Food & Nutrition

Is there a link between what we eat and our health?  Absolutely! 

The impact of the choices we make and our eating behaviour are very important to our future health and this is why we have chosen, at Eston Park, to deliver Food and Nutrition.

Through the preparation and making of food pupils will be taught:

• What healthy eating means and why it matters
• Basic nutritional needs
• The link between health and lifestyle
• About food choices people make and know that one type of diet is not suitable for everyone
• That a balanced diet depends on many factors including energy and nutritional needs, ethical and religious practices, cost, food availability, lifestyle and age

The Course is delivered in short modules in Key Stage 3.

Key Stage 3

Year 7: Covers health and hygiene, basic use of equipment including the cooker and the balance of good health.  It is delivered through an investigation into breakfasts.

Year 8: Covers the use of more complex equipment, food storage and basic nutritional needs.  It is delivered through an investigation into lunches.

Key Stage 4

At Key Stage 4 pupils can opt to follow a GCSE in Food & Nutrition.  It includes work on basic nutrition, meal planning, food production, processing and retail and practical food preparation.  Pupils are encouraged to plan and investigate solutions to set tasks.  This means they do not always make what everyone else is making.  They have the opportunity to explore other variations and come up with their own ideas.

In the GCSE Course, assessment of coursework, including practical, is worth 60% of the final grade and is composed of 2 tasks.

• (1 x Research Task worth 15% and 1 x Individual Investigation worth 45%)
• The Written Exam constitutes - 40%        

The Food & Nutrition Department is staffed by dedicated professionals able to deliver the subject material in interesting and fun ways to inform pupils of the importance of good nutrition.