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Food Technology
At Royal High School Bath, Key Stage 3 Food Technology is designed to enable the students to learn about food and cooking through experiments, demonstrations and practical application. By the end of Year 9, all students will be able to cook themselves meals from scratch and will have an awareness of seasonality of produce and know how to avoid wasting money or food.
Key Topics and Projects
In Year 7 the students learn through practicals focussing on the basic skills needed to produce meals. These include; knife skills, sauce making, meat cookery, how to adapt recipes, and preparation of fruit and vegetables. They also learn how to use different tools and equipment safely and effectively. Through experiments and class activities they explore healthy eating and using seasonal produce. In Year 8 the practical lessons are based on staple foods. Students learn to make a range of dishes from scratch but design and adapt recipes to their own taste. They learn how to put flavours together, add and remove ingredients but not change the success of a dish. They make their own design for bread from scratch, make homemade pasta and design their own products using filo pastry. In Year 9 they learn a mixture of new skills and design their own ideas from given briefs. They learn about finger food for parties and enjoy a project designing and making sweet and savoury canapés. Year 9 also adapt recipes to make them healthy. Through their practical lessons they are taught many skills including presentation of food, informed selection of ingredients and time management.
RHS Learner Qualities
The students learn in Food Technology in many ways. Through practical work they learn by experience and develop excellent evaluation skills independently or through whole class feedback after a practical. They work collaboratively doing food-based investigations and discussions and learn about the food cultures of other countries through our multi-cultural school community. Research skills are used looking in to different ingredients and being selective with suitable recipes.
Co-Curricular
The Food Technology department offers opportunities for students to develop their skills outside the classroom. Year 7 have the opportunity to take part in a lunchtime cookery club. All students can take part in our contests and competitions such as Masterchef and Bake Off. We also regularly welcome visiting speakers who come in and hold talks and lunchtime demonstrations.
