Design Technology

Curriculum Content: D&T
Aims and ambitions: Enable students to; Understand the wider influences on D&T including; historical, social, cultural, environmental and economic factors. Work creatively when designing and making prototypes and products, applying technical and practical expertise. Recall and apply technical knowledge and designing & making principles, including a broad range of design processes, materials techniques and equipment. Participate confidently and successfully in an increasingly technological world.
Year group	Topics include	By the end of the year, students should be able to:
7	Termly Topics Terms 1 to 3: Articulated Toy project task analysis, research, specification design ideas, design development final design, workplan and evaluation Terms 4 - 6: Torch project research, product analysis, conductors and insulators, electronics and specification design ideas, design development and CAD (Art Deco patterns on 2D Design) CAD/CAM, packaging design and evaluation Assessment: Students will be assessed by (simplified) GCSE-style milestone tests, vocabulary tests, design skills and their competence in the workshop.	analyse and evaluate (products, tasks and designs) understand a specification and identify the target market for their products develop their own designs (sketching and CAD) work safely in the workshop using a range of tools – marking out using a try square and marking gauge sawing using a tenon saw and bench hook using the mortising machine, pillar drill, sanding machine and scroll saw soldering
8	Termly Topics Terms 1-3: Automata project researching mechanisms, product analysis and specification design ideas, design development and CAD final design, mechanisms and evaluation Terms 4-6: Jewellery project task analysis, research (cultures) and specification design ideas, design development and modelling (CAD/CAM) final design, CAD/CAM, packaging and evaluation Assessment: Students will be assessed by (simplified) GCSE-style milestone tests, vocabulary tests, design skills and their competence in the workshop.	analyse and evaluate (products, tasks and designs) linking different elements of project work together write a specification based on the needs of the target market develop their own designs (sketching, 3D drawing, card modelling) work safely in the workshop using a wider range of equipment and tools independently (including CAM with some support) carry out pewter casting, enamelling, working with wood and acrylic
9	Termly Topics Terms 1-3: Clock project task analysis, research, specification, design ideas, design development and CAD modelling final design, workplan and evaluation Term 4- 6: Storage project research, product analysis, wood joints and specification design ideas, design development through modelling and CAD 3D drawing, workplan and evaluation Assessment: Students will be assessed by GCSE-style milestone tests, vocabulary tests, design skills and their competence in the workshop.	be able to analyse and evaluate (products, tasks and designs) write a specification based on their own research and their users’ needs develop designs (sketching, 3D drawing, CAD and modelling) refining their ideas and justifying design decisions work safely and independently in the workshop using a range of tools skilfully (including CAM)
10	Picture frame project Pizza cutter project Packaging project Assessment: Students will be assessed by milestone assessments (both written exam and practical assessments). There will be a mock written exam, using an exam board paper, in April.	Understand the NEA requirements Be able to work through the design process independently Analyse and evaluate (products, tasks and designs) Develop designs (sketching, 3D drawing, CAD and modelling) justifying design decisions, to meet the needs of the design context and TMG. Work safely and independently in the workshop using a range of tools skilfully (including CAM) Recall and apply knowledge studied in preparation for the yr11 exam.
11	Theory lessons run throughout the year to revise the topics for the exam. An individual extended project, consisting of a design portfolio and a physical prototype, developed for a specific brief and evaluated by a client will run during lessons most of the year. Assessment: Students will be assessed by milestone assessments (both written exam and practical assessments). There will be a mock written exam, using an exam board paper, in December. The NEA (50% of the grade) is an ongoing project throughout yr11 with a practical exam day on 19/3/20.	Understand the wider influences on D&T including; historical, social, cultural, environmental and economic factors. Work creatively when designing and making a prototype, applying technical and practical expertise. Recall and apply knowledge studied in core technical and designing & making principles, including a broad range of design processes, materials techniques and equipment. Participate confidently and successfully in an increasingly technological world.
KS4 Key Information
Qualification	GCSE D&T
Exam board	AQA
Website link	https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/design-and-technology/gcse/design-and-technology-8552
Exam structure and content	Unit 1 - Exam 2hr exam worth 50% of the final grade Pupils need normal writing equipment, a calculator and a protractor for the exam. There are three sections; SECTION A - Core Technical Principles, multiple choice and shorter style questions on the basic core of the specification (types of materials, systems and mechanisms, and new technologies). SECTION B - Specialist Technical Principles, questions that require a more in depth knowledge of how products are made, scales of production and manufacturing. SECTION C – Designing and Making Principles, longer style questions on design strategies, the work of designers and how products are developed to suit the needs of users. Unit 2 –NEA (coursework) 40 hour individual project worth 50% of the grade An extended project consisting of a design portfolio and a physical prototype developed for a specific brief (written individually) and evaluated by a client.
Recommended revision guide	CGP GCSE D&T 9-1 Revision - New Grade 9-1 Design & Technology AQA Complete Revision & Practice
Extra-curricular opportunities in Design & Technology
KS3 homework help/catch-up is available after school Tuesdays 3-4pm. KS3 CAD/CAM club Wednesday 3-4pm GT4 Rotary Club Technology Tournament in March 2020 KS4 homework help/catch-up is available after school Wednesdays 3-4pm GT3.