Food, Media, Adventure

About the subject

In #Cooking students will apply their knowledge and skills to a real-world task for a specific purpose. They will work as a team and learn collaboratively as they participate in meaningful, food-based activity that connects them to the community.

Through a focus on practical cooking for a purpose, and recording their learning journey using ICT in the form of blogs, social media and digital portfolios, students will develop their capabilities in the following key areas of study:

• Key Area 1: Developing the Capability for Learning
• Key Area 5: Developing the Capability for Communication

Key themes

The learning and assessment program has a focus on developing a range of practical cookery skills for specific purposes coupled with critical and reflective thinking to improve results over time. A major focus is on students developing their communication skills by creating a food blog and sharing their individual learning journey. 

Assessment

The following assessment types enable students to demonstrate their learning in Stage 1 Integrated Learning: Practical - 30%, Group Activity - 50%, Folio and Discussion - 20%.

Pathway

#Cooking is a one semester course and is designed to complete the Integrated Learning Pathway as set out below.

• Stage 1 Integrated Learning - Coffee Shop 1 semester (available either 1 or 2)
• Stage 1 Integrated Learning - Food 1 semester (available either 1 or 2)
• Stage 2 Integrated Learning - Catering –Full Year course