Design and Technology

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Year 7

During Year 7 our students will undertake 3 modules of work. The students will be taught in specialist rooms by specialist staff and will involve development of designing and making skills. In Food they will learn about healthy eating and make a number of recipes. In the architecture module they will learn how to use CAD software and design skills to design a building for a given local site. In Product Design the focus will be on mastering making skills using key equipment such as the disc sander, hand tools, pillar drill etc. They will make a variety of practical tasks such as a keyring, pencil holder, egg cup and coat hook.

Module/Project title	Key assessment piece	Homework title	Homework regularity
Architecture	Research	1. Floor plans 2. Structures 3. Design task	Once per fortnight
Product Design	Designing	1. Pet product (research) 2. Numeracy 3. Pet product (design) 4. Good design 5. Numeracy 6. Manufactured boards	Once per fortnight
Product Design	Making		Once per fortnight
Food	Evaluating	1. Kitchen safety poster 2. Analysis of sandwich 3. Evaluation of fruit salad	Once per fortnight

Year 8

During Year 8 our students will undertake 3 modules of work. The students will be taught in specialist rooms by specialist staff and will develop skills learnt in year 7 whilst learning new techniques to ensure they demonstrate good progression. In Food they will develop their cooking skills and make a number of recipes. In the short Product Design module, they will make bookends, an egg cup and a nightlight. In the extended Product Design module, they will make a wooden stool, a prototype of a design classic and undertake a creative design task. The focus will be on learning about plastics, electronics and also sustainability in design.

Module/Project title	Key assessment piece	Homework title	Homework regularity
Extended Product Design module	Designing Making	1. Design icons 2. DT numeracy 3. Components 4. Sustainability 5. Design task	Once per cycle
Short Product Design module	Designing Making	1. Good design 2. DT Numeracy 3. Plastics	Once per cycle
Food	Research Making	1. Eatwell guide 2. Flours 3. Cereals	Once per cycle

Year 9

During Year 9 students will undertake 3 modules in specialist areas with specialist teachers. In these modules they will follow the design process to design and make creative outcomes. They will be taught knowledge that links to some of the Design and technology GCSE courses that they can then opt for next year. In one Product Design module they will have a choice to design and make either a product to store/display letters and keys or a product to store kitchen utensils for the kitchen. In Food they will cook a number of recipes and in the second Product Design module they will undertake a variety of small creative design tasks whilst also making a bottle opener.

Module/Project title	Key assessment piece	Homework title	Homework regularity
Food	Evaluating Making	1. Eggs 2. Fish 3. Evaluation	Once per cycle
Product Design – short project	Research Making	1. Design movements research 2. Design movements designing 3. Design movements final design	Once per cycle
Product Design -extended project	Designing Making	1. Target market research 2. Sustainable design: Product that is bad and redesign 3. Sustainable company/brands: case study	Once per cycle
Product Design -extended project	Planning Making	1. Dt numeracy 2. Woods	Once per cycle