Design and Technology

Design and Technology is an inspiring, rigorous, and practical subject encouraging students to learn to think and intervene creatively to solve problems both as individuals and as members of a team. At Easington Academy, we encourage students to use their creativity and imagination, to design and make products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts, considering their own and others’ needs, wants and values. Students acquire a broad range of subject knowledge and draw on disciplines such as mathematics, science, engineering, computing and art when designing and making. 

Through a variety of creative and practical activities, we teach the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to engage in an iterative process of designing and making. Students design and create products, carefully considering their function and purpose, that are relevant to a range of sectors (such as the home, school, leisure, society, enterprise, industry and the wider environment).

When designing and making, the students are taught to:

Develop the creative, technical and practical expertise needed to perform everyday tasks confidently and to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world. 
Build and apply a repertoire of knowledge, understanding and skills to design and make high-quality prototypes and products for a wide range of users. 
Critique, evaluate and test their ideas and products and the work of others.

Students learn how to take risks, becoming resourceful, innovative, enterprising and capable citizens. Through the evaluation of past and present design and technology, they develop a critical understanding of its impact on daily life and the wider world. High-quality design and technology education makes an essential contribution to the creativity, culture, wealth and well-being of the nation.

Curriculum information

	Project one	Project 2
Year 7	Polymer: Initial Keyring Drawing strategies Grid method Construction lines Rendering (plastic material and tone and shading) Cabinet oblique Practical focus Using CAD software Assembling keyring	Drawing strategies Isometric drawing Colour, Tone & Textures (focus on timber) Exploded drawing of block bots and rendered (exploded drawing on google sketch up if computer access is available) Practical focus Marking and measuring with accuracy Use of handheld equipment (tennon saw) Use of machinery (sanders and pillar drills)
Year 8	Timber & Polymers: Phone Holder (graffiti themed) Design strategies Isometric joint Exploded Drawings joint Orthographic drawing of joint by hand extension use CAD software to generate computerised version of orthographic drawing of joint Practical Marking and measuring with accuracy Use of hand held equipment to create Half Lap Joint (tennon saw, chisel and file) Line bending Using CAD software to generate design for polymer	SMART materials: Polymorph Key Ring Design strategies Thumbnail sketches One point perceptive Modelling (playdough) Practical Using SMART materials Testing and evaluating models Filing and shaping (hand held tools)
Year 9	Timber and Polymers: Sweet Dispenser Design Strategies Isometric sweet dispenser (3D) 3^rd angle orthographic drawing (2D) Free hand sketches of designs for polymer front 2 point perceptive Practical focus Marking and measuring with accuracy User of hand held equipment (coping/tennon saws and files) Use of machinery (pillar drill, belt and disc sander) Use of laser cutter for design	Metals: Designer Influences Pewter Keyring Design Strategies Brief and specification (ACCESS FM) Thumb nail sketches Use of goggle sketch up to generate 3D model Practical focus CAD CAM Casting Metal – Jigs and templates Cutting, Filing and Abrading Metal

I enjoy learning about the different materials available and learning how to design products allows me to be creative.

Year 10 student

It's good because it keeps me interested in my work as we cover a range of topics. Practical lessons are fun and engaging and the designing and drawing aspects allow us to take control of the work we produce

Year 9 student