The Design & Technology Faculty

The Design and Technology Faculty consists of 5 specialist rooms and one ICT suite which are all well equipped. There is a selection of CAD/CAM provision within the CLC on the school site which the pupils may use during the design and technology suite of subjects at both KS3 and KS4.  The faculty have been successful over the recent years and are continually looking for new and interesting projects for the pupils to engage in.  The faculty are working towards the Design & Technology Mark.
 
Subjects at Key Stage 3
Pupils within Design and Technology lessons are taught a range of subjects at Key Stage 3 including:
Food
Textiles
Resistant Materials
Graphic Products/Graphical Presentation Skills
Product Design
Electronic Products

Options at Key Stage 4
Pupils may select one or more of the Design and Technology subjects to study at Key Stage 4 for GCSE. In addition, there is an opportunity for pupils to do Vocational based courses in GCSE Catering and NVQ Level 1 in Food Preparation and Cooking. The faculty is also looking towards offering an Engineering course. These are run in conjunction with Hopwood Hall College.
 
Our Philosophy
In Design and Technology we aim to provide a range of experiences in which students are able to develop their Design and Technology capabilities, through combining their designing and making skills with knowledge and understanding in order to create quality products.
To engage students in activities that are challenging, relevant and motivating. These activities give students enjoyment, satisfaction and a sense of purpose, and enable them to feel they can play a constructive role in a technological society.
 
Our Aims are to:
Prepare young people to cope in a rapidly changing technological world
Enable them to think and intervene creatively to improve that world
Develops skills required to participate responsibly in home, school and community life (citizenship)
Help students to become discriminating consumers and users of products
Help students to become autonomous, creative problem-solvers
Support students working as individuals and with others
Equip students with the knowledge, skills and understanding about materials, tools and processes (technical know-how)
Develop practical capability - being able to apply knowledge, skills and understanding when designing and making
Help pupils to develop their use of Information Communication Technology and understand its uses within the Design and Technology industry
Encourage the ability to consider critically the uses, effects and values dimension of design and technology (technological awareness or literacy)

Sample Projects at Key Stage 3:
     

   
 
Key Skills are encompassed within each of the material areas:
Pupils are taught to communicate design ideas through the following range of skills:
Using ICT to present work (DTP)
Researching using the Internet
2D design (CAD)
Importing/exporting information
Market research
Research/mood board design
Analysis/evaluation
Modelling
Presenting work via 'Power Point'
Students have numerous opportunities throughout the units of study to develop their Personal, Learning and Thinking Skills (PLTS)

The Design and Technology Faculty consists of 5 specialist rooms which are all well equipped. There is a selection of CAD/CAM provision within the CLC on the school site which the pupils may use during the design and technology suite of subjects at both KS3 and KS4. In addition, there is now a new classroom available, housing PC’s, to enhance the pupils' work within Design and Technology.
 
Subjects at Key Stage 3
Pupils within Design and Technology lessons are taught a range of subjects at Key Stage 3 including:
Food
Textiles
Resistant Materials
Graphic Products/Graphical Presentation Skills
Product Design
Systems and Control
 
Options at Key Stage 4
Pupils may select one or more of the Design and Technology subjects to study at Key Stage 4 for GCSE. In addition, there is an opportunity for pupils to do Vocational based courses in GCSE Catering and NVQ Level 1 in Food Preparation and Cooking. These are run in conjunction with Hopwood Hall College.
 
 

Our current staff    
     
Mr. A. Jones    Head of Faculty, Teacher of Technology (RM, GP, EP, PD)
Mrs. K. Rogers    2nd in Faculty, Teacher of Technology, I/C Key Stage 3 and Transition. (TX, PD)
Mr. P. Cloran    3rd in Faculty, Teacher of Technology (EP, RM, PD, GP)
Mrs. S. Maude    Teacher of Technology (FD,PD, NVQ Catering)
Mr. J. Wadhia     Teacher of Technology (GP, PD, RM, EP)
Miss J. Blight     Teacher of Technology and Ace (RM)

Mr. S. Brown     Technician