1. Food Preparation and Nutrition Parent information evening 2019
Exam Preparation
AQA
Food Preparation and Nutrition Parent information evening 2019
EXAM: 10th June

2. The EXAM: Exam is worth 60% of the overall GCSE grade.
NEA tasks make up the other 40%
The exam starts with 20 multiple choice questions
There are then 6 longer answer questions usually ranging from marks…. These will be on a variety of topics all of which will have been covered through revision sessions.
EXAM DATE: Monday 10th June AM

3. revision
As a class we have throughout this year been working on various revision areas, we will begin working on these full time: Week Beginning: 18th March as we will have finished all work on NEA tasks.
Students should bring textbooks to the revision lessons. I will also have a pack of revision resources for students when this begins.
In lessons students should have:
blue/ black pen.
Highlighter.
Textbook.
Revision pack- this will be issued to students shortly.
Any homework/ exam questions that they were asked to prepare for the lesson.

4. What does the exam cover?
Nutrients
Nutritional needs and health
Food science
Cooking of food
Functional and chemical properties of food
Food spoilage
Principles of food safety
Factors affecting food choice
British and international cuisines
Sensory evaluation
Food provenance:
Environmental impact and sustainability
Processing and production

5. What are we doing in school
We will be revising all of these topics leading up to the exam
The Friday before the exam when we would normally have a lesson (p4) 6th June I will be holding a drop in Q&A lesson last minute exam practice
Exam packs- to include exam practice books to be given to students
Exam practice- papers and question styles that students have struggled with.
Drop in sessions will continue on a Day 6 and will cover particular topics- in N8
I have already started sharing resources on SLE for students to revise from/ make notes.

6. What can you do as parents to support your student?
Encourage students to make best use of their lesson time. We will be covering a lot of the topics in revision lessons
Students will be given a timetable of when our lessons are and what the intended topic is for this lesson. Students may be set exam questions to complete after the lesson to help apply their learning.
Students have access to the resources available to them on the SLE please make sure that students are accessing this and using these.

7. Support for students
resources on SLE- resources compiled in the food area of the Student Learning Environment. Including links to videos and online resources.
Textbook – Pages of support in student text book, the textbook is also a great source for students research for either task.
After school drop in session run once a cycle.
Websites: Seneca learning (students will need to sign up) you tube- has various videos around the different topic areas (Miss Hocking: Nutrition, Protien, Carbohydrate…) and Bitesize videos for a basic overview of the different topics.
Staff- Mrs Marshall or myself (Miss Tume) are available to support students who might need extra support. Students are aware that they can me at any point