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Specialising in Technological and Applied Studies, with a focus on Food Technology, Hospitality and Textiles, all resources have been tried and tested in my classroom over the past 10 years. I have also tutored numerous students in a wide range of subjects and have developed a range of resources to assist in their learning. Any resource that I have created that has helped me help my students will be added to my shop so that I can help you, help your students.

Specialising in Technological and Applied Studies, with a focus on Food Technology, Hospitality and Textiles, all resources have been tried and tested in my classroom over the past 10 years. I have also tutored numerous students in a wide range of subjects and have developed a range of resources to assist in their learning. Any resource that I have created that has helped me help my students will be added to my shop so that I can help you, help your students.
Kitchen Equipment Scavenger Hunt
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Kitchen Equipment Scavenger Hunt

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Needing a fun way to introduce your class to the kitchen? This Kitchen Equipment Scavenger Hunt is designed for middle and high school foods courses to familiarize students with the different utensils and equipment used in the kitchen. Students have to solve the clue, identify the equipment and search the kitchen to find where it’s stored. It’s a great way to get students knowing where everything is before they get to cook. This activity can be completed by individual students or in groups for a fun competition. The first group/person to get everything correct wins a prize!
Vegetable Precision Cuts Poster
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Vegetable Precision Cuts Poster

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Showcasing seven essential precision cuts used in the culinary world, this poster is a must-have for every aspiring chef and food tech student. This eye-catching colour poster can be printed A3 or A4, and features 7 visually engaging examples of precision cuts: Jardiniere Julienne Brunoise Macedoine Chiffonade Paysanne Mirepoix It includes a handy written description which details the appearance and dimensions each cut should have. Making it an invaluable visual aid that students can easily refer to while studying or engaging in hands-on practical kitchen experiences.
Kitchen Equipment Match-Up Memory Cards
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Kitchen Equipment Match-Up Memory Cards

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Get students practising and recognizing the names and types of equipment used in kitchen and cooking rooms. There are 24 pairs of game cards that require students to match the name of the equipment to its image. Students can play MEMORY or SNAP as a lesson plenary, or during a lesson as a MATCH-UP task to glue into workbooks.
Herb and Spice Research Task
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Herb and Spice Research Task

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Herbs and spices are used in the culinary world to add colour, variety and unique flavours to food. Students need to know that all herbs and spices originate from plants. This research task gets students thinking about what part of the plant each herb or spice comes from. They discover the journey of vanilla from paddock to plate and will create a ‘how-to’ brochure for growing, harvesting and preparing their chosen herb or spice for use in the kitchen.
Hospitality Kitchen Safety COMPREHENSION Task
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Hospitality Kitchen Safety COMPREHENSION Task

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One of the most important aspects of working in any kitchen is being on the lookout for and reducing the possibility of hazards. This comprehension task takes an article from an Australian news website about a Melbourne Restaurant failing in their duties to keep a worker safe and asks students to describe how the incident occurred, explain the employee and employer responsibilities when it comes to risks and discuss the consequences. This is a great homework task after a safety lesson or as part of a casual/relief lesson.
Methods of Cookery Definition Match-Up
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Methods of Cookery Definition Match-Up

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This activity is suitable for Hospitality, Family & Consumer Science, Food Technology and any other food related courses where students need to know the definitions of each method of cookery. Included in the pdf file is the instructions, name and definition for each of the 13 methods of cookery. Cards can be printed in colour directly onto card stock, or printed on regular paper and laminated. To play: hand out the definitions and terms to the students and have them find their match. As a revision activity, pass out a complete set of cards to each small group or individual and have them match the term/name of the method of cookery to its correct definition. The methods of cookery included: Boiling Baking Poaching Braising Deep frying Shallow frying Stir frying Pan frying Grilling Roasting Steaming Stewing Microwaving Please leave a review!
Prepare & Serve Espresso Coffee COMPLETE UNIT
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Prepare & Serve Espresso Coffee COMPLETE UNIT

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This Prepare & Serve Espresso Coffee Complete Unit includes everything needed to engage students in hands-on espresso coffee making activities. Covering all components of the Vocational Espresso Coffee unit of competency, there are a range of activities covering setting up a coffee workstation, selecting and grinding coffee beans, milk texturing, advising customers, taking orders and cleaning espresso equipment. Students will need access to an espresso coffee machine and coffee bean grinder for the practical tasks. Included in this file: Unit program Learning intentions & success criteria posters for each component Pre/post test that can also be used for the quiz assessment Coffee machine & grinder anatomy worksheets Coffee recipe posters SNAP! and Memory game cards Cloze passages Job lists and issues flowcharts Assessment observation checklist and portfolio example Practical feedback form & end of unit evaluation Please leave a review/feedback after purchase. Thanks!
Read a Recipe
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Read a Recipe

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Wanting to make sure your students fully understand the recipe and know how to read it properly? This Reading A Recipe worksheet is perfect as a revision exercise or as a starter activity leading into their first recipe demonstration or practical lesson. Students are provided with an ‘easy brownie’ recipe that they use to answer questions on the components of a recipe, equipment requirements, recipe abbreviations, vocabulary and comprehension. To include a more hands-on approach, students or the teacher can be cooking the ‘easy brownies’ to provide visual assistance for the worksheet responses. The brownies make a tasty reward for those that participate and complete the worksheet!
Vegetable Precision Cuts Worksheet
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Vegetable Precision Cuts Worksheet

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Practice the seven essential precision cuts used in the culinary world. This worksheet is a must-have for every aspiring chef and food tech student. Precision cuts to practice and assemble on the worksheet include: Jardiniere Julienne Brunoise Macedoine Chiffonade Paysanne Mirepoix Pair it with the Vegetable Precision Cuts Poster which includes the written descriptions detailing the appearance and dimensions each cut should have. What better way to help practice the required cut proportions!
Chef Research & Presentation Project
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Chef Research & Presentation Project

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The culinary industry wouldn’t be what it is today without the ideas and inspirations of the vast array of chefs who have created edible masterpieces and experiences. This research task will help students discover the lives and inspirations behind these influencers and show their understanding in an oral and written presentation style format. Great as a filler lesson towards the end of the term, an introduction for a term of multicultural foods or set the research component for when the regular teacher is absent and the oral component for later. This task provides lots of examples of chefs students can choose to research, a range of questions they need to answer within their research, a score/marking form as well as an example written project that can be displayed to assist with student understanding. This is one of my go to lessons to keep students engaged!
Update Hospitality Knowledge: Salmonella Outbreak Comprehension
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Update Hospitality Knowledge: Salmonella Outbreak Comprehension

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It’s important to stay abreast of things happening in the Hospitality industry in order to meet Vocational criteria such as Source & Use Information on the Hospitality Industry. It also helps students to show their understanding of the industry to potential employers and in exams. This comprehension task is on the Salmonella food poisoning outbreak in Australia in 2019. Students are given two articles to read through and in conjunction with their knowledge of food poisoning bacteria and any additional research, respond to the questions in as much detail as they can.
Foodborne Illness Pathogens Report Task
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Foodborne Illness Pathogens Report Task

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Foodborne Illness or food poisoning is caused by bacteria and viruses getting into the food we eat. It can also be caused by toxins. This task provides students with a unique way to present their information - in a report card format. Students are asked to use the websites provided as well as their own research to locate the required information. For bacterial food poisoning, students need to identify the symptoms, typical food vehicles for transmission, treatment and prevention methods. For viral food poisoning, students are asked to use their research skills to find the missing information and for toxin related food poisoning, students are given all the identifying information except for the name and incubation periods. Depending on the level of your students, this task works well individually or for small groups and can be a wonderful revision activity for older students studying for their exams.
Foodborne Illness Pathogen Classroom NOT WANTED Posters
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Foodborne Illness Pathogen Classroom NOT WANTED Posters

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Make learning about food poisoning bacteria FUN with these NOT WANTED posters. There’s 10 of them to display! Display them around the classroom to help students know where each horrendous foodborne illness pathogen hides, the symptoms if it catches you, and how to stop it spreading. There’s also a weird and creepy image for students to know what it will look like inside them if they catch it! The aim of these posters is to have students thinking about personal and environmental hygiene and food safety when in the kitchen so they don’t catch one of those deadly pathogens! Enhance their understanding by having students use the information on the posters to help them write up the bacterial reports in the Foodborne Illness Pathogen Report Task
Survival Game Scenarios Workbook
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Survival Game Scenarios Workbook

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This survival game scenarios workbook provides three scenarios - plane crash, yacht fire and stranded on the moon. Students need to work in groups to reach decisions on things such as what are the most important things needed for survival, who should be eligible for the lifeboat and of the undamaged items salvaged - which is the most important to keep and how will it help. Students must reach decisions collectively. There is a debrief extension to enhance student’s understanding of decision making skills and their role in the groups they are members in. This task works well as an end of term filler, in conjunction with STEM lessons or as a challenge task. Answers are supplied.
Parent Teacher Conference Notes
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Parent Teacher Conference Notes

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Be fully prepared for your parent teacher interviews by using this Conference template. Simply fill in how well the student follows directions, behaves, completes classwork, their latest assessment results and any other comments their parent needs to know. Keep the record of your parent interview in your class monitoring folder or photocopy and give the parent a copy to take home!
Recipe Batch-Up Worksheet
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Recipe Batch-Up Worksheet

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Help students understand how to increase and decrease the quantities of ingredients in a recipe. This worksheet provides the step-by-step instructions and formula to work out conversion factors, an example recipe conversion from 4 to 25 serves and information on converting measuring spoon & cup measurements to weight. Students then test our their new found knowledge with a Choc Chip Biscuit recipe. Great for introducing students to recipe modifications and batch-ups for catering events.
100 Wordz EXPANSION PACK
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100 Wordz EXPANSION PACK

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100 Words is a spelling game for children in grades 1-6 (can also be used for lower ability middle and high schoolers). This expansion pack incorporates the 601-1200 words from Oxford’s Sight List. As in the original game, words increase in difficulty from the top down. Top words are worth one point each, increasing in value up to 6 points for bottom words. The only equipment needed to play the game is the stack of cards and a dice. The expansion pack can be played as a stand alone game to the original or incorporated into the original game cards to increase difficulty for students. The file includes: Instructions Player score cards Solitaire game card 17 pages of game cards to print, cut & laminate (or print directly onto cardstock & cut). There are 6 cards to a page and 100 cards overall for the game 6 blank cards for teachers to incorporate their own class word banks/spelling lists into the game Please leave a review after purchase.
100 Wordz Spelling Game with Expansion Pack BUNDLE
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100 Wordz Spelling Game with Expansion Pack BUNDLE

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100 Wordz Original 100 Words is a spelling game for children in grades 1-6 (can also be used for lower ability middle and high schoolers). It is based on the top 600 words in Oxford’s Sight List. The object of the game is to obtain the highest score (100 points) by spelling the most number of words correctly. There are a variety of ways that the game can be played - as a single player using the Solitaire Game Card or in groups where each player has their own Score Card. Words increase in difficulty from the top down. Top words are worth one point each, increasing in value up to 6 points for bottom words. 100 Wordz Expansion The expansion pack incorporates the 601-1200 words from Oxford’s Sight List. As in the original game, words increase in difficulty from the top down. Top words are worth one point each, increasing in value up to 6 points for bottom words. The expansion pack can be played as a stand alone game to the original or incorporated into the original game cards to increase difficulty for students. The only equipment needed to play the game is the stack of cards and a dice. The file includes: Instructions Player score cards Solitaire game card 17 pages of original game cards to print, cut & laminate (or print directly onto cardstock & cut). There are 6 cards to a page and 100 cards overall for the game 17 pages of expansion pack game cards to print, cut & laminate (or print directly onto cardstock & cut). There are 6 cards to a page and 100 cards overall for the game 12 blank cards for teachers to incorporate their own class word banks/spelling lists into the game Please leave a review after purchase
100 Wordz Spelling Game
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100 Wordz Spelling Game

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100 Words is a spelling game for children in grades 1-6 (can also be used for lower ability middle and high schoolers). It is based on the top 600 words in Oxford’s Sight List. The object of the game is to obtain the highest score (100 points) by spelling the most number of words correctly. There are a variety of ways that the game can be played - as a single player using the Solitaire Game Card or in groups where each player has their own Score Card. Words increase in difficulty from the top down. Top words are worth one point each, increasing in value up to 6 points for bottom words. The only equipment needed to play the game is the stack of cards and a dice. The file includes: Instructions Player score cards Solitaire game card 17 pages of game cards to print, cut & laminate (or print directly onto cardstock & cut). There are 6 cards to a page and 100 cards overall for the game 6 blank cards for teachers to incorporate their own class word banks/spelling lists into the game Please leave a review after purchase.
Textiles Trolley Inspiration
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Textiles Trolley Inspiration

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Needing some textiles room organisation inspiration? Look no further than this poster. It provides an example of an individual teacher trolley - so no missing resources shared between colleagues and no leaving smaller items in the room for anyone to access! Simply organise your own trolley, store it next to your desk in the staffroom and wheel it into your textiles room when needed.