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Read more >Like creating great food for your friends and family? If you choose Food Technology will learn about designing and making a saleable, quality food product by applying your growing knowledge and understanding of the world of food.
You will explore and develop a range of food products in Year 10 like pastry products and continental breads. The aim is to encourage you to be creative and develop new, exciting products building on what you have learnt at KS3.
You will be expected to use ICT throughout your work and there is a greater emphasis on skill acquisition and making quality products at this level in Food Technology.
You will learn about:-
A) Food, nutrition and health
B) Food science
C) Food safety
D) Food choice
E) Food provenance
The scheme of assessment is made up of two parts:-
Written paper – 1 hour 45 mins which is 50% of the total marks
Controlled Assessment – 45 hours which is 50% of the total marks Task 1—Electronic report Task 2—Portfolio The coursework project is undertaken in Y11 and is a very important piece of work.
This subject is a good basis for pupils who are wishing to: stay on into the 6th Form to study AS/A2 Food Technology; work in the Food Industry; go into further education training as a Food Technologist; become Food Technology teachers.
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