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Design Technology
With the exception of nature, everything around us has been designed! We aim to equip students with the skills and knowledge to allow them to successfully design and make products using modern and traditional techniques.
Through doing this, students will develop an understanding of the social and moral obligations of a designer as well as developing transferable life skills.
Where could this subject lead?
Modern society relies heavily on technology and engineering – at FSD we want our students to be part of the future! There are many careers design technology could lead into, such as engineering, architecture, design, surveying, teaching or practical-based careers such as plumbing, joinery and building.
Useful websites to refer to:
Year 7
Autumn Term
Drawing Skills
Abstracting; Isometric Drawing
Plastics and the Work of Others
Spring Term
Commercial Manufacturing
CAD/CAM; Standard Components; 2D Design; Systems
Considering the Environment
Timber; Sustainability
Summer Term
Mechanisms
Motion; Gears; Levers
Timber-based practical work
Year 8
Autumn Term
Drawing Skills
Single Point Perspective
Two-Point Perspective
Cross Sections
Exploded Drawings
Working with Timber
Spring Term
Materials and Processes
New and Smart Materials; Metals; Scales of Production
3D Printing; Vacuum Forming
Working with Timber continued
Summer Term
Travel Game
Packaging; 2D Design; Design Skills
Year 9
Autumn Term
Advanced Drawing Skills
Autodesk; Isometric; Crating; Rendering
Practice Non-examined Assessment:
Section C (Design Ideas)
Spring Term
Practice Non-examined Assessment:
Section D (Design Development)
Section E (Making)
Summer Term
Practice Non-examined Assessment:
Section E (Making)
Section F (Evaluating)
Year 10
Autumn Term
Section A – Core Technical Principles
Key Concepts: new technology; energy generation and storage; new materials; mechanical devices; working properties of materials
Desk Tidy Design and Make Project
Spring Term
Section B – Specialist Technical Principles
Key Concepts: selection of materials or components; forces and stresses; ecological and social footprint; scales of production
Section C – Designing and Making Principles
Key Concepts: investigation, primary and secondary data; environmental, social and economic challenge
Desk Tidy Design and Make Project
Summer Term
Section C – Designing and Making Principles
Key Concepts: work of others; design strategies
Non-examined Assessment:
Section A (Identify, Investigate)
Section B (Design Brief/Specification)
Section C (Design Ideas)
Year 11
Autumn Term
Section C (Design Ideas)
Section D (Developing ideas)
Section E (Making)
Section F (Analysing and Evaluating)
Spring Term
Revision and Non-examined Assessment completion
Summer Term
Revision
Year 12
Autumn Term
Designing and Making
Key Concepts: Design Methods and Processes
Product Life Cycle
Cultural Impact on Design; Responsible Design
Drawing Skills
Design and Make Project
Spring Term
Designing and Making
Key Concepts: National and International Standards
Technical Principles
Key Concepts: Materials and their Applications
Non-examined Assessment:
Section A – Identify and Investigate
Section B – Design Brief and Specification
Section C – Development
Summer Term
Technical Principles
Key Concepts: Materials and their Applications
Non-examined Assessment:
Section C – Development
Section D – Making
Year 13
Autumn Term
Technical Principles
Key concepts: Industrial and Commercial Practice; Design for Manufacture & Maintenance; Health and Safety
Protecting Designs; Enterprise and Marketing
Non-examined Assessment:
Section D – Making
Section E – Evaluation
Spring Term
Revision and Non-examined Assessment completion
Summer Term
Revision
