Teacher in Charge: Miss S. Brooks
Course Objectives:
Food Technology teaches students the skills needed in all areas of food such as Food Processing and Production, Nutrition, Dietetics, Food Science, and Hospitality. The course provides a thorough preparation for students considering taking Food Technology or Hospitality in the senior school. The course has four main areas of learning:
Health and Safety: students are taught the basics in health and safety in all aspects when preparing food
Processing: students begin to process their food products to produce the best possible outcome
Nutrition: students explore a range of nutrition concepts ranging from nutrition to substitutions to big picture meal planning
Brief and Prototyping: students explore contexts, form briefs, test and trial a products and prototype a product in its intended setting
Course Content:
The topics covered in this course include:
Assessment: Project work associated with each unit will be assessed at the end of each unit.
Year 11, 12 and 13 Food Technology
Course Costs and Equipment/ Stationery requirementsWe would like to provide extra ingredients to enhance learning and we encourage a voluntary payment of $80 to cover these. Students will get to consume or take away the items they produce.
Food Technologist, Secondary School Teacher, Dietitian, Health Promoter, Naturopath, Baker, Cook, Cafe/Restaurant Manager
We aim to enable every student to have the course that they prefer, however, some courses have limited places or pre-requisits that may restrict the student's choice.