Technology and Vocational

Design and Technology

The Design and Technology curriculum is structured over five years to equip pupils with the practical knowledge and skills to carry out design and manufacture of products, whether for personal or commercial use. 

Pupils will be taught foundational knowledge of material areas and properties, and how these are applied to the design and manufacturing process.  By the end of Year 9, pupils will have a firm grasp of fundamental design skills including how to use CAD/CAM software.

From Year 10, pupils study towards the AQA GCSE Design and Technology qualification, learning how to investigate a design brief, research the issues that arise and design and make a produce that is suitable for a user and commercially viable.

  

Design Technology Rotation  

Year 7  

Unit 1: Plastics, Sustainability and designing  

Unit 2: Desk Tidy Practical, timbers, inclusive design, CAD/CAM  

Unit 3: Textiles – Doughnut practical, Fair trade  

All units include; Respond to a context, develop ideas, develop an outcome, evaluate outcomes.  

Year 8  

Unit 1: Light box practical, inclusive design, isometric drawing, 3D CAD, evaluating outcomes  

Unit 2: Textiles and Smart Materials practical, responding to the work of designers, Decorative techniques for textiles, smart materials  

Unit 3: Pewter Keyring Practical, Metals, Responding to a design challenge, inclusive design   

All units include; Respond to a context, develop ideas, develop an outcome, evaluate outcomes.  

Year 9  

Unit 1: Automata toy practical, Cams, levers and motion, responding to a design challenge  

Unit 2: Phone Stand Design and Make Challenge, Woods and commercial processes, Plastics and commercial processes, planned obsolescence, independent material choice and making, evaluating for development  

All units include; Respond to a context, develop ideas, develop an outcome, evaluate outcomes.  

 

  

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Autumn 2  

Spring 1  

Spring 2  

Summer 1  

Summer 2  

Year 10  
Material Developments  
 Market Pull/ Technology Push  
Technical Textiles    
Composite Materials   
  
Practical: Box Proect  
Designing  Principles  
 Industry and enterprise  
People, culture, and society  
Core Technical Principles  
Sustainability & the Environment  
Ecological & Social Footprint  
Designing Principles  
Production Techniques & systems  
Scales of Production  
Mock NEA  
 Recap polymers and timbers - Sources, origins and properties  
Working with polymer based materials and fixings  
Commercial manufacturing & quality control  
  
  
  
Mock NEA  
 Common Specialist Principles  
Forces and stresses on materials and objects from Year 9  
Mechanical devices  
 Designing  Principles  
Informing design decisions  
Investigation, primary and secondary data  
The work of others  
Design strategies  
 Core Technical Principles  
Systems approach to designing  
 
Mock NEA  
 Making principles  
Selection of Materials and Components  
Tolerances and Allowances  
Material Management and marking out  
 Designing  Principles  
Evaluating for improvement, consideration to commercial production  
 Designing & Making Principles  
Specialist tools, equipment.   
Techniques and processes.  
Surface treatments and finishes.  
Improving Functionality.  
NEA  
A01 - Identify, investigate and outline design possibilities  
A: Identify, investigate and outline design possibilities  
Handling data - Understanding and representing data including bar charts, pie charts. Presentation of data. Diagrams, bar charts and histograms. 
B: Producing a design brief & specification 
 A02 - Design and make prototypes that are fit for purpose.  
C: Generating Design Ideas  
3 design ideas pages with inspiration. 
 
 

 

 

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Spring 1 

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Summer 1 

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Year 11 
NEA 
A02 - Design and make prototypes that are fit for purpose.  
D: Developing design ideas  
Review of ideas against spec  
Card modelling  
Model evaluation  
Design development Sketches  
Model development and reviews  
Parts layout drawings Solid works  
 Recognising and using expression in decimal and standard form. Basic measuring and number  
NEA  
A02 - Design and Make Prototypes that are fit for purpose.  
E: Realising Design Ideas  
  
A03  
Analysing & Evaluating  
F: Analysing & Evaluating  
  
Costing using basic number and calculating areas of triangles, rectangles, rectangles and volumes of cubes. To determine material needed and calculate waste.  
Core Technical Principles 
 
Energy Generation 
Energy Storage 
Six Rs recap 
 
DTT 
Exam Revision 
Exam Revision 
 

 

Food Preparation and Nutrition

The curriculum is focussed around core knowledge of food and nutrition to ensure every pupil knows the importance of making healthy lifestyle choices. Pupils will be able to select and prepare healthy food with confidence as an essential life skill.

In Year 7, pupils learn about food and personal health and safety, the study of nutrition and foods and recipes from different cultures. In Year 8 they explore the science of cooking, the changing nutritional needs of humans at different life stages and food choices. Year 9 focused on developing and refining core practical skills including pupils developing recipes applying their knowledge to improve nutritional content or suitability for different groups or factors.

From Year 10, pupils study towards the AQA GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition qualification, which gives them the ability to apply the principles of food science, nutrition and healthy eating.

Food Preparation and Nutrition Curriculum map: Click here

 

Photography

  

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Spring 1  

Spring 2  

Summer 1  

Summer 2  

Year 10  
Introduction to photography concepts and techniques.  
Responding to photographers  
Developing ideas  
Realising intentions through a final piece.  
Coursework Unit 1A   
Starting points: Indulgence, inside/outside, distorted, fragments, organic forms.  

Year 11  
Continuation of coursework Unit 1A   
Starting points: Indulgence, inside/outside, distorted, fragments, organic forms.  
  
Coursework Unit 2: Externally set title.  
  
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