Food Technology

Food Technology is a national curriculum subject and is taught throughout key stages 2 and 3 and offered as a GCSE option at North Hill House. The designing and making in Food Technology is an important part of the national curriculum, and a great emphasis is made on the practical nature of the subject and developing key life skills, such as budgeting, planning and cooking.Pupils learn to make both sweet and savoury products and progressively develop their skills to be able to plan and make dishes that can be eaten as a main meal.

At Key stage 2 students explore modules in healthy eating and sandwich snacks, making a variety of sweet and savoury products.

At Key stage 3 students build upon skills learnt in key stage 2. " In year 7 pupils investigate different combinations of ingredients to design and make their own soups. They also cover modules in smoothie making, edible casings and a 'Ready, Steady, Cook' module, where they can select from a range of ingredients and processes to design and make their own products. " In year 8 pupils undertake a module whereby they explore the properties of different ingredients and understand the processes involved in the making of various products. They also cover a module in pasta production, where they make a variety a pasta dishes as well as learning how to make their own home-made pasta. " In year 9 pupils investigate special diets, including gluten free, coeliac, lactose free and weight reducing diets. They also make batches of bread in the bread module, and research Mexico, India, China and Morocco for the international food scheme of work. "

The GCSE course revisits and builds upon skills learnt in KS3 as well as developing new skills. A coursework portfolio is produced based upon a design idea that is developed over the two year course.