Our intention in Design Technology is to develop competent and confident designer makers who have an understanding of the wider impact of design. They will develop the ability to creatively interpret a brief and independently problem solve, creating sustainable and ethical products for the benefit of all.

Key Stage 3

Year 7

Travel Puzzle

  • Design and rendering
  • Dye print sublimation onto fabric
  • Computer Aided Design - drawing puzzle pieces on the programme 2D Design
  • Computer Aided Manufacture – laser cutting the puzzle pieces
  • Vacuum forming plastics
  • Packaging design

Bug Box

  • Traditional wood joints
  • Finishing woods
  • Hand skills
  • Isometric drawing
  • Woods theory
  • Sustainability

Year 8

Biomimicry Jewellery and Automata

  • Biomimicry
  • Mould making
  • Casting pewter
  • Cutting and forming metals
  • Polishing
  • Wooden automata
  • Mechanisms

Trinket Box

  • Testing wood joints skills

Textiles Organiser

  • Sewing skills
  • Design movements
  • Tie Dye
  • Block Printing
  • Fabric manufacturing
  • Surface embellishment
  • Stencil cutting
  • Pocket forming

Year 9

Textiles clothing

  • Fabrics theory
  • High level sewing skills
  • Embellishment
  • Recycling

Drawing skills

  • Isometric
  • 1 P perspective
  • 2 P perspective
  • Rendering pencils
  • Rendering pens

Scrollwork

  • Designing for a client
  • Metal scrollwork
  • Cold forming
  • Brazing
  • Metal finishing
  • Hand forging advanced skills

Key stage 4

Year 10

Timber jointing and finishing – jointed box

  • All box joints
  • Finishing
  • Wax/stain/varnish

Metal techniques

  • Copper bowl – planishing, soldering and polishing
  • Enamelled pendant – piercing and enamelling
  • Chain making

Electronics

  • Soldering circuits
  • Circuit diagrams
  • Energy generation and use.
  • generation and use.

Year 11

GCSE major project

  • Design process
  • Brief
  • Research
  • Specification
  • Design
  • Develop
  • Orthographic
  • Plan production
  • Make
  • Test
  • Evaluation

Key stage 5

Year 12

Skills

  • Thing’a’me bobs
  • Joining skills
  • Limited materials
  • Designing with constraints
  • Mini project
  • Drawing skills
  • Presentation and drawing skills.
  • Major Project

Year 13

A level major project

  • Design process
  • Brief
  • Research
  • Specification
  • Design
  • Develop
  • Orthographic
  • Plan production
  • Make
  • Test
  • Evaluation