Resources by Department for Education

Protecting Tutorial 1

This Licence to Cook tutorial is about being safe and hygienic when buying, carrying and storing food. The differentiated slides cover:

• Looking at the quality of food when shopping
• Storing food, including the use of the fridge and freezer
• Date marks
• Preparing the kitchen
•...

Protecting Tutorial 2

This Licence to Cook tutorial follows on from the Protecting Tutorial 1 and investigates further the inportance of being safe and hygienic when preparing food. The differentiated slides cover:

• Preparing raw ingredients
• Cleaning work surfaces
• Cooking thoroughly
• Covering food and safe...

Quality, Choice and Aspiration: a Strategy for Young People's Information, Advice and Guidance

This strategy report looks at students' need for high quality information, advice and guidance (IAG) to help them make decisions and enable them to access the support and opportunities they need. This strategy sets out the steps that are being taken to improve the IAG offered, the importance of responding to a...

Questioning Whole Groups 2

In these Standards Unit:Improving Learning in Mathematics vidoes you can see part of another session where whole group questioning is taking place.

Sequence: As you watch the video sequence consider the following questions: * What different question types does the teacher use, and what are the advantages...

Quick Guide for STEM Work Experience Placements

This guide from the Department for Education is designed to help teachers, learners, employers and anyone involved in work experience develop strategies for creating good quality placements for young people aged 14–19. The Quick Guide for STEM Work Experience Placements has a question and answer format to assist...

Radio Producer

Toby Hilder works as a producer at Radio 1. This Department for Education clip illustrates the importance of science and maths qualifications as the basis for careers in music technology.

Toby did maths and all three sciences at A-level before taking a degree. He then obtained a trainee role at the BBC...

Reasoning about numbers, with challenges and simplifications

This booklet from the National Numeracy Strategy was written to help students: * solve mathematical problems or puzzles, recognise and explain patterns and relationships, generalise and predict; * explain methods and reasoning orally and in writing; * suggest extensions by asking ‘What if …?’ All the activities...

Recipe Demonstrations

These short videos are part of the Licence to cook course and are designed to be shown in class to demonstrate the recipes used in the practical cooking sessions. The demonstrations include:

White sauce Tomato sauce ANZAC biscuits Cheese onion triangle Cheese straws Courgette...

Report by HM Inspectors on British School Technology 1986

This report by HM Inspectors begins by outlining the history of the British School Technology (BST), its terms of reference and the extent of the operation in terms of the numbers of teachers trained. Details are given of inspections carried out and a more detailed description of the work carried out by BST at...

Report on National Curriculum Council Construction: Technology 1993

A report from the National Curriculum Council (NCC). The change in approach was in turn widely criticised by respondents, and further revisions made by the NCC. While the move towards two Attainment Targets (ATs) and the separation of Information Technology was accepted, there were wide concerns about perceived...