Home Economics

Mr G Porteous: Dip Teaching and Learning, Dip Specialist Subjects

Mrs W Breukelaar: Bachelor of Education, Dip Teaching and Learning, Dip Specialist Subjects

Mrs C Robertson: Home Economics Teachers certificate

 

Home Economics is a ‘life skill’ that can be transferred to many activities in every day life, both now and in the future. When you apply for a job, you present your curriculum vitae (CV). This contains relevant details, qualifications and experiences that you have acquired to that date. You don’t really have a CV for other aspects of your life, although if you did, then the activities learnt in Home Economics would surly be the most significant.

Home Economics is not just about cooking, although this is a major component of classes within the department. It is also about textiles technology. This is a creative activity aimed at meeting needs and opportunities. This is achieved through the development of products using fabric as the base material. Knowledge, skills and resources are combined to solve practical problems. Students will develop confidence in understanding problems and creating solutions to them.

The major objective of the Home Economics Department is to make teaching and learning relevant in the areas of:

  • Junior Food Technology

  • Junior Textiles Technology

  • Senior Food and Nutrition

  • Senior Food Skills

  • Senior Textiles, and

  • Hospitality. For more information, visit http://www.aranuiacademies.com/

We want students to:

  • Enjoy planning, preparing and cooking nutritious meals for themselves and others           

  • Be exposed to different ingredients and savour the different tastes, textures and colours of food            

  • Recognise that food can be a celebration                   

  • Achieve independence and better health through taking control of what they eat                   

  • Be an informed consumer

Home Economics has a focus on the Haoura (wellbeing) of individuals, families and communities. Individual wellbeing is enhanced by the development of independent living skills such as nutritional literacy, resource management and practical cooking skills.

The Home Economics department is committed to ensuring that schools values are incorporated into all lessons and activities. Students’ learning and their subsequent achievement is the focus of the department.