Food Technology - GCSE

Throughout Key Stage 3 student will have produced a wide range of exciting projects in Design and Technology, including graphics, textiles, food, electronics and resistant materials technology. Pupils in John Port have the opportunity to follow our two year course to specialise in GCSE Food Technology.

GCSE Food Technology covers a wide range of topics including: • special diets • sports nutrition • multi-cultural • celebration • sustainability.

Over the course of two years students will develop a whole range of creative designing and making skills, technical knowledge and understanding relating to food products and invaluable transferable skills such as problem solving and time management.

How is the work assessed?

	Unit 1	Unit 2
	Creative Design and Make Activities	Knowledge and Understanding of Food Technology
	Coursework 60%	Examination 40%
	You will have the option of completing your coursework unit in two different ways. • Through a combined design and make activity where you design a product and then make a model of it. • Through separate design and make activities where you design one product and make another.	You will have the option of completing your coursework unit in two different ways. • Through a combined design and make activity where you design a product and then make a model of it. • Through separate design and make activities where you design one product and make another.

Many of the students who enjoyed studying GCSE Food Technology have gone on to study A Level Product Design: Food Technology. Students can also study any Design and Technology related course post-16. Food Technology students usually study one or more of the numerous food-related subjects including:

• A Level Food Technology
• BTEC Nationals in Catering and Hospitality
• City and Guilds NVQs and VRQs in Catering and Food Manufacture

Food Technology - A-Level

There are four units in food technology at a level...

TWO units at AS

Unit 1: Product Development 

Unit 2: Knowledge and Understanding of Food Materials, Products and Processing

TWO units at A2

Unit 3: Further Study of Food Materials, Products and Processing - 6155

Unit 4: Commercial Product Development - 6156

Requirements – a love of food, cooking, tasting and chefs whites!

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