Design and
Technology is taught at KS3 through Textiles, Food and Resistant
Materials and is broken down as follows:
Curriculum
Yr7: Resistant materials/Food
Yr8: Resistant materials/Textiles
Yr9: Textiles/Food
Each class is taught for 12 periods (1 hour 30 minutes each) per week. The
students are taught half of the year in one area and half in the other area.
Designing activities are intended to stimulate creativity, innovation and imagination.
Students will design and make a number of products through out the Key Stages
including a fabric printed book cover, T-shirt, Biscuits, bread products and
healthy drinks, a piece of jewellery and a paper automater.
At KS4 students can choose to study GCSE Design and Technology. In textiles
surface pattern/decorations are explored and developed using various techniques
including silk painting, digital printing and stencilling, free machine embroidery
and computerised machine embroidery. A variety of products are made from bags,
wall hangings, storage containers and prayer mats.
At KS5 students can chose to further their studies of Design and Technology
through A- Level Product Design. Fashion illustration, the study of fashion
designers, textiles science and marketing are some of the areas students will
study. Garments, interior products and fashion accessories are some of the
products that students can design and make.
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