Health & Food Technology

National 5

National 5 Course Overview


The purpose of the N5 Health and Food Technology course is to provide pupils with the opportunity to further develop practical, technological and investigative skills to make informed food, lifestyle and consumer choices.


The course covers 3 broad topic areas: 


Food for Health:-

Pupils will develop a sound knowledge of relationships between health, food, current dietary advice, nutrition and dietary needs and their impacts on health at different stages in life.


Food Product Development:-

Pupils will develop their knowledge and understanding of the functional properties of ingredients in food and their use in creating new food products.


Contemporary Food Issues:-

Develop a secure knowledge and understanding of current factors affecting food, lifestyle and wider consumer choices as well as the skills required to apply their knowledge in practical contexts.


World of Work/Career possibilities:

Nutritionist, Dietician, Sports and Exercise Science, Healthcare, Medicine, Food Product Development, Teaching, Nursing, Biomedical Sciences, Consumer Education


Faculty Principal Teacher

Mr I Stanger

Assessment Methods

The final assessment for the course is divided into 2 parts

Learners will produce a food product in response to a given brief by identifying specification points; producing ideas; making the product; and reflect on how the product meet the needs of the brief


Within the question paper, there will be a range of question types which will ask learners to identify, describe, explain and evaluate


Internally assessed closed book end of topic  assessments based on past paper questions will be completed regularly throughout the course to strengthen knowledge and understanding

Learning and Teaching Approaches

The learning and teaching will be delivered through a practical, experiential approach supplemented by classroom based, theory lessons and homework. 

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