Home Economics Department – Teacher – Ms J Tunney
Home Economics is not just about cooking & food –
Key Stage 3 Home Economics
All pupils in Years 8, 9 and 10 have weekly lessons in Home Economics.
Information on Key Stage 3
The Northern Ireland Curriculum seeks to empower pupils to achieve their potential and to make informed and responsible decisions throughout their lives. It is about helping pupils prepare for life and work as individuals.
- as contributors to society.
- as contributors to the economy and environment.
Home Economics has a significant role to play in this. 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.
There are three Key Concepts for Home Economics:
- Healthy Eating;
- Home and Family Life;
- Independent Living.
Key Concept – Healthy Eating
Exploring Healthy Eating provides opportunities to develop understanding required in the choice, planning, storage, preparation, cooking and serving of food.
Key Concept – Home and Family Life
Exploring Home and Family Life provides opportunities to understand the importance of the family as a caring unit.
“Home Economics stands for the ideal home life for today, unhampered by the traditions of the past and the utilisation of all the resources of modern science to improve home life”
Ellen Swallow Richards