Food Studies / Agriculture

Food Studies VCE students throughout the term have been focusing on comparing the nutrient quantity and quality of different ingredients as well as the different nutritional labels. Through the weeks they have cooked many different foods such as Pizza, Beef Burgers, Sushi and Butter Chicken. All these dishes have helped the students develop a range of skills that will help in future years, such as time management, planning and organization.

I enjoyed making pizza as it’s a fun, delicious meal that is easy to make in a short amount of time. It is appealing to me that a pizza uncooked can look raw, pale and gross but can turn into a golden crispy crust that makes your mouth water! - Izzy

I enjoyed making the ‘chocky rock’ biscuits for our nostalgic dish task. The task was to help us understand the connection between memories and food, allowing us to identify how we are feeling. I chose to make these biscuits as they remind me of when I was a child and my Nan baking them - Merrin

Our Year 12 Food Studies is a class that focuses on nutritional content and food handling. We also focus on sensory analysis and the presentation of our work to maintain a productive workspace and promoting our learning. In Food Studies we do our practical activities once a week. This is where we can physically incorporate our knowledge into kitchen skills, having fun, whilst following the curriculum.

Our Friday cooking sessions are filled with cooking yummy meals, blasting the tunes and having fun with our classmates, responsibly.

Food Studies Unit 3 and 4 is a great subject and is recommended for all upcoming VCE students! 

- Kaidee

Agriculture

Another dry start to the year and that monotonous task of feeding the stock. It’s a shame that this task is so time consuming, however it can also be a good life lesson for the students to realise that at times life is repetitive and help them to build up their resilience.

Our focus this semester has been on different types of grasses and what we like to see in a productive pasture. With the lack of rain, it has been rather hard to show the students actual examples, but they have been able to use their imagination and Google to guide them. Funnily enough, we seem to have been able to find more examples of undesirable grasses.

The VCE classes had a fantastic trip out to the Altmann’s farm to listen to one perspective of how decisions are being made to help the business be successful. The students saw the different styles of management for different soil types within the property, the establishment of a feedlot and how the water is reticulated throughout the farm.

Here’s to more rain in the not too distant future!

Mrs Francis