Home Economics at Key Stage 3 enables pupils to explore many issues surrounding food, as well as, developing a range of cookery skills in food preparation, cooking and baking. This equips pupils with the knowledge and ability to make good choices about their diet and lifestyle.

Pupils will have an increased awareness of how to become a discerning and effective consumer when making judgements in relation to the environment and personal finances.

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Home Economics gives pupils a sense of themselves as social beings and how they relate to one another; making them aware of values and lifestyles that are different from their own and helping them make reasoned judgements in family relationships.

Pupils will develop thinking skills and personal capabilities in both theory and practical classes. This will aid students to lead effective lives as individuals, family members and members of the wider community.

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The key concepts we explore in Home Economics are:

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Healthy Eating

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Exploring Healthy Eating provides opportunities to develop understanding required in the choice, planning, storage, preparation, cooking and serving of food.

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Home and Family Life

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Exploring Home Life provides opportunities to understand the importance of the family as a caring unit.

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Independent Living

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Independent Living provides opportunities to explore and understand the importance of becoming discerning consumers and effective managers of resource

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Pupils study Key Stage 3 Home Economics for 2 periods in KS3.