DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
Our big ideas in Design & Technology are:
Click here for details on the Big Ideas.
See below for the Design & Technology Learning Journey from Year 7 to Year 11 and the overviews for each Learning Cycle. They explain our planned curriculum of what students are expected to learn.
Construction Curriculum and Assessment Calendar - Year 10 & Year 11
Engineering Curriculum and Assessment Calendar - Year 10 & Year 11
Hospitality & Catering Curriculum and Assessment Calendar - Year 10 & Year 11
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You can find our Design & Technology KS3 knowledge organisers and support with KS3 home learning here.
The key contact for this subject is Mrs E Price - Central Leader for Design & Technology (elizabeth.price@pcsa.theplt.org.uk)
For more information about KS4 revision and study support visit our pages on revision and Prep for Success.
Preparing for KS4 study (GCSE and vocational qualifications in years 10 and 11)? Click here for information about the Year 9 Options Process.
To find out more about our careers provision, visit the careers webpage.
Year 7 Learning
Year 8 Learning
Year 9 Learning
Year 10 - Construction & the Built Environment - Learning
Term 1: Construction Practical Skills 1 and Unit 3 Preparation. The Built Environment, The Sector, Trades.
Term 2: Construction Practical Skills 2 and Unit 3 Preparation. The Built Environment, Types of Buildings.
Term 3: Construction Skills 3 and unit 3 preparation. The Built Environment Life cycle.
Term 4: Unit 3 Reading drawings and calculating materials. Technologies and Materials
Term 5: Unit 3 Mock NEA:
Building structures
Term 6: NEA
Year 10 - Hospitality & Catering - Learning
Year 10 - Engineering - Learning
Communicating engineering designs / engineering processes / engineering tools
Properties of engineering materials / engineering processes engineering equipment
Interpret engineering drawings / engineering processes / engineering equipment
Unit 2 Assessment Making Task and Unit 3
Year 11 - Construction & the Built Environment - Learning
Unit 3 – Constructing the built environment
Joinery & Electrical
Unit 3 – Constructing the built environment
Tiling
Unit 1 – Introduction to the Built Environment
Year 11 - Hospitality & Catering - Learning
Unit 2 Hospitality & Catering in action coursework AC1.1 - AC1.4 & practical skill building
Unit 2 Hospitality & Catering in action coursework AC2.1 - AC2.4, practical skill building & Practical exam
Unit 1 & Unit 2 revision & practical skill building
Year 11 - Engineering - Learning
Unit 2 – Engineering Design
Unit 3 – Solving Engineering Problems
Unit 3 – Solving Engineering Problems
Practical skill building (savoury) & Unit 1 exam focus
AC1.1 - AC1.4
