Design and Technology

Ms J Barima - Subject Leader for Art and Design Technology

Miss D Ebcin – Teacher of Design & Technology

Ms A Tshiamalenge – Teacher of Design & Technology

Ms P Robinson - Tecacher of Art and DT.

The curriculum for Design and Technology is broad and balanced, and gives students a basis in the following core areas:

- Product Design

- Resistant Materials

- Textiles

- Cooking and Nutrition. (Students participate in this through the weekly enrichment programme, and PE Curriculum).

In Year 7, students will study the following units as a foundation for further study:

Baseline Project – Design a Kite:

Basic introduction into D&T terminology, materials, design briefs, specification writing and hand drawing skills.

Cereal package project:

Introduction to packaging, net drawing, functions, materials, branding, target market groups (client and consumers) and carrying out questionnaires and surveys in order to build a research basis.

Theory folder project:

Introduction to working drawings, paper sizes, paper engineering and design development using computer aided design (CAD).

Soma cube project:

Introduction to practical work – tools, equipment, designing, manufacturing methods, health and safety in the workshop and finishes.

Necklace project:

Introduction to computer aided design and computer aided manufacture (CAD CAM) for LASER cutting.

ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW:

Formative Assessment Tasks: 

2 final projects created at the end of term 1 and 2. 1 final project created at the end of term 3 – coursework assessed alongside year 7 mark scheme & national curriculum levelling.

Exam paper assessing core knowledge based on threshold concepts covered with some working drawing / design tasks and evaluation at the end of each term.

Summative Assessment Task:

Overview of what has been taught throughout the year – 5 projects should have been created.

A summative exam to cover every threshold topic covered throughout the year, heavily based on materials environmental factors and drawing tasks: projections of working drawings.

Independent learning tasks are set every other week which is published on 'Show my Homework'.

In Year 9, Students....

In Graphic products, our focus for mastery is adapting a design proposal across the three key topics: research and decision making; design development; testing and evaluation.

Students should be able to carry out analytical research; create innovative and creative designs; test and evaluate their production in regards to their consumer profile / client.

Baseline skills: Designing & Theory knowledge:

For the first two terms, students will be understanding the core topics and covering the threshold concepts within graphic products. All topics covered lay a foundation of knowledge needed for KS4 & 5, such as:

• Colour theory
• Typography
• Materials & their properties
• Working drawings
• Nets and developments
• Art Deco
• Packaging symbols
• Safety symbols
• Logos
• Manufacturing methods
• Environmental factors
• Sustainability
• Carbon reduction
• CAD
• Anthropometrics
• Ergonomics
• Questionnaires
• Paper engineering
• Architectural designs
• Designer influences
• Paper and card – engineering and properties

Making and investigating skills - Board game (Maze project):

Threshold concepts learnt in term 1 adapted and applied throughout the first practical project to lay a foundation of skills and knowledge.

This chosen project is a past project set by AQA for GCSE Graphic products which follows the same structure for coursework used for A-levels – refined down to creating a maze in order to keep the first brief closed for in-depth student understanding.

Students will be learning key areas such as:

• Investigating and research
• Material and their properties
• Sustainability & Environmental factors
• Target market group questionnaires and analysing survey results
• Manufacturing methods
• Development of design proposal
• Quality control / check
• Making
• Testing and evaluation

Making and investigating skills - Fast food packaging promotion:

Threshold concepts learnt in term 1 adapted and applied throughout the first practical project to lay a foundation of skills and knowledge. Chosen project is a past project set by AQA for GCSE Graphic products which follows the same structure for coursework used for A-levels –creating a collection of fast food packaging promotions in order to keep the first brief closed for in-depth student understanding.

Students will expand on their practical skills further and match the specification set by AQA, following the coursework order of:

• Investigating the design context
• Development of design proposals
• Making
• Testing and evaluation

The brief will be more open to their innovation, showing independent creativity and organisation. All students will have a mark scheme to clearly show and state the expected output for each topic they need to cover. Every aspect of making, research and evaluation must be evidenced within their coursework files.

ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW:

Formative Assessment Tasks:

Theory folder created from worksheets in class, to guide students through their baseline assessment at the end of term 1.

Final project at the end of term 2 & 3 – coursework assessed alongside AQA March scheme.

Exam paper assessing core knowledge based on threshold concepts covered with some working drawing / design tasks.

Summative Assessment Task:

Overview of what has been taught throughout the year – 2 projects should have been created.

A summative exam to cover every threshold topic covered throughout the year, heavily based on sustainability, environmental and social / moral factors. Alongside drawing tasks and projections of working drawings.

Independent learning tasks are set twice every week which is published on 'Show my Homework'.

Everyday afterschool students are aware that the Graphics room is available for teachers to help them with their homework – they my use the macs if need be.

Every Thursday after school between 4 – 5pm there is a Graphics club available for all students, where they learn how to use Photoshop, InDesign and illustrator professionally.

-        BBC bitesize – product design & graphic products

-        Technologystudent.com

-        DATA – Design and technology association

-        AQA GSCE Specification – Graphics (Year 9)

-        GCSE Essentials revision & guide book – Graphics (Year 9)

-        GCSE CGP revision & guide book – Graphics (Year 9)

For resources students need for ILT:

E.G. Homework booklets, web links, or even basics like a periodic table, etc.

-        BBC bitesize – product design & graphic products

-        Technologystudent.com

-        GCSE Essentials revision & guide book – Graphics (Year 9)

-        GCSE CGP revision & guide book – Graphics (Year 9)