Years 7 & 8 Curriculum - Design & Technology

Subject areas covered in year 7 & 8 are Graphics and Resistant Materials on a rotation basis. They will study each subject for one term throughout the year.

YEAR 7:

Graphics project – Board Game (Under The Sea Theme)

Students will learn designing, sketching and shading skills, paper engineering skills, evaluation and analysis.

Core Theory Covered:

• Social, Moral, Spiritual & Cultural Issues
• Energy Storage
• Materials & Their Working Properties

Resistant Materials project – Robot Project
Students learn sketching and shading skills, practical skills with use of tools, health and safety knowledge, evaluation and analysis.

Core Theory Covered:

• Smart & Modern Materials
• Physical & Mechanical Properties of Materials
• Society & Culture
• Materials & Their Working Properties

YEAR 8:

Resistant Materials project - Travel Maze Game

Students develop practical skills with use of tools, health and safety knowledge, electronics and computer aided design & manufacture.

Core Theory Covered:

• Social, Moral, Spiritual & Cultural Issues
• Printing Processes
• Mechanical & Electrical Devices
• Materials & Their Working Properties

Graphics project – Pop-Up Greetings Card

Students learn sketching and shading skills, paper engineering skills, evaluation and analysis.

Core Theory Covered:

• Systems approach to designing
• Production techniques and systems
• Evaluating new and emerging technologies
• Materials and their working properties