Most Able - Food and HSC

The characteristics/criteria for MA student in Food preparation & nutrition and Health and social care.

• Have excellent skills in preparation and cooking complex dishes.
• Ability to create a new dish using already existing ideas.
• Ability to adapt recipes for healthier options.
• Ability to research and apply information to real life situations.
• Ability to work independently when given a task.
• Ability to identify areas to improve, set own target and achieve it.

Opportunities for MA students within the curriculum and extra Curriculum opportunities.

• Lunch time creativity club.
• ‘Cheftastic’ club after school during summer term.
• Interventions lunch time and after school.
• The opportunity to use facilities and resources for extra work.
• To work independently in both lesson and club time.

Links to subject specific external organisations.

• www.foodafactoflife.org.uk
• http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/Goodfood/pages/Goodfoodhome.aspx.
• www.nutracheck.co.uk
• www.diabetes.co.uk
• Step into NHS competition.
• Nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/Pages/Home.aspx

Reading List

• Food preparation and Nutrition (WJEC EDUQAS GCSE)
• GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition – Complete Revision & Practice.
• Health and Social Care (Cambridge national level 1/2)
• Health and Social Care ‘my revision note’ (Cambridge national level 1/2)

A ’what parents  can do to help their MA child’ including reading list.

• Provide resources for practical and club.
• Provide opportunity for the child to prepare and cook in the home.
• Assist child with research and resources needed to complete homework activities (check ‘show my homework’) .
• Help your child create a revision plan.
• Extending knowledge of the world and encouraging discussion.