Home Economics

Home Economics

1. The subject that helps prepare you for adult hood

   • HE
   • Preparation
   • Consumerism
   • Independant
   • Development

2. Ways HE can help

   • Management
     • Using of time energy money wisely
   • Human Development
     • Understanding how people grow and develop
   • Family
     • Understanding how families live
   • Food Preparation
     • Learning how to prepare ingredients and food
   • Nutruition
     • Understanding whats in our food and how our body uses it.
   • Consumerism
     • Buying goods and services effectively

3. Importance personal hygiene

   • prevent the development and spread of infections, illnesses and bad odours.

4. Hygiene Rules

   • Remove all rings and nail varnish
   • Wash your hands with hot water and soap
   • Always use a clean apron
   • Roll sleeves up
   • Never lick fingers and equipment and put them in food
   • Do not handle food if you are sick, bad cough or diarrhoea
   • Do not cough of sneeze over food
   • Cover cuts with a blue plaster
   • Tie long hair back

5. Safety rules / reasons

   • Do not run in the HE classroom
     • accidents happen when rushing
   • Carry knives with blade down
     • So you do not stab anyone
   • Do not leave tea towels on hob
     • They will smoulder
   • Don't touch electric sockets with wet hands
     • Damage equipment
   • Use oven gloves to lift hot dishes
     • prevent burns
   • Do not overload sockets
     • Damage equipment
   • Put school bag under desk
     • Prevent trips
   • Stool under table when not in use
     • Prevent tips

6. Equipment

   • Sieve
     • separate large lumps in food flour
   • Potato masher
     • Mashing food
   • Peeler
     • peeling food
   • Measuring jug
     • measuring liquids
   • Rolling pin
     • utensil used to shape and flatten dough

7. Parts of the cooker

   • Hob
   • Grill top oven
   • Main oven

8. Transfer heat in gas oven

   • Convection - hot air rises, cool air sinks
   • Heat set in centre, cooler at bottom , hotter top