KS3 Design Technology

Year 7

Students will gain valuable workshop experience and will be introduced to the equipment and machinery used within this specialist subject area. Students will produce a working toy based on their favourite story book. Further projects studied in Year 7 will develop basic skills in computer aided design (CAD) and computer aided manufacture (CAM) as well as drawing in Photoshop. These skills will enable students to produce products to a professional standard.

Rotation 1 Rotation 2 Bridging Project

Mechanical Toy Project

With Gift Packaging

 

 Mini Light, Flight, Project Badge Making and Graphic Posters
Assessment Assessment Assessment
Product investigation – Bike Design style – Minimal Research
Designing Planning Plts

Year 8

Students are encouraged to design innovative and imaginative products for industry. They will build on the practical skills developed in Year 7 to plan, design and make quality products that utilise problem solving skills. Throughout this year students will explore graphic skills through typography and basic electronic and soldering.

Rotation 1 Rotation 2 Bridging Project
Metal Letter Hooks Ugly dolls – Speakers Alton Towers Project
Assessment Assessment Assessment
Typography Design style – Urban Research
Making Planning Plts

Year 9

Students will further develop designing and prototyping skills to design a sweet dispenser and Photoshop packaging. Students will also develop understanding of design movements and product development.

Topic 1 Topic 2 Topic 3
Sweet Packaging

Design History

Clock Designs

Sustainability

Wild Task
Assessment Assessment  Assessment
Product Investigation – Toothbrush Design Style Research – Cereal Design
Designing Planning Plts

Homework: Students will be set termly projects which will re-enforce/enhance classroom learning.

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5 ways I can help my child

1

Promote a keen interest in Design, Technology and Manufacture through watching programmes such as:

·         Abstract: The Art of Design – Netflix / YouTube

·         Big Life Fix – BBC iPlayer

·         Inside the Factory – BBC iPlayer

·         Grand Designs – Channel 4 / All 4

·         How It’s Made – YouTube

·         Megastructures – Channel 5 / Discovery Channel / YouTube

·         The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes – Netflix / BBC

2

 Develop an ability to draw and present ideas in 3D through techniques such as Isometric, Oblique, Perspective. Tutorials can be found on YouTube and guides are available on TechnologyStudent.com

3

 Encourage your child to analyse and question the products they are surrounded by – Why does it cost that price? Why were the materials selected? How was is made? Is it environmentally friendly?
4 Inspire a love of making, constructing, problem solving and being ‘hands on’ through building sets such as LEGO, K’nex, Meccano, GraviTrax.

5

 Experiment and develop CAD (Computer Aided Design) modelling skills by using ‘SketchUp’. This is a free to use software package we use in school that you can download on your personal computer once you have set up an account through Trimble.