Home Economics KS3

Home Economics provides pupils with opportunities to explore real issues explicitly relevant to real-life contexts. These experiences lead to the development of a wide range of transferable skills. Of particular value is the contribution of the subject to the development of skills such as decision making and working with others.

Home Economics develops pupils as individuals by:

Helping them explore their health in a practical context, enhancing their potential to live a healthy lifestyle and make responsible choices about their diet and food.

Home Economics develops pupils as contributors to society by:
Giving them 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.

Home Economics develops pupils as contributors to the economy by:
Giving them an awareness of themselves as consumers in a changing economy to help them become discerning and effective when making judgements in relation to the environment and personal finances.

All pupils in Strathearn study Home Economics for three periods per week throughout years 8, 9 and 10.

Pupils have regular experience of practical activities in which they are encouraged to develop a range of skills, including food preparation skills, organisational skills, problem solving abilities, working with others and time management.

Key Stage 3 Visits

Year 9 – Visit to Tescos
As part of the Home Economics strand, Choice and Management of Resources, Year 9 pupils visit a local shopping outlet to gain evidence of the marketing strategies employed and their effect on consumer choice.
After their exhausting trip girls have the opportunity to sample some of the refreshments in the cafeteria.

Year 9 – LMC Demonstration
Every year Home Economists from the Livestock and Meat Commission visit the school. Year 9 pupils have the opportunity to observe a practical demonstration, and sample a range of dishes. This is linked to a Case Study task about a toddler who is a fussy eater. The aim of the demonstration is to highlight nutritional needs of a toddler, provide a variety of dishes suitable for the needs of a toddler, and for pupils to incorporate their knowledge into their own practical and case study.