Design & Technology
Design Technology is an area in the curriculum which encourages students to consider and explore ideas to produce a practical solution. By providing diverse and stimulating activities, from designing through to making, the students are given individual guidance to support their development. Design and Technology also encourages students to become confident, creative and self-motivated with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
The department has three well-equipped rooms where the students have the opportunity to develop skills in Graphic Products, Resistant Materials and Textiles. This exciting and practical area of the curriculum helps to prepare students to participate in a rapidly changing industry.
In Key Stage 4 students can opt to take a GCSE in Design & Technology with the AQA Examination board and take full advantage of well-equipped workshops, a computer suite with some of the latest design software and a state-of-the-art CAD/CAM room with new and up-to-date machinery to enable students to gain valuable experience of an ever advancing technological world.
Resistant Materials
In Resistant Materials, students will gain knowledge and skills of working with a variety of materials and use an array of tools, equipment and state of the art machinery in our CAD/CAM suite.
Graphic Products
Graphic Products use visual media to communicate a message. Students will be working with structures, mechanisms and levers to make products that can be used in everyday life. They will gain valuable presentation skills and also learn to use specialised CAD/CAM software to develop and manufacture their own prototypes.
Textiles
Students will be working with a range of fabrics, tools and equipment to design and make products which can incorporate electronics. They will learn a variety of techniques to enhance the aesthetics of a product to produce high quality outcomes.
Subject Leader, Miss Kim Dareve