Head of Department:

Mr A Gower

Teachers:

Mrs C Atkinson, Miss K Burden, Mr M McGarry, Mr T McLeod, Mrs L Riggi

Key Stage 3

What can your son/daughter expect in years 7, 8 and 9 at St Ivo?

They will be taught and encouraged to :

• Think creatively in producing designs for their projects
• Use tools and equipment safely and with increasing confidence
• Have pride in their own work and respect other students efforts and outcomes
• Meet deadlines for designing, making and homework tasks
• Problem solve individually and as part of a team
• Consider environmental and sustainability issues
• Be analytical of their outcomes and consider ways to improve.

Your son/daughter will cover the 4 areas of food, resistant materials, electronics and graphics. Each area will be in blocks of 13 weeks with 2 lessons per week.

They will cover each area twice in rotation and by the time they make option choices in year 9 they will have completed 26 weeks of each. This will then allow them to make a decision about any areas of D&T they wish to continue with into key stage 4 GCSE. At Key Stage 4 we offer Resistant Materials, Graphics and Electronics.

Design and Technology projects at Key Stage 3.

Example of a Key Stage 3 rotation

Where would you be without Design and Technology?

Key Stage 4

Resistent materials - AQA Long course - Specification

Electronic Products - AQA long course - Specifications

Graphic Products - AQA long course - Specifications

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Edexcel Product design:

Graphics products 6GR01 to 6GR04 - Specifications
Resistent material technology 6RMM01 to 6RMM04 - Specifications