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.
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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 Mr D Clay - Central Leader for Design & Technology (david.clay@pcsa.theplt.org.uk)
For more information about KS4 revision and study support visit our pages on revision and Prep for Success / Easter School.
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 Cycles
Food & Nutrition
Home learning focus:
4 x multiple choice questions (MCQs) focusing on subject key knowledge and skills learnt in lessons.
Product Design
Fantastic Beasts
Home learning focus:
4 x MCQs focusing on subject key knowledge and skills learnt in lessons.
Engineering
Safety Light
Home learning focus:
4 x MCQs focusing on subject key knowledge and skills learnt in lessons.
Design & CAD
Rolling Ball Maze
Home learning focus:
4 x MCQs focusing on subject key knowledge and skills learnt in lessons.
Year 8 Learning Cycles
Food & Nutrition
Home learning focus:
4 x MCQs focusing on subject key knowledge and skills learnt in lessons.
Box Project
Home learning focus:
4 x MCQs focusing on subject key knowledge and skills learnt in lessons.
Key Hook
Home learning focus:
4 x MCQs focusing on subject key knowledge and skills learnt in lessons.
AutoCAD Inventor
Solid Modelling
Home learning focus:
4 x MCQs focusing on subject key knowledge and skills learnt in lessons.
Year 9 Learning Cycles
Food & Nutrition
Home learning focus:
4 x MCQs focusing on subject key knowledge and skills learnt in lessons.
LED Copper Desk Lamp
Home learning focus:
4 x MCQs focusing on subject key knowledge and skills learnt in lessons.
Trowel Project
Home learning focus:
4 x MCQs focusing on subject key knowledge and skills learnt in lessons.
AutoCad Assembly & Orthographic Drawings
Home learning focus:
4 x MCQs focusing on subject key knowledge and skills learnt in lessons.
Year 10 - Construction & the Built Environment - Learning Cycles
The construction and the built environment sector.
The built environment life cycle.
Characteristics
of different forms of infrastructure and buildings.
Tools, technologies and materials
used in the construction and built environment sector
• Main elements and components
• Main materials
• Renewable technologies
Building structures and forms
• Cellular; rectangular frame; portal frame constructions including heritage and traditional methods.
• Sustainable construction methods
Year 10 - Hospitality & Catering - Learning Cycles
Practical skill building (savoury) & Unit 1 exam focus
AC1.1 - AC1.4
Practical skill building (sweet) & Unit 1 exam focus
AC2.1 - AC2.3
Advanced practical skill building & Unit 1 exam focus
AC3.1 -AC4.5
Unit 1 exam & Coursework practical skill building, Unit 1 exam focus
AC5.1 - AC5.2
Year 10 - Engineering - Learning Cycles
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 Cycles
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 Cycles
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 Cycles
Unit 2 – Engineering Design
Unit 3 – Solving Engineering Problems
Unit 3 – Solving Engineering Problems