Welcome to the Markethill High School
Home Economics web page!
This page has been filled with photographs both of pupils at work in the department, and of some of their finished products. Please scroll through these at your leisure.
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Our photograph shows the staff in this Department (left to right):- Mrs. Wendy Menary (Head of Department); our technician, Mrs Anita Patterson; and Mrs Marion Poole |
| All pupils study Home Economics at Key Stage 3 and through the syllabus they participate in a range of theoretical and practical activities. These are selected from the following areas of the syllabus: Family Life, Diet and Health, and Choice and Management of Resources. |
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At Key Stage 4 we have two option groups, studying OCR Home Economics Food and/or Home Economics Child Development.
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Year 8 pupils visited the Palace Stables, Armagh, to investigate Cultural Heritage; Year 9 pupils participated in a D.H.S.S. Dental Competition and were highly commended; and Year 10 pupils made and decorated a Christmas Cake. Year 12 have just completed internal-based assessments.
Some examples of work by Year 12 students:
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The chefs responsible!!
