5-6 Food Tech 

Food Tech News

Welcome Year 5 to Food Technology. The aim of this subject is to allow our students to continue developing and practising the kitchen skills previously learnt in the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program in Years 3 & 4. 

When at school, students would normally work in groups of three to make simple dishes whilst practising teamwork, kitchen safety and hygiene with supervision. This term as students are learning from home, the Food Tech Team have been working very hard to make videos that are engaging and simple enough for students to learn the much needed skills to succeed with minimal help from family members. 

Each fortnight students are encouraged to cook then submit evidence on Compass of their notes and photos of their final products if the necessary ingredients and equipment are available.

Our first remote learning cooking lesson was to understand the importance of Kitchen Safety and Hygiene Rules. Here’s what some 5E students wrote.

I look forward to seeing what our students upload next!

Do’s in the kitchen

• Wear aprons
• Keep the handle of the pan towards the inside of the stove
• Wash your hands before cooking and frequently for 20 seconds
• Ask for help if you don’t know what to do or can’t do it by your self
• Use appropriate techniques when using a knife
• Wash your hands after using things like raw meat
• Use your elbow while coughing and sneezing and wash your hands after it
• Get all your things before starting
• Use oven mitts when touching hot things eg; hot pans/pots, things in the oven when putting and taking out, etc
• Tell an adult right away if you get hurt
• Cleanup after yourself correctly
• Wash fruit and veg before using them
• Read all labels to know what to do
• Wash all utensils in hot soapy after using them
• Listen carefully to instructions
• Listen what other people have to say
• Tie up laces before entering the kitchen
• Use all equipment safely
• Be positive and ask questions if necessary
• If any spills cleanup immediately
• Use different chopping boards for raw meat, vegetables, etc.
• Pay attention to the heat of the burner
• Take out any shells while cracking a egg
• Measure all ingredients correct

Don’ts in the kitchen

• No running
• Don’t wear jewellery
• People who have long hair should tie it up
• Take jackets off
• Don’t keep Electric things near water
• Roll up long sleeves
• Don’t point knifes or anything sharp
• Don’t run with knifes or anything sharp
• Don’t cut like crazy
• Follow the recipe and don’t make up your own
• Ask permission before turning off the stove
• Pick up sharp tools by the handle not by the blade
• Don’t leave the stove or anything unattended
• No mucking around and yelling
• Don’t put things where they don’t go
• Don’t fill the water for washing the dishes over half the sink

Be safe and have fun- By Zahid 5E

By Maddison 5E

Mylinh Crossman