What’s new in Home Economics ?

What’s newin Home Economics? Laura McGreevy

Overview • Cross-curricular opportunities • Using Mathematics • ICT • Communication • Resource update

Cross-Curricular Skills • The cross-curricular skills of Communication, Using Mathematics, and Using Information and Communications Technology (ICT) are the bedrock skills through which young people access knowledge. • These skills are developed across the curriculum and are the responsibility of all teachers.

Unique subject • Excellent position to exploit opportunities to develop our pupils skills and capabilities in a wide range of contexts. • We naturally develop our pupils practical skills but we also have the opportunity to explore the cross curricular skills fromour Northern Ireland curriculum.

Using mathematics • Using Mathematics is the skill of applying mathematical concepts, processes and understanding appropriately in a variety of contexts. Ideally these should be in relevant real life situations that require a mathematical dimension. • In HOME ECONOMICS our pupils have opportunities to develop their Knowledge and Understanding of: • Number and algebra Shape, Space and Measures Handling data • Lesson starters and Accredited tasks

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Using mathematics • Cereal activity- Handling data • Energy value of drinks from Food a fact of life- Handling data • Scaling up recipes activity- Shape, Space and Measures • Converting measurements- Shape, Space and Measures • Calculating BMI- Algebra • Formula for cooking meat- Algebra

Whole school • As part of our whole school commitment to healthy eating we actively encourage our pupils to drink water instead of high sugar/energy drinks. • Exploited opportunity to use maths!

Using ICT • In school, ICT forms a vital part of every pupil's developing knowledge, understanding and experience. Pupils need a broad range of experiences that reflect real-world uses of technology. • All teachers have a responsibility to provide learners with experiences of using ICT appropriate to their subject. • 5 ‘E’s • Explore, express, exchange, evaluate and exhibit.

Using ICT • Storyboardsand videos • Picture aids using the Ipad- of particular benefit to SEN pupils • Food a fact of life- nutritional analysis • Food a fact of lifevideos • Stem Works! CCEA resource

Communication • Communication is central to the whole curriculum. Children should be able to communicate in order to express themselves socially, emotionally and physically, to develop as individuals, engage with others and contribute as members of society. • The modes of communication include talking and listening, reading and writing. • The Statutory Curriculum at Key Stage 3: Rationale and Detail, (CCEA, 2007)

Communication • CCEA Accredited Communication tasks • Agony aunt letter (anaemia)-Writing • Instructional text, persuasive writing, report writing • Presentation-Talking and Listening • Debate-Talking and Listening • Comprehension-Reading

Resource update Key Stage 3 textbook for Home Economics... a sneaky peak!

Contact details Laura McGreevy St Columbanus’ College Ballymaconnell Road Bangor BT20 5PU lmcgreevy930@c2kni.net

What’s new in Home Economics ?