CASS, Home Economics

Home Economics is an integrated subject where the inter-relationships between diet, health, family, home and resources are addressed in both practical and theoetical contexts.

Home Economics is part of the minimum requirement for every pupil at Key Stage 3 and has a significant role to play in helping pupils to prepare for life and work. It provides pupils with opportunities to explore real issues explicitly relevant to real-life contexts which lead to the development of a wide range of transferable skills. Of particular value is the contribution of the subject to the development of skills such as decision making and working with others.

For Home Economics to be relevant in the curriculum it must meet the overall curriculum objectives. These are, developing the pupils as individuals, as contributors to society and as contributors to the economy and the environment.

Home Economics develops pupils as individuals by:

helping them explore their health in a practical context, enhancing their potential to live a healthy lifestyle and make responsible choices about their diet and food.

Home Economics develops pupils as contributors to society by:

giving them a sense of themselves as social beings and how they relate to one another; making them aware of values and lifestyles that are different from their own and helping them make reasoned judgements in family relationships.

Home Economics develops pupils as contributors to the economy by:

giving them an awareness of themselves as consumers in a changing economy to help them become discerning and effective when making judgements in relation to the environment and personal finances.