S1&2 BGE

S1 Home Economics

Pupils will attend Home Economics one period per week and be on rotation to study three units of work from August to April.

Following the Easter Holidays all S1 pupils will be participating in a Design Challenge which will demonstrate skills of planning, research and organisation

When pupils are completing the Practical Food Skills unit they will be expected to come prepared with a container weekly.

Week	Food and Nutrition (Theory)	Practical Food Skills	Textile Technology
1	Introduction to Home Economics	Introduction to Home Economics	Introduction to Home Economics
2	What Is a Balanced Diet?	Fruit Salad Kitchen Routines and Basic Knife Skills	Textile Room Safety
3	Macronutrients	Pizza Baguette Developing knife skills and oven safety	Textile Equipment
4	Micronutrients	Apple and Berry Crumble Oven safety, rubbing in and links to healthy eating	Practical – basic techniques
5	Eat Well Guide	Chicken Fajita Cross contamination and using the hob	Practical – basic techniques
6	EWG Promotional Campaign	Banana Buns Weighing, baking, portioning and testing for readiness	Practical – needle holder
7	Dietary Goals – Eat More	Burger Cooking meat safely	Practical – needle holder
8	Dietary Goals – Eat Less	Chicken Noodle Pot Boiling, simmering and veg prep	Practical – needle holder
9	Dietary Goals Creative Task	Pasta with Tomato Sauce Boiling, simmering and testing for readiness	Evaluation of practical item
10	Kitchen Equipment	Rock Buns - Assessment Weighing, baking, portioning and testing for readiness	Practical – extension task
11	Intro to Food Hygiene and Safety	Truffles	Practical – extension task

S2 Home Economics

Pupils will attend Home Economics one period per week and be on rotation to study two units of work from August to February.

Following the February break all S2 pupils will be participating in a Design Challenge which will demonstrate skills of planning, research and organisation

When pupils are completing the Practical Food Skills unit they will be expected to come prepared with a container weekly.

Pupils will also attend the department one period a week to study Health and Wellbeing with the aim of achieving a SQA award in conjunction with PE. Term 1 theme will be ‘Fit for Life’

Week	Practical Food Skills	Textile Technology
1	Recap of Kitchen Safety and Routines	Recap of Textile Room Safety
2	Burger (Shaping, cooking meat safely)	Eco Fashion – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
3	Chicken Noodle Pot (Cross contamination)	Design of Textile Item 1 (Food Themed Keyring)
4	Ham and Cheese Penne (Functions of ingredients, boiling, testing for readiness)	Practical – producing paper pattern
5	Banana Choc Rocks (Rubbing in, portioning, oven safety)	Practical – cutting out fabric pieced
6	Chilli and Nachos (links to dietary goals)	Practical – making keyring
7	Piri Piri Chicken Wrap (healthy fakeaway alternative)	Practical – making keyring
8	Flapjacks (weighing and measuring, dietary goals)	Practical – Making keyring
9	Stovies (absorption, store cupboard essentials)	Evaluation of practical item
10	Spaghetti Bolognese (testing for readiness, stewing, veg prep)	Practical – extension task
11	Victoria Sponge (baking, testing for readiness)	Practical – extension task