Y7-11 Absence Line: 01625 627229 Sixth Form Absence Line: 01625 627274 Visit the Sixth Form Website
Y7-11 Absence Line: 01625 627229 Sixth Form Absence Line: 01625 627274 Visit the Sixth Form Website
“Design is everything that isn’t nature”
A single quote that highlights the importance of design to all of us. Look around you, everything that you can see, that isn’t nature, has been designed by someone. There are a lot of different design jobs out there. Someone designed the clothes you are wearing, the materials that they are made from, the wardrobe they hang in and the house that it is sat in.
In Design and Technology we will let your experience a wide range of design ‘disciplines’: you will study Electronics, Food Preparation and Nutrition, Graphic Design, Product Design and Engineering on a rotation across KS3. Designers influence your life more than any rock star or politician. Being a designer is an important job. As a designer you will affect how millions of people live out their lives. A good designer will make people’s lives better, a bad designer… well. So, fancy a challenge? Fancy becoming a designer?
4 lessons per fortnight in Y7, 8 & 9.
Students receive ‘raffle tickets’ as instant rewards for increased levels of effort and engagement. All raffle tickets go into a termly prize draw.
D&T Awards are given to students at the end of each project whose teacher thinks they have shown a true aptitude for that particular design discipline. E.g. Graphic Design, Electronics, Engineering or Food Preparation.
In Year 7 students will receive a minimum of one piece of homework a fortnight. This typically equates to 3-4 pieces of homework for each 6 week project.
All homework tasks will reference ‘Extra challenge’ pointing students in the direction of extra learning, if they are enjoying the topic and keep to know more. (With the exception of ‘Improvement time’ tasks).
Students are assessed by summative tasks designed to track progress in Research, Designing and Making Skills during each rotation. At the end of each rotation, there is a formative assessment knowledge test based on the content learned in the current and previous rotations.