Home Technology
Key Stage 4 Overview
The Home Technology key stage 4 curriculum is based around students acquiring a range of different practical skills through taught sessions and practical experience. The 3 subject areas are focused on preparing students so that they have an understanding of the sector in which they are planning to work. Each subject has a mixture of coursework-based tasks and an external exam, which can be taken in either year 2 or 3 of the course.
Year 9- Food
- Food hygiene and safety
- Bacteria and food poisoning
- Safe handling and storage of equipment and utensils
- The Eatwell guide and Nutrients
- Planning and completing a practical session
Year 9- H&S – Comp 1 – Human lifespan development
- Main life stages
- Areas of growth and development
- Physical development – types
- Physical development through the life stages
- Intellectual development through the life stages
- Language development
- Emotional development through the life stages
- Social development through the life stages
- Physical factors
- Lifestyle
- Social and cultural factors
- Relationships and isolation
- Economic factors
- Life events
- Physical events
- Relationship changes
- Life circumstances
- Dealing with life events
- Adapting to change
- Types of support
- Informal support
- Professional sources of support
- Voluntary sources of support
Year 9- CPLD – Promoting children’s development through play
- Ways in which children play at each age group
- How children play at each age range
- The importance of adult support in early years settings
- The suitability of adult support
- Play opportunity for each age range
- How play opportunities promote development
- The value of play opportunities on all areas of development
- How early years setting structure play
- How play structures promote children’s development
- The extent to which play strictures support all areas of development
- The effects on a child’s development of various play structures
Year 10- Food
- Seasonal foods
- Factors affecting food choices
- Cultural food choices- Vegan, Vegetarian, Religion
- Sustainability, Organic Foods
- Environmental issues- Food miles, packaging, food waste
Year 10- H&S- Comp 2 0 Health and social care services and values
- Primary care
- Secondary and tertiary care
- Allied health professionals
- Services for children and young people
- Services for adults of children with specific needs
- Services for older adults
- Informal social care
- Physical barriers
- Sensory barriers
- Social, cultural and psychological barriers
- Language barriers
- Geographical barriers
- Intellectual barriers
- Resource barriers for service providers
- Financial barriers
- Empowering and promoting independence
- Respect for others
- Maintaining confidentiality
- Preserving dignity
- Effective communication
- Safeguarding and duty of care
- Promoting anti-discriminatory practice
- Applying care values in a compassionate way
- Working together
- Making mistakes
- Reviewing own application of care values
- Receiving feedback
- Using feedback
Year 10- CPLD – Patterns of Children’s Development
- Growth and Development in children
- Characteristics of children’s development form birth up to eight years
- How adults in early years settings can support children’s development
Year 11-Food
- Analysing a design brief
- Planning and reviewing a menu for a target audience
- Factors affecting food choices and preparation
- Planning and completing a practical session
- Evaluating a set menu
Year 11-H&S – Health and Wellbeing
- Definition of health and wellbeing
- Genetic inheritance
- Ill health
- Diet
- Exercise
- Substance abuse
- Personal hygiene
- Social interactions
- Stress
- Willingness to seek help or access services
- Financial resources
- Environmental conditions
- Housing
- The impact of life events relating to relationship changes
- The impact of life events relating to life circumstances
- Health indicators
- Resting pulse rate and recovery after exercise
- Blood pressure
- Peak flow
- Body mass index
- Using published guidelines to interpret health indicators
- Risks to hgealth of abnormal readings
- Interpreting lifestyle data
- Interpreting lifestyle data on smoking
- Interpreting lifestyle data on alcohol
- Interpreting lifestyle data on inactivity
- The importance of a person-centred approach
- Recommended actions to improve health and wellbeing
- Short and long term targets
- Sources of support
- Potential obstacles to implementing plans
- Emotional/psychological obstacles
- Time constraints
- Availability of resources
- Unachievable targets
- Lack of support
- Ability/disability and addiction
- Barriers to accessing identified services
Year 11-CPLD – The principles of early years practice
- The importance of inclusive practice in early years settings
- Explore ways in which early years settings implement inclusive practice
- Understand how children are empowered in early years settings
Understand the importance of the key person approach in supporting children’s development