Airedale DT Department
Intent
At Airedale Academy we believe Design and Technology helps us to understand and give meaning to the world in which we live. We aim to make our pupils think about the world we are living in and the materials and products we use and rely on.
We aim to provide pupils with an all-round experience that is exciting and ensures that our pupils combine practical and technological skills with creative thinking.
At the centre of our subject is practical skill, independence, creativity and imagination.
Airedale Academy’s Design & Technology curriculum intent:
- Pupils will use creativity and imagination, pupils design and make products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts, considering their own and others’ needs, wants and values,
- Pupils will acquire a broad range of subject knowledge and draw on disciplines such as mathematics, science, engineering, computing and art,
- Pupils will learn how to take risks, becoming resourceful, innovative, enterprising and capable citizens,
- Pupils will evaluate past and present designs and technology, they will develop a critical understanding of its impact on daily life and the wider world,
- Pupils will produce high quality products,
- Pupils will have an awareness of how Design and Technology makes an essential contribution to the real world.
Implementation
- Pupils have 1hour per week in rotation with Food and Nutrition, this results in 2 Terms of study per year at KS3,
- Pupils access the KS3 National Curriculum for Design and Technology in Years 7 to 9 to progress to the OCR Cambridge National in Engineering Design qualification at KS4,
- Pupils complete a range of Design, Manufacture and Analysis (DMA) projects
- Pupils practice how to communicate design effectively using a range of 2D and 3D drawing techniques including Computer Aided Design (CAD),
- Pupils work with a range of materials and systems selected for their working properties,
- Pupils manufacture products using a range of tools and equipment including Computer Aided Manufacture (CAM),
- Pupils analyse, evaluate designs including the use of research,
- Pupils use a range of Technical language, tier 3 vocabulary, targeted for assessment,
- Pupils are assessed on Practical Skill, Independence, Communication of Design, Analysis, Evaluation and their comprehension and use of Technical language.
Impact
- Pupils will have the creative, technical and practical expertise needed to perform everyday tasks confidently and to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world.
- Pupils will design and make high quality prototypes and products for a wide range of users,
- Pupils will have used materials and systems that include timber, metals, polymers, paper and board, mechanisms and electronics,
- Pupils will critique and evaluate their ideas and products as well as the work of others,
- Pupils are prepared for post 16 learning or routes into local employers in manufacturing or trade based employment,
- Pupils are able to make a positive contribution to modern creative industries.
