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Design Technology
Yr. 7 Scheme
Yr.8 Scheme
Yr.9 Scheme
Key Stage 4
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Curriculum
The KS3 curriculum in Design Technology aims is to build on the good work undertaken at our primary feeder schools to develop students' Design and Technology capability through a variety of activities:

  • Focussed practical tasks which give students the opportunity to learn and practice particular skills and knowledge.
  • Design and making assignments, which provide the opportunity for pupils to use their capability to develop products which meet real needs and wants.
  • Product Analysis tasks in which pupils investigate existing products and use what they find to improve their own repertoire of skills, knowledge and understanding.
 Focussed practical tasks which give students the opportunity to learn and practice particular skills and knowledge


Our course, planning is founded on the belief that students learn most effectively by doing; producing practical solutions to design tasks. Consequently, schemes of work, particularly at KS3, have a bias towards the realisation of quality practical outcomes that students own and take home.

At KS3. Students work in mixed ability groups with an average class size of 22 students. As the students progress from yr.7 to yr.9, they learn how to improve their design and making skills through an integrated series of Design and Make Tasks in different material areas that cover the National Curriculum programmes of study. Each unit is approximately 9 double lessons in length (9 x 1hr 40 mins)
Yr. 7 Scheme

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Resistant Materials – The design and manufacture of a wooden mirror frame.
Mechanisms – An introduction to mechanisms and linkages using Lego Technic.
Textiles – A Sea Life banner, produced using different textiles techniques.
Food – Food hygiene and practical cooking experience.
Product Analysis – Investigating the design and manufacture of everyday products.
Electronics – The production of a flashing light circuit in a vacuum formed case.
Year 7
Yr.8 Scheme

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Food – Bread and Pizza making and the Sainsburys Taste of Success award scheme.
Graphics – The design and production of a package for a local business client.
Computer Aided Design – An intro CAD/CAM software packages to manufacture items.
Metal Manufacturing – A batch production project, manufacturing a candle holder.
Textiles – Designing and making a cushion cover using African Adinkra patterns.
Yr.8 turning n the lathe
Yr.9 Scheme

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Electronics – Constructing a light sensitive burglar alarm with a time delay circuit.
Textiles – The manufacture of a fleece hat, concentrating on industrial processes.
Food – Multicultural restaurant food and Sainsburys Taste of Success award scheme.
Resistant Materials – Making a candle and designing and making a wooden holder.
Graphics – The design and product modelling of confectionary packaging.

As the students progress through KS3, so the level of demand and complexity of the projects increases, as does the opportunity for students to design their own solutions in response to the problems posed.
Key Stage 4

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Students follow one of the suite of AQA Design Technology Full courses: Resistant Materials, Graphic Products, Textiles Technology or Electronic Products.
We also offer Child Development to GCSE level and from 2003 we have started a GCSE Catering course in response to demands from students. In 2004 we will be introducing GCSE Applied Engineering.

The courses in yr.10 concentrate on focused design and make tasks that enable them to practice and master the range of skills, processes and knowledge required to cover the exam specification before they embark on their major project in yr.11 which contributes to 60% of the final assessment. The students also take a single 2hr written exam worth 40% at the conclusion of the course.

Our students have enjoyed continued success at GCSE with a department average of 63% A*- C grades in 2003 and in recent years, one of our Food Technology students achieved one of the top five marks from an entry of 19 000 students.

We regularly enter students work for regional and national competitions as appropriate and have in recent years had winners in the Rotary Young Designer Competition, Audi Design Competition, Taste of the West Catering competitions and many collaborative projects with local businesses such as Salcombe Chocolate Factory and Kingsbridge Toy Library.
Students follow one of the suite of AQA Design Technology Full courses

We regularly enter students work for regional and national competitions
Key Stage 5

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AS/A2 level, students follow the AQA Product Design course with the option to specialise in either Textiles, Graphics or Resistant Materials. These follow on from the GCSE courses and allow students to build a portfolio of evidence for final submission showing a wide range of skills, processes and outcomes.

Our results over the last 5 years have shown a 100% pass rate and an average A – C success rate of 88%.
Extra Curricular Activities

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Extra curricular activities within Design Technology include Marine Challenge, Craft and Jewellery club, Posh Nosh club and open workshops in all areas at lunchtime and after college to enable students to continue work on their coursework projects.
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