Cooking & Nutrition Homework Policy

Year 7

• Food: Homework will be set to embed knowledge of food hygiene, the eating well guide and food provenance.
• Homework tasks are all set on Google classroom and should not take longer than 20 minutes to complete.

Year 8

• Food: Homework will be set to embed knowledge of using yeast in cookery and healthy eating.
• Homework tasks are all set on Google classroom and should not take longer than 20 minutes to complete.

Year 9

• Food: Homework will be set to embed knowledge of food safety and nutrition.
• Homework tasks are all set on Google classroom and should not take longer than 20 minutes to complete.

Year 10

• Exam questions available on the Google Classroom based on the WJEC Level 2 Catering & Hospitality award.
• Revision using topic tick lists for end of unit tests.
• Research for controlled coursework.

Year 11

• Exam questions available on Google Classroom based on the WJEC Catering & Hospitality Level 2 award.
• Exam questions available for the Google Classroom based on the WJEC GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition course.
• Revision using topic tick lists for end of unit tests.
• Research for controlled coursework.

Year 12

• Reviewing of key terms
• Note taking
• Research tasks
• Past exam questions
• General revision
• Reading and annotating relevant articles
• Homework will be set every week.
• Students are required to spend a minimum of two hours per week on homework, working towards achieving their target grade.
• All homework tasks are part of their ‘portfolio of work’ which is 60% of their overall grade.