Food Technology

Pupils begin the Licence to Cook project, where they are taken through a series of theory and practical lessons that will introduce them to all the key appliances and principles of basic cookery. 

See file below for Year 7 ingredients shopping list. 

The Year 7 section of the project includes: 

• Safety in the food room 

• Hygiene and food safety 

• Healthy lifestyles and the Eatwell plate 

• Basic knife skills (dips and dippers) 

• Using the grill (pizza toast) 

• Sensory analysis and product description 

• Hob work (savoury rice and curry) 

Resistant Materials

Pupils are introduced to a variety of resistant materials and basic mechanisms via a clock project. 

The project includes: 

• Safety in the workshop 

• ACCESSFM (a tool used to analyse existing products) 

• Generating ideas 

• 4x4 design 

• Graphic drawing 

• Making and decorating 

• Testing and evaluating

Textiles

In this project, pupils are introduced to a variety of textile materials, techniques and skills. The main outcome is for pupils to research, design and produce a usable, lined bag with embellishments. 

STEAM Project

In this project, pupils get to explore the elements of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics. 

Pupils explore existing products, understand electronics and circuits along with designing and making their own Jitter Toy using a Jitterbug kit as their basis. Skills covered include using bench-mounted tools with precision, along with completing a circuit using a soldering iron, as well as applying art and craft materials to complete their own unique Jitter Toy.

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