KS3 DT Food
Technology lessons in KS3 are a rotation of three subjects – Resistant Materials (DT), Food Technology (DT) and Textiles (Art).
Food is a vital part of our daily lives and is essential for life. In DT Food at Ashton Park School, our intention is to equip pupils with the knowledge, understanding and skills to be able to feed themselves and others better. We want to inspire students to be inquisitive, creative and confident cooks.
There are three core threads that run through our curriculum to enable our students to become confident cooks:
- The practical skills and techniques of cooking
- The underlying principles of food science, nutrition and food safety.
- Food traditions and provenance
Our curriculum will encourage students to cook and to foster a love and appreciation of home cooked nutritious food. Bristol has long had a strong food culture that celebrates both locally sourced ingredients and multi-cultural dishes from around the world which reflects our diverse community. Ashton Park Food department endeavours to use these values to provide a varied, challenging and relevant curriculum that is accessible to all.
The Food department is proud of their curriculum and the high expectations it has of the students. We aim to provide a safe and supportive learning environment where students are encouraged to work independently and overcome problems with determination and resilience to help build self confidence. Ultimately we want students to enjoy their learning and to respect and enjoy their delicious outcomes!
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An introduction to the kitchen Students will learn about the kitchen and get to use different equipment by making a variety of different recipes. Our main focus will be on making healthy choices around the food we eat.
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An introduction to Food Science Building on the skills learned from Year 7 students will learn about the function of ingredients in recipes. Have you ever wondered what makes bread like bread and cake like cake? This project will show you how and why these recipes work. Understanding more about ingredients helps us to be better cooks and understand why if something goes wrong.
Year 8 Intro to Food Science Recipe Book
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International Cuisine
Students will learn more about food and ingredients from around the world. We will make a variety of sweet and savoury dishes and understand how to modify dishes for health and for enjoyment, building on the culinary skills of year 7 and 8.
Alongside this students will explore factors that affect food choice and how their food choices can affect the world around us both from an environmental perspective and an ethical one. We will learn about what Fairtrade means , what organic farming is and discover the benefits and drawbacks of eating seasonal ingredients
This project will allow students to consolidate all of their practical skills learned during the last 3 years and will culminate in producing their own choice of international dish to celebrate the end of KS3
This will be excellent preparation for NEA for those going on to study Food and Nutrition at GCSE. But even for those not doing Food GCSE it will help us learn more about food and ingredients from all over the world and as always, make some delicious food!
Year 9 British and Multicultural Food Recipe Book Street Food Project In this project students will look at factors that affect food choice and how their food choices can affect the world around us both from an environmental perspective and a moral one (or do I mean ethically?) This project will allow students to consolidate all of their practical skills learned during the last 3 years to choose and produce their own dishes suitable for a street food festival This will be excellent preparation for coursework for those going on to study Food at GCSE. But even for those not doing Food GCSE it will help us learn how to organise ourselves and as always, make some delicious food!
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