
For a number of years now we have enjoyed a visit to the BBC Summer Good Food Show in Birmingham. This has given students the opportunity to see celebrity chefs in action, and discover and sample regional and seasonal produce.
AS/A2 Level
The GCE Specification consists of three modules and one piece of coursework.
Unit AS 1 – Nutrition for Optimal Health
Unit AS 2 – Priority Health Issues
Unit A2 1 – Consumer Issues
Unit A2 2 – Research Based Assignment (Coursework)
The AS course enables students to broaden their post -16 education. They are provided with a basis for progression to the full A level GCE. It also provides a good foundation for higher education courses in Home Economics and related subjects, and for a range of interesting careers such as teaching, dietetics, journalism, consumerism, social work, marketing, nutrition, environmental health and nursing.
