Design and Technology
In Design and technology Pupils work on a rotation system spending a number of weeks in each specialist area to gain a complete understanding of the subject and the skill within it. Rotations are Graphics, Resistant materials, Textiles and Food.
Graphic and Resistant materials:
Year 7, 8 & 9 pupils will work on the following areas, working through investigation and project work:
Year | Term 1 Autumn (7 wks) | Term 2 Winter (7 wks) | Term 3 Spring (11 weeks) | Term 4 Summer (11 wks) |
7 | Safety: 2/3D design; sketching; a variety of rendering techniques, copying/scaling; environmental issues; fair-trade; design process; product analysis; research; evaluation; shaping and forming a variety of materials. | |||
8 | Safety: 2/3D design; sketching; rendering techniques; creative thinking; product analysis; mechanisms; structures. Resistant Materials – Designing for a client, wood, plastic and components; basic electronics, finishing and evaluation. Graphics - Comic Book Character development and story – scaling drawings. Projects include: Torch, comic book character, structures investigation. | |||
9 | Resistant materials – Designing to a context in Wood, Plastic, metal and electronics. The Graphics project consists of general principles, isometric drawing, two-point perspective and orthographic drawing. The design process with packaging and advertising theories and nets, with the design and manufacture of a piece of packaging that is fit for a purpose. Projects include: Lamp, 3D product, Packaging | |||
10 | Pupils in years 10 and 11 study the AQA single GCSE, following a Resistant materials / Product design route. They will study a wide range of topics, such as: Approaches to designing, Energy and mechanisms, Material, Tools, Equipment and Processes and new and emerging technologies, this makes up 50% of the marks and is the content for the exam in year 11. They will also complete a coursework (Non-Examined Content) project for the other 50% which will start in year 10 and continue in year 11, the content of this is set by the exam board. | |||
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