This course has six (6) Units. All Units are to be delivered.
1. home and garden maintenance
2. information technology equipment
3. home appliances
4. basic food preparation
5. home and personal care
6. home safety and hazard identification.
UNIT 1: Home and Garden Maintenance
- recognising basic hand tools (e.g. hammer, saw, paint brush, broom)
- safe use of materials and hand tools (e.g. work gloves, eye protection, safe surfaces). May be with or without support
- storage of basic hand tools (e.g. tool box, shed, cupboard)
- identifying different materials (e.g. wood, metal, fabric, plastic, glass)
- using basic construction techniques (e.g. cutting, gluing, sewing, folding).
UNIT 2: Information Technology Equipment
- using communication technology. E.g.
- mobile phone, camera, video, mobile phone camera
- computer for simple emails, accessing information, communication (e.g. Blogs, Wiki’s, banking)
- information technology safety (e.g. passwords, cyber bullying)
- safe use of social media (e.g. privacy, pirating).
UNIT 3: Home Appliances
- recognise the purpose of common home appliances and equipment (e.g. air conditioner, television, kettle, heater)
- safe use of appliances and equipment (e.g. electrical cords, proximity to other items, use of oven mitts). With or without support
- cleaning and storage of appliances and equipment.
UNIT 4: Basic Food Preparation
- recognise and and/or apply hygiene and safe food handling practices (e.g. washing hands, knife safety)
- recognise healthy food choices
- recognise where and how to purchase food (e.g. bulk buys, specialist shops, supermarkets, on-line shopping)
- recognise safe storage of food (e.g. storage/refrigeration of perishables)
- use basic food preparation techniques (e.g. collecting ingredients, pouring, measuring, cutting and spreading)
- recognise appropriate table settings (e.g. basic cutlery, crockery, salt/pepper)
- clean up safely (e.g. clearing the table, stacking dishes, rinsing, washing up and putting away).
UNIT 5: Home and Personal Care
- care of room (e.g. making the bed, airing, tidying up and dusting/vacuum/cleaning)
- care of clothes (e.g. washing, hanging, folding, putting clothes away)
- appropriate selection of clothing for special activities (e.g. gardening, exercise, dinner outings)
- personal hygiene (e.g. showering, bathing, hand cleaning, use of personal hygiene products)
- personal preventative health strategies (e.g. exercise, nutrition, basic health care).
UNIT 6: Home Safety and Hazard Identification
- smoke alarm and fire alarm
- what to do in an emergency (e.g. fire escape route, emergency use of 000)
- fire drills (real or simulated)
- seeking help if injured, unsafe, or needing assistance
- identifying household hazards
- general household safety (e.g. locking doors after exit, use of night lights, key control, visitor identification).
NOTATION ON EVIDENCE OF LEARNING
Some of the criteria standard elements (see below) use the terms ‘identify’ or ‘describe’.
In the context of this preliminary level course, ‘identification’ might be done via methods such as:
- correctly selecting from a given list
- correctly selecting from a set of images
- correctly naming from memory or after consulting a source such as the internet.
‘Selecting’ might be done by methods such as: pointing; nodding; circling with a pen; or matching (e.g. picture with corresponding name card).
In the context of this preliminary level course, ‘describing’ might be done via methods such as:
- a written description (e.g. a word list of characteristics)
- a series of images with simple written notations.