Food preparation and nutrition
At CELC Key stage 3 students take the AQA unit awards which covers a range of cooking and preparation methods from around the World. The AQA Unit Award Scheme is invaluable as it is an important pathway for our students to receive accreditation for their achievements. It provides a wide range of units which are differentiated, making accreditation accessible to all pupils regardless of their ability. Furthermore, through allowing amendments and writing our units, we can expand and customise units to our pupil's learning interests and needs providing a pathway towards an accredited GCSE qualification. Students undertake various project-based work such as Mc Millan coffee event, medieval foods, healthy diets these cover a range of skills. Students gain cooking and teamwork skills completing a range of project-based learning often lead by the students. This provides an opportunity for students to learn life skills as well as reinforcing literacy and numeracy skills.
At Key stage 4 students take the Level 2 Food Hygiene course which has been designed to help anyone who handles, prepares or serves food in the catering industry understand their legal responsibilities and know what constitutes best practice in regards to controlling food safety hazards, controlling temperatures, food storage, food preparation, personal hygiene and premises cleaning. The life skills and integrated literacy numeracy will help students in their learning across the curriculum.
See our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) page for all remote learning resources for Food Preparation and Nutrition
Additional resources
- Suggested recipes to compliment KS3 and KS4 work.
- Food lessons and resources
- More KS3 and KS4 Food resources added 15 June 2020
- Further additional Food and Catering resources (July 2020)