Food Preparation and Nutrition Examples of Students’ Work

Year 7 Smoothies:
For their first practical lesson students learnt how to make smoothies. This is to incorporate healthy eating and the ‘Eat Well' guide.

Year 8 Chopping skills:
Students practising their chopping and knife skills. This a crucial skill to learn as it helps improve their 'Health and Safety' requirements, as well as being an assessment point.

Year 8 Crumble:
Students got to choose the flavour of their crumble with the focus being on their knife and chopping skills.

Year 9 Meatballs and Pasta:
This included making the meatballs from minced meat and the sauce, using a variety of ingredients, from scratch. Students completed this practical lesson to help them understand about a protein rich lifestyle.
GCSE examples of the Non Examination Assessments.
Students are to prepare three dishes based on a particular brief given by the exam board.