GCSE Food and Nutrition
Mae disgrifiadau'r TGAU yn Saesneg yn unig, gan eu bod wedi eu cymryd o fanyleb Saesneg CBAC.
Learners type objective, short and extended answers in an on-screen examination worth 40%, then complete two written assessments: a food science investigation built around a hypothesis, and a researched, planned and evaluated cooking task, both needing analysis, justification and precise sensory description. Numeracy is applied throughout: weighing and measuring, key temperatures, scaling and adapting recipe quantities, calculating energy and nutritional values, timing a plan of work, and presenting results in tables and charts. The single biggest thing Key Stage 3 should build is the fair-test habit: change one variable, measure and record the results in a table or chart, and write a conclusion that uses the evidence.
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2025
- Faint o waith llythrennedd
- Uchel
- Faint o waith rhifedd
- Canolig
- Manyleb
- Agor manyleb CBAC (PDF)
Sut mae'r TGAU hwn yn cael ei asesu
- Unit 1: Principles of Food and Nutrition: Digital examination 1 hour 30 minutes, 40%, 80 marks
- Unit 2: Food Investigation: Non-examination assessment, 8 hours, 20%, 40 marks, set by WJEC, marked by the centre and moderated by WJEC
- Unit 3: Food and Nutrition in Action: Non-examination assessment, 12 hours, 40%, 80 marks, set by WJEC, marked by the centre and moderated by WJEC
Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Mesur
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Weighing, measuring and key temperatures
Learners must weigh and measure ingredients accurately, both listed as techniques in Appendix A, and know the key temperatures for food safety, storage, cooking and reheating.
Rhifedd: Mesur, Cymhwysedd strategol, Dealltwriaeth gysyniadol, Cyfathrebu â symbolau
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils weigh flour on digital and dial scales and measure milk in a jug for scones, recording each amount with the correct unit.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils use a food probe to check the core temperature of a cooked dish and record fridge and freezer readings, including negative numbers.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils convert a recipe given in cups and ounces into grams and millilitres, then weigh it out accurately to within 5 g.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 1, 1.5.1 and 1.5.2, page 16; Appendix A, pages 31 to 32
“key temperatures for food safety, storage and cooking”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu darllen a dehongli graddfeydd neu raniadau ar amrywiaeth o offerynnau mesur.
Rwy'n gallu cofnodi mesuriadau mewn ffyrdd gwahanol, e.e. 1.3kg = 1kg 300g, 4.2cm = 4cm 2mm.
Rwy'n gallu mesur a chofnodi tymereddau sy'n cynnwys darlleniadau positif a negatif.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu darllen a dehongli graddfeydd ar amrywiaeth o offerynnau mesur.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio'r unedau mesur cyffredin, trosi rhwng unedau cysylltiedig y system fetrig a chwblhau cyfrifiadau.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio cywerthoedd metrig bras o unedau imperial a ddefnyddir bob dydd.
Cam cynnydd 5
Rwy'n gallu nodi, mesur neu gasglu'r wybodaeth sy'n ofynnol er mwyn cwblhau'r dasg.
Rwy'n gallu dehongli atebion o fewn cyd-destun y broblem ac ystyried a yw atebion, gan gynnwys dangosyddion cyfrifiannell, analog a digidol, yn synhwyrol.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio nodiant, symbolau ac unedau mesur priodol, gan gynnwys mesurau cyfansawdd.
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Calculating energy and nutritional values
Unit 1 learners should know how to calculate energy and nutritional values in food. In Unit 3 learners explore the nutritional value of their dish and suggest changes to quantities to meet the audience's needs.
Rhifedd: Cyfrifiad, Mesur, Cymhwysedd strategol, Rhuglder, Dealltwriaeth gysyniadol
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils read the per 100 g column on two cereal packets and work out which gives more sugar in a 30 g bowl.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils add up the energy in kilocalories of each ingredient in their pasta salad from a nutrition table and divide by the number of portions.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils calculate the energy, fat and sugar per portion of their dish, express each as a percentage of a teenager's reference intake, and adapt the recipe to lower one value.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 1, 1.2.3, page 13; Unit 3, 3.3.3, page 24
“Learners should know how to calculate energy and nutritional values in food.”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu cyfrifo canran, ffracsiwn a degolyn o unrhyw faint gyda chyfrifiannell lle y bo'n briodol.
Rwy'n gallu lluosi rhifau a degolion â lluosrif o 10, e.e. 15 x 30, 1.4cm x 20.
Rwy'n gallu adio a thynnu rhifau gan ddefnyddio rhifau cyfan a degolion.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu mynegi un maint fel canran maint arall.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio dulliau effeithlon i luosi a rhannu rhifau cyfan a degolion, gan gynnwys degolion megis 0.6 neu 0.06.
Rwy'n gallu cynrychioli a defnyddio mesurau cyfansawdd, gan ddefnyddio unedau safonol.
Cam cynnydd 5
Rwy'n gallu adnabod, modelu a chymhwyso'r strwythurau a syniadau mathemategol wrth wraidd problemau, er mwyn eu fformiwleiddio a'u datrys.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio cyfrifiannell wyddonol yn effeithiol ac yn effeithlon i gwblhau cyfrifiadau gan ddefnyddio'r amrywiaeth o fysellau swyddogaeth sydd ar gael.
Rwy'n gallu dehongli atebion o fewn cyd-destun y broblem ac ystyried a yw atebion, gan gynnwys dangosyddion cyfrifiannell, analog a digidol, yn synhwyrol.
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Timing a plan of work
Learners must produce a timed order of work for a single food outcome and for a number of outcomes, including sequencing, timings and contingency plans, and later evaluate their time management.
Rhifedd: Mesur, Cymhwysedd strategol, Rhesymu rhesymegol
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils write a simple time plan for a 50 minute practical with a clock time for each step, including washing up.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils plan pasta and a sauce cooked at the same time, using a time plan in 5 minute steps that shows when to start each part.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils write a dovetailed time plan for two dishes in a 90 minute lesson, including a contingency, then record actual times and calculate how far they drifted.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 3, 3.2.1, page 23; Unit 3, 3.3.4, page 25
“Learners should be able to produce a timed order of work to”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio a dehongli calendrau, amserlenni a rhaglenni i gynllunio digwyddiadau a gweithgareddau, a gwneud cyfrifiadau fel rhan o'r daith gynllunio.
Rwy'n gallu cwblhau gweithgareddau ymarferol sy'n cynnwys digwyddiadau a amserir, ac esbonio pa uned o amser yw'r mwyaf priodol.
Rwy'n gallu blaenoriaethu a threfnu'r camau perthnasol sydd eu hangen i gwblhau'r dasg neu ddod o hyd i ddatrysiad.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu blaenoriaethu a threfnu'r camau perthnasol sydd eu hangen i gwblhau'r dasg neu ddod o hyd i ddatrysiad.
Rwy'n gallu dewis, treialu a gwerthuso amrywiaeth o ddulliau posibl a rhannu problemau cymhleth yn gyfres o dasgau.
Rwy'n gallu cyfiawnhau fy ngweithdrefnau, fy rhagfynegiadau a'm dyfaliadau.
Cam cynnydd 5
Rwy'n gallu blaenoriaethu a threfnu'r camau perthnasol sydd eu hangen i gwblhau'r dasg neu ddod o hyd i ddatrysiad.
Rwy'n gallu dewis, treialu a gwerthuso amrywiaeth o ddulliau posibl a rhannu problemau cymhleth yn gyfres o dasgau.
Rwy'n gallu cyfiawnhau fy ngweithdrefnau, fy rhagfynegiadau a'm dyfaliadau.
Da gwybod
- Unit 1 is typed on screen, not handwritten: "Digital examination: 1 hour 30 minutes" (Summary of assessment, page 5) and "Assessment type: Digital Examination" (Unit 1, page 11).
- The specification does not mention marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar, and states no calculator rule for the examination: "The Assessment Pack will include all detailed information relating to assessment." (Assessment, page 27).
- AO3, analyse and evaluate, is 20% of the qualification, with 10% in the Unit 1 examination, 5% in Unit 2 and 5% in Unit 3 (Assessment objectives, page 27).
- Nutritional calculation carries different weight by unit: Unit 1 learners "should know how to calculate energy and nutritional values in food" (1.2.3, page 13), but in Unit 3 learners need only be aware of "how to calculate the nutritional value in a food outcome" (3.3.3, page 24).
- Both written assessments are time limited: Unit 2 "will take 8 hours to complete" and Unit 3 "will take 12 hours to complete", and each "could be completed in several sittings" (Arrangements for non-examination assessment, page 28). No word limits are stated.
- Costing and budgeting are not named in the specification. Money appears only through "socio-economic influences" on food choice (1.3.3, page 14; 3.1.1, page 22).
- Charts and star diagrams are listed with "such as", which the specification says "indicates that the specified content is for guidance only" (How to read the amplification, page 11).
Cysylltiadau â TGAU eraill
Food investigations use the same fair-test, variables and results-table skills as The Sciences, and recipe scaling and percentage of reference intake overlap with Mathematics and Numeracy.
Ffynhonnell: WJEC GCSE Food and Nutrition specification, Version 2, February 2025, teaching from 2025, for award from 2027 (© WJEC CBAC Ltd. 2024).