About Us

The Home Economics department consists of five full time staff and two part time members. Some of our department have worked together for seventeen years. As a team we provide a variety of stimulating courses in Health and Food, Fashion and Textiles and Hospitality for all levels of ability.

“Every child deserves the best possible start in life and to be given every opportunity to achieve their potential. The unlocking of this potential is one of our key aims and a vital ingredient of its success will be the health promoting schools”

Being Well, Doing Well.

Aim

In the Home Economics department we want pupils to feel both valued as individuals and to be able to share responsibility for nurturing good relationships within a group. We wish to promote Home Economics as a subject which contributes to the personal and social development of pupils. The provision of appropriate courses and extra curricular activities offered to as wide a range of pupils as possible is designed to ensure success for all these pupils.

The courses in Home Economics have been devised to develop each pupil’s knowledge, practical, and creative skills in our subject discipline. In addition we see it as essential that an enjoyable experience is provided for all pupils.

Why is Home Economics relevant today?

Continually in the news we hear about how unhealthy the Scottish population are. Too many people with heart disease; too many people with type two diabetes; too many obese children! In Home Economics we are trying to educate the next generation to eat a healthy diet and follow a healthy lifestyle, so that we become a healthier nation.