Design Technology
Staff
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Mr D Jones (Head of Department)
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Mr P Ibbs (2nd in Department)
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Mr T Mardle
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Mr J Morris ( School Technician DT and Art)
Resources
Curriculum
Key Stage 3
All projects progress skills and knowledge learnt within the subject to enable an easy progression into either Product Design or Engineering.
Year 7: Acrobat man - using jigs and fixtures and Computer Aided Design program, Tea light holder - design and make a holder out of CAM base and copper rod & plate, Food – learn food hygiene and preparation with designing own dishes.
Year 8: Alarm project – basic wood working skills, plastic forming and the manufacture of an electronic circuit. Food – learn/extend food hygiene and preparation with designing own dishes and Desk tidy – mark out and make using sheet metal tools and machinery and finished with a plastic coating.
Year 9: Contemporary clock project – design and make using a variety of processes including CAM , an Automata project to develop knowledge and practice of mechanisms and CAD design, and a Graphics project to develop and produce corporate identity as part of product design.
Key Stage 4
Students can follow either the AQA Product Design or Engineering courses.
Product Design – consists of researching and identifying a need and solving a problem through development and manufacture and evaluation of final outcome.
Engineering – consists of manufacture of a given product using working drawings given to fine tolerances, using a variety of machines and computer manufacturing equipment. Theoretical knowledge features high maths content for problem solving and application of engineering solutions.
Key Stage 5
Students can follow either the AQA Product Design A Level or AQA Technical Level 3 in Mechatronic Engineering.
Product Design – consists of researching and identifying a need and solving a problem through development and manufacture and evaluation of final outcome.
Technical Level3 in Mechatronic Engineering - consists of working with real life local engineering firm problems, Health & Safety and current legislation, material investigations, theory calculations of engineering structures and appropriate design solutions, culminating in product manufacture of a functioning prototype. The course is studied over 8 Modules which takes 2 A level subject timeslots and can earn twice as many UCAS points as a single A Level.