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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.
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!
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!
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.
Methods of Cookery Picture Match-Up
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Methods of Cookery Picture 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 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!
Methods of Cookery Match-Up (Advanced)
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Methods of Cookery Match-Up (Advanced)

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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 specifics of each method of cookery. Included in the pdf file is the name, definition, suitable foods, characteristics of foods cooked, associated culinary terms, utensils & equipment, common problems & solutions, procedure, effects on nutritive value, cooking times & temperatures and images for each of the 13 methods of cookery. Some methods have a bonus card of extra information for example: poaching liquids for the poaching method. There are 12 cards per method of cookery (total of 156 cards in the pdf). Cards can be printed in colour directly onto card stock, or printed on regular paper and laminated. There are a couple of ways to play - jumble up the cards of two methods of cookery and have small groups of students sort out which information belongs to which method of cookery, gradually working up to more than two methods; hand out the jumbled cards to the two (or more) methods of cookery to the students and have them find their correct method of cookery name/term person; or blue-tack the name of each method to the board and have students sort through each of the jumbled cards to categorise the info cards into it’s correct method (this one can be made into group competition!). For more advanced revision, provide a complete set of cards to each small group (or individual) and have them match each card to its correct cookery method. The methods of cookery included: Boiling Baking Poaching Braising Deep frying Shallow frying Stir frying Pan frying Grilling Roasting Steaming Stewing Microwaving Also available are a Methods of Cookery Definition Match-Up where students need to match the term to its definition and a Methods of Cookery Picture Match-Up where students need to match the term to its image. Please leave a review after purchase!
Restricted (Like TABOO) Card Game
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Restricted (Like TABOO) Card Game

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Restricted is a fun, fast-paced game where students must try to describe the AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS to their teammates without using the name, or words on the card (similar to Taboo). Basic Rules: Teams have 2 minutes to guess as many animals from the clues given to them as they can. The clue giver shuffles the cards and draws the top card. The opposing team sets a timer for 2 minutes. The clue giver gives as many words and phrases as they can think of - that don’t include the Restricted words! to help their teammates guess the animal. If the teammates guess correctly within the time frame, they get a point, and the clue giver draws another card. Play continues until the timer runs out. There is no penalty for incorrect guesses. After the 2 minutes, the opposing team plays. The first team to 10 points wins In the download, you receive: How to play instructions 34 pages that contain 40 playing cards for you to print on card-stock and cut out Please leave a review!
Literacy Games: Tic Tac Toe, Checkers, Connect4, Scrabble Spelling, Word Ladder
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Literacy Games: Tic Tac Toe, Checkers, Connect4, Scrabble Spelling, Word Ladder

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A collection of FUN literacy games that will get students excited to learn their spelling and vocabulary words! Using a specific list of terms you want your students to revise or using the BONUS included SPELL WARS cards, students play each other in Tic Tac Toe, Connect 4, Checkers, Word Battleship and Word Ladder. Students need to get their spelling word correct in order to add their tokens to the boards. Scrabble Spelling can be an individual lesson filler where students can practice their topic terms (and brings in some numeracy by having them calculate the total sum of each term using the values on each tile) or as a class competition where students have to spell the most words correctly/have the highest sum from a word to win. The BONUS Spell Wars cards contain 180 different words of varying difficulty that can be used with each game. Please Note: After purchase you will need to download the ZIP folder and extract all for access to all the documents.
Child Studies COMPLETE UNIT: Newborn Care
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Child Studies COMPLETE UNIT: Newborn Care

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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.