Design and technology
Learning Journeys
Product Design - Graphics - KS3 KS4
Objectives in design and technology
KS3
In year 7:
Students are introduced to a range of new skills and knowledge during Year 7. They begin to develop knowledge and techniques to enable them to design and make products suitable for different users. They select and use the correct tools and equipment and use a varied range of materials to make creative solutions to a set brief. Projects encourage independence and creativity.
Content covered:
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Textiles – Hand sewing skills, applique and embroidery techniques. Students will also gain an understanding of fastenings and start to use the sewing machines.
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Resistant materials – H&S, Key Fob, Isometrics drawing, Vacuum formed clock
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Food & Nutrition - Healthy eating and the importance of having a healthy lifestyle, understanding the Eatwell Guide, H&S in the Food Room, how to use a range of utensils, equipment and appliances and develop specific preparation skills in the practical sessions of the rotation such as weighing, measuring and knife skills.
Practical lessons = Deli Salad, Shortbread and Pizza Whirls.
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Product design/Graphics – Use of different CAD/CAM software, understanding what makes a good designer, understanding and using different design software.
In year 8:
Students build on the skills, knowledge and techniques developed in Y7. They work with independence and precision to make well finished products that meet the needs of the target market. Testing and evaluating skills are used effectively to develop their work. Projects are challenging and allow students to take design risks.
Content covered:
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Textiles – Travel pillows inspired a country or culture of choice. Tie dye and applique techniques explored. Students will also learn about properties of natural fibres.
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Resistant materials – 1 Point perspective, Manufacturing techniques. Jointed Toy project.
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Food & Nutrition - Students continue to develop their knowledge of 'Healthy Living'. Students will look into Seasonality, Food Provenance and develop a greater understanding of Food Commodities. In practical sessions students will enhance their preparation skills and techniques while using a greater range of utensils, equipment and appliances with as much independence as possible.
Practical lessons = Vegetable Soup, Fruit Crumble and Fajitas.
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Product design/ Graphics – Students gain understanding of sustainable design, production methods and design and make a sustainable Speaker project using electronics & CAD/CAM.
In year 9:
Students extend their skills and knowledge enabling them to prepare for GCSE choices. In depth research enables them to design and make creative and quality products that are innovative. Students investigate the work of professional artists and designers and recognise how it impacts on their own projects. They work consistently and independently with a wide range of tools, equipment and materials.
Content covered:
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Textiles – Developing decorative techniques in an art final piece, focusing on printing techniques, layering of fabrics and developing embroidery and applique skills learnt in previous years. Students will learn about fabric construction and material sources.
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Resistant materials – Plastic mini skills, 2-point perspective skills Storage holder and anthropometric and ergonomic Project
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Food & Nutrition - Students will prepare, cook and serve an increasingly complex range of dishes with precision and care building on skills and knowledge gained throughout KS3.
Practical lessons = Cake Jars, Mini Quiches and a Cultural Dish of choice.
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Product design/ Graphics- Students complete a music festival project while learning about logo design and stop frame animation.
KS4 GCSE options:
Art Textiles- OCR
The Textiles course is structed into two parts, Coursework (60%) and Exam (40%).
Coursework and Exam assessment objectives (AO) 1-4:
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AO1- Develop ideas through investigations, demonstrating critical understanding of sources.
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AO2- Refine work by exploring ideas, selecting and experimenting with appropriate media, materials, techniques and processes.
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AO3- Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions as work progresses.
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AO4- Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and demonstrates understanding of visual language.
This course encourages learners to:
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Use a variety of fabrics and materials to create products, garments or art pieces based on their own theme, analysis of research, techniques and samples
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actively engage in the creative process of art, craft and design in order to develop as effective and independent learners, and as critical and reflective thinkers with enquiring minds
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become confident in taking risks and learn from experience when exploring and experimenting with ideas, processes, media, materials and techniques
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develop critical understanding through investigative, analytical, experimental, practical, technical and expressive skills
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develop and refine ideas and proposals, personal outcomes or solutions with increasing independence
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acquire and develop technical skills through working with a broad range of media, materials, techniques, processes and technologies with purpose and intent
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develop knowledge and understanding of art, craft and design in historical and contemporary contexts, societies and cultures
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develop an awareness of the purposes, intentions and functions of art, craft and design in a variety of contexts and as appropriate to learners’ own work
Resistant Materials- AQA
In Resistant Materials students will work with a variety of materials including wood, plastic and metal and develop their practical skills in the workshop while completing a number of skill projects. Students will gain awareness and learn from wider influences on Design and Technology including historical, social, cultural, environmental and economic factors. Students will get the opportunity to work creatively when designing and making and apply technical and practical expertise.
The AQA course assessment is divided equally between a final Non-Examined Assessment (coursework) and a final 2-hour exam. In the NEA, students will be able to choose from a number of exam board contextual challenges. This extended piece of work will enable students to demonstrate skills learnt in Year 10. They will complete a section on research, design, development, making and evaluation. The exam is broken down into two main parts, core technical principles and specialist technical principles and students will be required to answer a range of multiple choice and short answer questions.
Students will learn about:
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New and Emerging technologies
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Energy, materials, systems and devises
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Materials and their working properties
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Common specialist technical principles
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Design principles
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Making principles
GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition-AQA
The specification sets out the knowledge, understanding and skills required to cook and apply the principles of food science, nutrition and healthy eating. Students will learn information about how you can apply nutrition through practical work, cooking of food and heat transfer, functional and chemical properties of food, food spoilage and contamination, principles effecting food safety, sustainability, food labelling and marketing, food processing and production and sensory evaluation.
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Students will apply nutritional knowledge learnt in theory lessons to the dishes that they produce in the practical sessions.
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Practical sessions will enhance student’s food preparation skills, techniques and processes. The food products and dishes that they produce will link in from the theory sessions taught previously so that students are as prepared and confident as they possible can be.
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The content and structure of the theory lessons will equip students with the knowledge required for their written examination (50% of their overall GCSE).
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Students will explore different types of food chemistry and functions - this prepares students for their NEA1 (non-exam assessment) in Food Science and their NEA2 in Food Preparation (non-exam assessment).
The focus of Year 11 is to complete two pieces of NEA and revisit the knowledge learnt in Year 10 in order to revise for a written examination (50% of overall GCSE).
NEA1 - Food Science investigation 15% - applying food science and chemistry knowledge to experiments and writing up the findings in a 1500—2000 word report/essay with photographs.
NEA2 - Food Preparation 35% - produce a three course meal within a three hour timed assessment showing as many food preparation skills as possible around a set brief. Write up and evaluate the findings with the means of a written report.
Graphics- AQA
In Graphics students will work with a variety of materials including paper, board and foam and develop their practical skills in the workshop while completing a number of skill projects. Students will develop their ability to design through a range of sketching techniques, sketch modelling and computer software programs. Students will get the opportunity to work creatively when designing and making and apply technical and practical expertise.
The AQA course assessment is divided equally between a final Non-Examined Assessment (coursework) and a final 2-hour exam. In the NEA, students will be able to choose from a number of exam board contextual challenges. This extended piece of work will enable students to demonstrate skills learnt in Year 10. They will complete a section on research, design, development, making and evaluation. The exam is broken down into two main parts, core technical principles and specialist technical principles and students will be required to answer a range of multiple choice and short answer questions.
Students will learn about:
- New and Emerging technologies
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Energy, materials, systems and devises
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Materials and their working properties
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Common specialist technical principles
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Design principles
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Making principles
