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Design and Technology Department

 

The Curriculum

 

Key Stage 3

 
Design Technology is studied from Year 7. Key Stage 3 DT is taught between Resistant Materials and Food and Textiles using 'Focused Practical tasks' and 'Design and Make activities'. Pneumatics and Electronics are studied in Year 8. Pupils have 2 periods of DT each week in Years 7 & 9 and 1 period in Year 8. Year 7 pupils enjoy a visit to Alton Towers whilst studying mechanisms and structures.

One of the rides enjoyed during the trip to Alton Towers

Lego Model of an Alton Towers Ride
(Lego has been used by year 7 girls to help illustrate how a ride works.)

 

Rollercoaster, full colour image
Rollecoaster lego model , full colour image

 

Key Stage 4

 

Pupil in the wschool workshop, full colour image Girls may opt to take GCSE DT in Resistant Materials, Graphics Products, or Food.
We use OCR syllabus. Our results are excellent; in 2005 we gained 98 % grades A-C in Design Technology; 88% of which were A*/A grades.

Key Stage 5


Home Economics is offered in KS5

 

  • This department provides practical opportunities for girls to develop skills in different material areas.
  • We try to make the subject fun whilst developing team work and problem solving techniques.
  • We are a busy department and girls frequently spend extra time developing their skills

 

Accommodation

 

We have a purpose built Technology Block opened by Miss Betty Boothroyd in December 1993.
The block consists of four large rooms:

 


T1 - Resistant materials.

Technology room, full colour image We have facilities for Wood, Metal, Plastics and Electronics. We have pneumatic equipment and CAD/CAM equipment including a CNC micro router and micromill along with interactive white board and video conferencing equipment through "Advantage West Midlands" Funding and a cluster of 3 networked computers. There is a well stocked and organized storeroom. We also have the use of 6 laptops.

 


T2 - Art.

 


This subject is taught in T2 which is adjacent to T1. The art room tables were made to specification; and it has a store room and separate kiln room. The art room has ICT facilities which comprise two Apple Mac computers, colour A3 and A4 inkjet printers and an A4 Scanner.

 

T3 - .ICT.

 

This is the school's main computer room which houses a suite of 27 networked computer work stations and a fully interactive digital white board, along with digital cameras and scanners.

ICT room, full colour image
Pupils in ICT room, full colour image

T4 - ICT , and Graphic Products.

 

This is a very large and well furnished room, completely refurbished over the 2006 summer break. It now houses 29 networked computer stations including an interactive tablet station for teaching and a graphics station with a large cutter/plotter attached.

 

T5 - Food Technology & Textiles

 

This room is situated in the main school. It is a well equipped kitchen having been completely refurbished in the summer of 2005 with 8 free standing cookers and 6 microwave ovens, 2 fridges and a freezer. There is an upper floor area with a small ICT suite of 8 networked PCs and a colour and mono printer providing good ICT access at all KS levels. A digital video projector is provided in the main food room to assist interactive teaching. The room can also be used for Textiles. There are many electric sewing machines; including an electronic machine. There are facilities for making and printing the girls' own design T-shirts. Juggling shapes are made in year 8 based on a theme.

Year 8 Juggling ball project

Maze game, full colour image

A Year 9 Maze Game & Moisture indicator

Juggling balls project, full colour image

Food Technology Lessons in progress

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What the girls think about Design Technology

 

- "You have new experiences trying things you've never done before, like us planning and making something to eat."

 

Cakemix on baking tray, full colour image

 

 

Candle stands, full colour image

 

"When you've finished your work
you get to take it home."

- "I enjoy all the new experiences, using the sewing machine and the pedestal drill and learning about how things work."

 

- "My fluffy animal was great and so was my key label."

 

- "I love Design Technology - it's really good fun!"

 

 

Please click here to view Technology gallery with examples of work.

 
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