Design Technology - Food/Textiles
Key Stage 3 Food Technology
Year 7
The girls will gain knowledge about the correct use of equipment, hygiene, safety, the nutritional value of food and the need for our bodies to stay healthy. They will learn to cook a variety of dishes, such as fresh fruit salad, crumble, sweet and savoury scones and pizza.
Year 8
The girls will look at food presentation and the reasons behind it. They will gain knowledge about the requirements of packaging and labelling food, product development and cooking methods. Practical skills are also further developed and include soup making, healthy snacks, developing sauces and making their own pasta product.
Year 9
The girls will look at different methods of research and develop their own questionnaire in order to design and make a bread product. They will learn how to develop and modify recipes and understand the importance of healthy eating, particularly 5-a day. The practical work focuses on bread making, pastry making and developing 5-a-day recipes.
Key Stage 3 Textiles
Year 7
The girls will learn how to use the textile equipment safely and correctly and how to use the electric sewing machine. They will learn about the original properties of fabrics. The practical work involves designing and making a cushion which includes an example of both hand and machine appliqué.
Year 8
The girls will review the correct use of equipment and sewing machine within the Textiles room. They will gain knowledge about the different ways of decorating fabric including embroidery, quilting, appliqué, fabric painting, block printing, stencilling and tie dye, which will lead on to designing and making a decorative patchwork bag.
Year 9
The girls will review the correct use of equipment and sewing machines within the Textiles room. Skills are further extended by learning how to use a commercial pattern. This involves pattern laying and cutting out skills, successfully analysing symbols and instructions in order to make a fleece hat and scarf.
Key Stage 4
AQA GCSE: 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. 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.
GCSE Results
We are proud of our Food Technology GCSE results which are as follows:
2007: 87.5% A*/A Grades
2008: 90% A*/A Grades
Key Stage 5
The specification has been designed to encourage candidates to take a broad view of Design and Technology, and food science and nutrition, to develop their capacity to design and make products and to appreciate the complex relations between design, materials, manufacture and marketing.
AS consists of two units:
Unit 1 – Materials, Components and Application.
Unit 1 is a two hour written examination worth 50% of the total AS marks (25% of the total A Level marks).
Unit 2 – Learning Through Designing and Making
Unit 2 is the coursework component worth 50% of the total AS marks (25%of the total A Level marks). The coursework should consist of approximately 50 hours work and may take the form of a single design and make project, two smaller projects or a portfolio of work.
Unit 3 – Design and Manufacturing
Unit 3 is a two hour examination worth 25% of the A Level marks. This written paper is a synoptic assessment to test the candidates’ understanding of the connection between the different elements of the subject and their holistic understanding of the subject.
Unit 4 – Design and Making Practice
Unit 4 is the A2 coursework component worth 25% of the A Level marks and should consist of approximately 60 hours work in the form of a single designing and making activity.
Links to Future Careers
A Level Food technology links to a range of careers including Teaching, Food Product Design, Food Marketing, Food Nutrition and Health, Dietician, Food Science and Technology, Biochemistry.