DT

Curriculum Intent

  • In Design and Technology, our students show confidence through combining practical and technological skill facilitating student ideas, and offering each individual student the opportunity to develop their work.
  • In Design and Technology, we nurture creativity in our students so that they can produce their own varied and creative work.
  • In Design and Technology, our students develop critical thinking through considering the impact of future technological developments and solve problems as individuals and members of a team.

Curriculum Intent

  • In Design and Technology, our students show confidence through combining practical and technological skill facilitating student ideas, and offering each individual student the opportunity to develop their work.
  • In Design and Technology, we nurture creativity in our students so that they can produce their own varied and creative work.
  • In Design and Technology, our students develop critical thinking through considering the impact of future technological developments and solve problems as individuals and members of a team.

Our Key Stage 3 Curriculum

 

Year GroupTerm 1Term 2Term 3Term 4Term 5Term 6
Year 7

Tablet stand (Resistant Materials)
Handheld Game (Graphics)
Safe food handling practices and cooking techniques (Food Technology)
Paper and Card: Architecture Project

Safe food handling practices and cooking techniques (Food Technology)
Tablet stand (Resistant Materials)
Handheld Game (Graphics)

Handheld Game (Graphics)
Safe food handling practices and cooking techniques (Food Technology)
Tablet stand (Resistant Materials)

Year 8

Tablet stand (Resistant Materials)
Grand Designs (Graphics)
Safe food handling practices and cooking techniques (Food Technology)

Safe food handling practices and cooking techniques (Food Technology)
Tablet stand (Resistant Materials)
Grand Designs (Graphics)

Grand Designs (Graphics)
Safe food handling practices and cooking techniques (Food Technology)Tablet stand (Resistant Materials)

Year 9

Tablet stand (Resistant Materials)
Design Ventura (Graphics)
Safe food handling practices and cooking techniques (Food Technology)

Safe food handling practices and cooking techniques (Food Technology)
Tablet stand (Resistant Materials)
Design Ventura (Graphics)

Design Ventura (Graphics)
Safe food handling practices and cooking techniques (Food Technology)

Tablet stand (Resistant Materials)

Careers

Fashion and design

Photography

Architecture

Industrial design

Engineer

Carpentry

Higher Education

Civil Engineering

Design and Technology

Fashion and Design

Mechanical Engineering

Architecture

Digital media

Images

Links

Oak Academy

Design & Technology lessons for Key Stage 3 students - Oak National Academy (thenational.academy)

Technology Student

ENGINEERING - DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY (technologystudent.com)

 

 

 

Seneca Learning

Seneca - Learn 2x Faster (senecalearning.com)

 

Carousel Learning

https://www.carousel-learning.com/

BBC Bitesize

GCSE Design and Technology - BBC Bitesize

 

Further Reading

Images

Links

Engineers Making a Difference

by Dr Shini Somara (Author),
Manuel Šumberac (Illustrator),
Adam Allsuch Boardman (Illustrator)

 

Design Thinking Basics: an introduction to the DTMethod

 

How Technology Works: The facts visually explained (How Things Work)

by DK (Author)

 

The Design of Everyday Things

Donald A. Norman

Design is Storytelling Paperback

by Ellen Lupton (Author)