General Information
Home Economics aims to develop practical skills, and an awareness of hygiene and safety and to help pupils acquire organisational, problem solving and co-operative skills. It deals with healthy eating and nutrition as well as the origins of foodstuffs and developing food products.
Aims
- Home Economics aims to develop practical skills, and an awareness of hygiene and safety
- Pupils acquire organisational, problem solving and co-operative skills
- Healthy eating and nutrition are important aspects of our work
- Origins of foodstuffs and developing food products feature in our courses
For more information about the courses we provide at all levels of education, click on the Course Information tab above.
Course Information
Courses
In S1 to S3
Health and Food Technology courses cover ‘Experiences and Outcomes’ in both ‘Health and Wellbeing’ and ‘Technology’.
S1
Pupils study this course for a double period for half the year.
This is a very practical course with pupils taking part in practical food work every week.
There are three units of work:
- Licence to Cook
- The Eat Well Plate
- Design and Make a Pizza
S2
In S2 pupils take part in Health and Food Technology for a double period each week.
Units of the course are:-
- Nutrition
- Design and make a meal for differing people, e.g. Toddlers, Athletes and Vegetarians
- Design and Make a Biscuit
- Dietary Targets - making healthy food choices
- Vegetarian Cookery
S3 Broad General Education: Level 4 Curriculum for Excellence
The department offers three differentcourses which lead to National subjects in S4:-
- Health and Food Technology
- Hospitality
- Fashion and Textile Technology
Each course is studied for a double period each week. Pupils may choose two of these three subjects
S4 National Courses
Hospitality National 3-4
This is a very practical food course with emphasis on practical skills development
Units of the course:-
- Cookery Skills, Techniques and Processes
- Understanding and Using Ingredients
- Organisational Skills for Cooking
- Added Value Unit: Producing a Meal
Health and Food Technology National 4-5
Units of the course:-
- Food for Health
- Food Product Development
- Contemporary Food Issues
- Added Value Unit - Produce a Food Product (National 4)
- Assignment (National 5) - marked by SQA
Fashion and Textile Technology National 4-5
Units of the course:-
- Textile Technologies
- Fasion/Textile Item Development
- Fashion and Textile Choices
- Added Value Unit (National 4)
- Practical Activity (National 5)
The 2014 briefs for the practical activity:-
- Produce a fashion/textile itme for a child to encourage learning
- Produce a decorative fashion/textile item which includes the use of recycled textiles
- Produce a fancy dress/textile item for a teenager
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