Year 8 Design Technology

Food Technology

Pupils complete the Licence to Cook Project.

See file below for Year 8 ingredients shopping list.

In this section pupils will:

Complete a recap of the safety considerations when working in the Food Room

Advanced food hygiene and safety

Tools in the food room

Advanced knife skills (fruit salad or pasta salad)

Using the hob (fajitas and bolognaise)

Advanced baking (muffins)

Designing and making pasta dishes, in which pupils will adapt a recipe to make their chosen version of posh macaroni cheese and bolognaise sauce and will then design and make their own pasta recipe, for example, a pasta bake.

Product Design

Pupils complete a project using resistant materials.

The project covers the following areas:

Safety in the workshop

Advanced investigation of resistant materials

Developing skills and techniques using hand tools and workshop machinery

Product Analysis

Designing

Making

Testing

Evaluating

Textiles and Sustainability

Progressing from existing skills, pupils will be offered the opportunity to design and make a practical product that incorporates embellishments and fastenings, whilst upcycling an item destined to be disposed of.