Swing tags are attached to textile items, most often clothing. They contain important information about the product and reflect the brand. Care labels are sewn into textile items and provide the buyer with information on how to ‘care’ for that item (wash, dry, iron). There are 5 internationally recognised care symbols which provide an alternative to the written care instructions. This worksheet provides students with a care symbols reference sheet as well as images of care tags for students to examine and determine how the textile item should be cared for. Students are given the chance to draw appropriate care symbols based on a provided written label and design their own swing tag based on a piece of clothing they have made or will make in their textiles/art lesson.

Kitchen math can be a challenge but is so important to understand for menu costing and budgeting. This handy worksheet provides the formula to help students cost out individual ingredients, full recipes and per portion. They put their new found knowledge to the test by costing two recipes. The simple formula they learn through this handout can be used with any and every recipe they need to cost out.

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!

Nowadays most people use online reviews from websites such as TripAdvisor or Yelp to help them decide whether they should visit a particular restaurant or decide which meal they should try (or avoid!). With this 12 page Restaurant and Food Review task, students learn to write informative pieces based on their real world experiences of local restaurants, cafes or take-away shops (or even mum’s cooking if need be!). They will identify the differences between poorly written and quality written reviews, learn the importance of following a specific structure, brainstorm and draft their responses before providing their final review ready to share with the world. This task is easily adapted to any food situation and could even be used as a great intro to a cultural food feast where students write their reviews of the meals on offer to encourage and recommend their favourite to their peers!

One of the most important aspects of working in any kitchen is knowing how to reduce waste because not only does it help the profit margin but it also helps the environment. This comprehension task takes an article from a Hospitality industry magazine and demonstrates how several Australian pioneering chefs are leading the way for reducing food waste in their restaurants. This task will help students develop their understanding of the Source and Use Information on the Hospitality Industry unit of competency. This is a great homework task after a sustainability lesson or as part of a casual/relief lesson.

This activity is suitable for Hospitality, Family & Consumer Science, Food Technology and any other food related courses where students need to know the different method of cookery. Included in the pdf file is the instructions, name and image 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 images 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 image. 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!

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 Table Service trend popular in the 1960s & 70s but which is now making a come back. Students are given an article to read through and in conjunction with their knowledge of how the industry works, respond to the questions in as much detail as they can.

Herbs and spices are used to add colour, variety and unique flavours to food. Herbs and spices also come from different components of plants. This task utilises student fine motor skills of cutting and pasting with digital research to track down which part of the plant each herb and spice comes from. There is a classification table that should be printed A3 size for each student and 4 (printed on A4) pages (a total of 28 herbs and spices) flash cards for students to cut out. Answers are included. This activity is a great one for giving to Life Skills or Support students while the remainder of the class is working through the more in depth Herbs & Spices Research Task

Knowing how to eat healthy is a vital aspect to having a healthy mind and body. Our bodies can’t make nutrients so knowing the foods that are high in essential nutrients helps us make informed choices about the foods we eat. This research task asks students to select one of the 6 important nutrients, outline its importance for the body, identify the minimum and maximum daily requirements, explain what happens if we are deficient in it as well as locating a short recipe that provides the body with a good amount of the nutrient. Task includes marking criteria.

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

In the Stage 5 NSW curriculum, Child Studies explores the broad range of social, environmental, genetic and cultural factors that influence prenatal development and a child’s sense of wellbeing and belonging between 0 and 8 years of age. The Newborn Care unit within the Child Studies subject has students identifying the physical characteristics of a newborn, along with the tests and special care options available to the child immediately after birth. Students develop an understanding of ways to satisfy the needs of a newborn in order to promote their safety and wellbeing, as well as exploring the impact of bringing a newborn into a family. This is a complete unit of work and includes: a Teaching & Learning Program outlining the outcomes students aim to achieve, teaching and learning activities matched to the student workbook and including all website links and YouTube video links used, resources needed as well as space for teacher registration Student Workbook which provides all the learning materials identified within the teaching program Differentiated Extension Task for students who are more advanced in the subject (could also be used as a homework task) Assessment Task to provide the teacher with a summative mark and evaluation of student learning at the end of the unit. This task requires access to eggs. Students become the ‘parent’ of a drained but decorated egg for a week. They are required to keep a journal of their experiences Egg Baby Scrapbook/Journal Scaffold Assessment Task Register so teachers know which students have been given the assessment task and who was away/need to catch up *The Teaching & Learning Program, Assessment Task and Assessment Task Register are provided in an editable MS Word/Google Docs format *The Student Workbook, Differentiated Assessment Task and Egg Baby Scrapbook/Journal is provided in PDF format These resources are provided in a zipped folder. To access them, you will need to unzip the folder once it has been downloaded to your computer.

Needing a textiles task for a casual lesson, end of term filler or homework task? This Fabric & Textiles Online worksheet provides students with a range of questions and is divided into 3 components. The first part asks students to research types of textiles and fibres; the second part has students researching fabric types and their properties; and the third part examines apparel, clothing, customs and traditions related to cloth, how status impacts what people wear, colour significance and fashion. Students are provided with a list of recommended websites to help them get started with their research but are also required to locate appropriate sources to help them find answers to the remaining questions.

Food-borne illness affects many hundreds of people throughout the world each year and is often caused by pathogenic bacteria, viruses or toxins in food. This research task gets students to select and research a food-borne pathogen. A graphic organiser and task list is supplied to help them organise their information and they can let their creativity surface by producing their newfound knowledge in the form of a ‘wanted poster’ and presentation. This is a great end of term filler task or a casual/relief lesson as the task can be divided up so students only produce the wanted poster or the presentation depending on the length of class time available. It can also be used as a summative assessment tool due to the inclusion of a marking/grading rubric and an example of the wanted poster.

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.

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 yet another Melbourne Food Manufacturer/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.

Have you seen an uptake of students consuming energy drinks as their main form of everyday beverage? The energy drink market has seen unprecedented growth over the last 10 years and their popularity is continuing to grow, especially in our youth and adolescents. While there may be some positives to consuming the occasional energy drink, there are many short and long term health effects including addiction, anxiety, dehydration, fertility and heart issues. This poster provides an easy to read outline of some of the most major impacts energy drinks have on the human body. It includes the definition of an energy drink (in case your students like to argue why their energy drink isn’t an energy drink or isn’t bad for them!) as well as a QR code students can scan to view a cool, short, free YouTube video on ‘What if you only drank energy drinks?’ by the team from AsapScience whose aim is to make science make sense. The inspiration behind the creation of this poster came when one of my 15 year old students had a full-on meltdown and screamed it was the only thing she has to drink today and I was stopping her from hydrating (conveniently forgetting the cool filtered bubblers outside and the fact she’d just come in from break) because I asked her to tip her (just opened) large can of V down the sink because energy drinks are banned at our school (which she already knew!). For our students to live long and happy lives, we need to help them understand the importance of looking after their bodies (including what they put into it), and minimising their intake of energy drinks is one aspect we can help educate them on.

What is Military, Business Casual and Bohemian style clothing? What was the fashion like in the 1920’s, 60’s and early 2000’s? This worksheet provides students with a range of 6 clothing styles and 12 consecutive decades to research. Students are provided with a link to a specific website that discusses the identifying features, essential items, fabrics used, fabric care instructions and popular colours and accessories of each clothing style and decade identified on the worksheet. Students need to locate the appropriate information and rewrite it into their own words on the worksheet. This is a great filler lesson.

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!

For first time parents knowing what and how much to pack in preparation for a hospital stay can be a daunting task. This trifold brochure provides a handy in-depth checklist for mum, baby and support partner with all the items needed for the hospital bag. Suitable for a pregnant staff member, student, community member or even an example poster or task item for a child development class.

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.