Food and Nutrition

Food and Nutrition operates as a distinct department within Design. Students in years 6 - 8 attend on a rotation basis, thus receiving a good grounding in both theoretical and practical aspects.

These include nutrition, safety, hygiene, ingredients, technique, equipment and creativity.

11 weeks are spent doing so in years 6 and 7, and 8 weeks during year 8. It's an option in Year 9 and for IGCSE (Cambridge International). The GCSE is studied over 2 years.

Staff

Mrs Rebecca Pole, B.Sc. (Sheffield Hallam) Miss Katie Campbell, B.A. (Nottingham Trent), Head of Design and Technology Mr Nathan Grimadell, B.Sc. (Derby), Head of Year 7

Lower School

	Topics	Practicals
Year 6	Hygiene and Safety Healthy eating & food choice Fod labelling Weighting & Measuring Use of the cooker and equipment	Hot Milk Drinks Sweet and Sour Noodles Fruit Salad Apple Crumble Mini Pizzas Chocolate tiffin
Year 7	Health and safety Food spoilage The eat well guide Fibre in the diet Sugar in the diet and tooth decay Fats in the diet	Fruity flapjacks Scones Soup Asian slaw salad Pepperoni pasta Carrot cakes Chicken Jalfrezi Chocolate chip cookies Pizza pinwheels
Year 8	Raising agents Sensory Analysis Additives Preservation	Paella Lime and Mascarpone cheesecake Pizza A 'fakeaway' dish

Topics

Practicals

Year 6

Hygiene and Safety
Healthy eating & food choice
Fod labelling
Weighting & Measuring

Use of the cooker and equipment

Hot Milk Drinks
Sweet and Sour Noodles
Fruit Salad
Apple Crumble
Mini Pizzas

Chocolate tiffin

Year 7

Health and safety

Food spoilage
The eat well guide
Fibre in the diet
Sugar in the diet and tooth decay
Fats in the diet

Fruity flapjacks

Scones

Soup

Asian slaw salad

Pepperoni pasta

Carrot cakes

Chicken Jalfrezi

Chocolate chip cookies

Pizza pinwheels

Year 8

Raising agents

Sensory Analysis
Additives
Preservation

Paella
Lime and Mascarpone cheesecake
Pizza

A 'fakeaway' dish

Year 9

Pupils have one double lesson per week.

Topics

Nutrients
Fibre & water in the diet
Food related health conditions
Eggs
Sauce making
Food labelling
Afternoon tea topic (including the theory of breadmaking, pastry and cakes)
The science of cooking

Practical lessons cover a variety of dishes which relate to the theory lessons.

GCSE

Pupils study the Cambridge IGCSE in Food and Nutrition.

The aims of this syllabus describe the educational purposes of a course in food and nutrition for the Cambridge IGCSE exam.

The aims are to:

Develop candidates' understanding of nutrition and health problems associated with diet;
Develop candidates' understanding of eating patterns and dietary needs both for people of different ages and for differing groups within society;
Develop candidates' interest in the creative side and enjoyment of food and the skills necessary for food preparation and food preservation;
Develop candidates' understanding and awareness of how socio-economic factors affect diet;
Encourage candidates to develop aesthetic and social sensitivity to dietary patterns;
Develop candidates' food-related knowledge and skills so that they can organise and manage family resources effectively according to the needs and lifestyles of family members;
Develop candidates' ability to make informed judgements and choices about the use of food available to the family unit in everyday life;
For the Cambridge IGCSE Food and Nutrition, candidates take two compulsory components:

Paper 1 Theory and Paper 2 Practical Test.

Written paper consisting of short-answer questions, structured questions and open-ended essay questions.

100 marks
50% of total marks

Candidates have a Planning Session of 1 hour 30 minutes one week before the Practical Test of 2 hours and 30 minutes.

At the start of the Planning Session, candidates are given their allocated test question (as detailed in the Confidential Instructions) and three preparation sheets. At the end of the Planning Session, all three preparation sheets are returned to the Practical Examiner. At the start of the Practical Test the preparation sheets are returned to the candidate.

100 marks
50% of total marks

Trips

Dairy Farm Trip (Year 10)

The pupils visit a dairy farm in Somerby, Leicestershire.

They see how a dairy farm runs including visiting a milking parlour and a trailer ride to see the cows! They learn about milk and cheese production which links in to the topic on food commodities for GCSE.