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Home Care

Recognise the types of dirt in a home, choose and care for cleaning tools, use cleaning products including diluted bleach safely, and prevent the diseases and accidents linked to poor hygiene.

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Colours in Decoration

Use the colour wheel and colour schemes to plan a room, choose and arrange decorative accessories including imigongo and kitenge, and decorate with stencilling, block printing, tie-and-dye and flower arranging.

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Characteristics of Fabrics

Classify fibres and fabrics, describe the characteristics, uses and care of cotton, linen, wool, silk, rayon, polyester and nylon, read fibre-content labels, and identify fibres with feel, crease, water and supervised burn tests.

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Seams

Describe the parts, functions and types of seams, make and neaten a plain seam, a French seam and a flat-fell seam step by step, choose the right seam for a fabric and use, and put right common faults.

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Food Safety Techniques

Identify biological, chemical and physical food hazards in a Rwandan kitchen, prevent them with personal hygiene, cross-contamination control and safe storage, and apply the seven HACCP principles to a school or home kitchen.

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Balanced Meal Preparation

Identify nutrients and food groups in Rwandan foods, build a balanced plate from beans, sweet potato, matoke, amaranth, isombe, milk and Lake Kivu fish, adapt meals to each life stage, and plan and cost family menus in Rwandan francs.

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Basic Dishes and Service

Choose suitable cooking methods and work safely with knives, hot pans and gas; prepare salads, egg dishes, sandwiches, isombe and other vegetable and fruit dishes, soups and sauces from recipes you can scale; and present and serve food correctly.

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Bread Making

Classify breads and explain the role of each ingredient, use the science of yeast fermentation and gluten to explain kneading, proving and baking, and make a basic loaf, rolls and chapati, scaling recipes with baker's percentages and working safely with ovens and knives.

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