Home Economics
Introduction
Department: Home Economics and Child Development
Head of Department: Miss L McGreevy BA (Hons) PGCE
Teaching Staff: Mrs V O’Loane BEd (Hons) PQH
Technical Staff: Mrs T Bradley BA (Hons) and Mrs K Jueno
All students study Home Economics throughout Key Stage 3 at St Columbanus’ College. The three areas of study in Home Economics are:
- Healthy Eating
- Home and Family Life
- Independent Living
Home Economics develops knowledge, understanding and skills and competences which help students improve their quality of life. At St Columbanus’ College, students are encouraged to think critically, make reasoned choices and manage changes in matters related to the home and family. Students are taught in an integrated way which incorporates both theory and practical experience thus providing students with relevant and realistic contexts in which to develop their skills for life.
Subject Information
Key Stage 3
We place significant emphasis on the development of practical cookery skills throughout Key Stage 3. All of our recipes focus on healthy eating and our students are ecnouraged to modify recipes their recipes to make them more creative. Our Department prides itself in integrating other subjects in our teaching.
Key Stage 4
We currently offer two GCSE subjects:
- CCEA GCSE Home Economics
- CCEA GCSE Child Development
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Exam Success Rate
Our recent results in GCSE Home Economics and GCSE Child Development were the best they have been in over three years. We look forward this trend continuing.
Departmental News
Cookery Demonstation
Christine Bruce from the Livestock and Meat Commission came in to visit our Year 10 and Year 11 students. The students really enjoyed this experience and we have tried lots of the recipes since.
Junior Chef Academy
We are really proud of Kirsty Harper in Year 11 who successfully completed the Junior Chef Academy at SERC. Well done Kirsty!
General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland
We are delighted that some of our students were awarded third place in the Consumer Council Poster competition.
