Technology: Food, Product Design & Textiles

All Year 7 students spend a term studying each technology subject on a carousel system.

Food: Health and safety. Equipment. Basic Cooking. Eat well plate. Healthy Food. Vitamins and minerals. Sensory testing. Create a healthy salad.

Product Design: Health and safety. Tools and machinery. Design and make task - MFL jigsaw. Designer research task. Focused practical task - Pop up card. CAD/CAM. Drawing task.

Textiles: Culture topic. Research task: Africa and Polynesia tribal art. Design skills. Colour analysis. Mask designs. Fabric weaving. Mark making on fabric. Sewing machine work.

All Year 8 students spend a term studying each technology subject on a carousel system.

Food: Health and safety. Safe working environment. Risk assessment. Equipment. Temperatures and controls. Cooking techniques. Rainbow of vitamins. Carbs, fats and proteins.

Product Design: Health and safety. Specialist machinery. Design and make task - passive speaker. Research - design companies. Focused practical tasks - headphone wrap, phone stand.

Textiles: Mexican culture and traditions - Day of the Dead, Frida Kahlo. Focused drawing skills. Fabric painting. Block printing. Machine sewing. Hand embroidery. Painted canvas.

Food and Nutrition

Autumn: Bacteria and food. High and low risk foods. Cooking skills. Costings in the hospitality industry.

Spring: Food commodities. Micro and macro nutrients. Minerals. Balanced diets. Allergies and intolerances. Religious beliefs. Cooking skills.

Summer: Assignment planning. Practice assignments and testing. Cooking skills. Exam preparation. Final paper exam. Cooking exam.

Product Design

Autumn: Industry and enterprise. Sustainability. Natural and manufactured timbers. Focused practical task - urban bug hotel. People, culture and society. Production techniques and systems. Freehand sketching. One and two point perspective.

Spring: Informing design decisions. Polymers. Focused practical task - clock. Modern and smart materials. Isometric drawing and rendering.

Summer: Composite materials and technical textiles. Focused practical tasks - bike safety. Systems approach to designing. Electronic systems processing. Orthographic, third angle and scale drawing. End of year written exam.

Textiles

Autumn: Technical book topic. Machine utility and decorative stitches. Machine buttonholes. Overlocking. Seams. Fastenings. Appliquéing. Crazy and hand sewn patchwork.

Spring: Machine patchwork. Quilting. Pleating. Hair pinning/tufting. Free motion machine embroidery. Tie-dye. Fabric dye sticks. Transfer printing. Fabric painting. Block printing/mark making. Lino/foam printing.

Summer: Silk painting. Embellishment techniques. 3D fabric flowers. Suffolk puffs/Yo-Yo's. Collaging fabrics and mixed media materials, Wadding. Trimming and edgings. Entrapment.

Food and Nutrition

Autumn: Introduction. Nutrients. Cooking sessions to build skills. Individual needs. Food allergies.

Spring: Packaging and symbols. Environmental issues. Food labelling. Cooking sessions to build skills. Methods of cookery. Effects of heat on food.

Summer: Sensory analysis. Additives in food. Convenience foods. Key ingredients. Cooking sessions to  build skills and knowledge. Assignment planning. Exam preparation. End of year exam.

Hospitality and Catering

Autumn: Structure and services of hospitality industry. Commercial. Contract catering. Cooking sessions to build skills. Issues concerning hospitality industry.

Spring: Job roles, duties and responsibilities. Cooking sessions to build skills. Legislation.

Summer: Planning a meal using a variety of cooking methods and ingredients. Cooking sessions to build skills. Planning for written exam Level 1 and 2. End of year exam.

Product Design

Autumn: Mechanical devices. Forces and stress on materials. Improving functionality. Focused practical task - board game (CAD/CAM). Exploded drawings. System and schematic diagrams.

Spring: Ecological and social footprint. 6Rs. Scales of production. Focused practical task - pewter casting. Modelling and prototype drawings.

Summer: Revision. Focused practical task - Lamp. Substantial design and make task - students produce a prototype and portfolio of evidence. End of year written exam.

Textiles

Autumn & Spring: GCSE coursework sustained project 1. Students select Design Brief 1. Assessment objectives: select, record, refine, realise an intention, reflect, personal journey.

Summer: GCSE coursework short project 2. Students select Design Brief 2. Assessment objectives: select, record, refine, realise an intention, reflect, personal journey.

Food and Nutrition

Autumn: Recap on Year 10. Assignment FP1.

Spring: Assignment FP2

Summer: Trialling dishes for exam. 3 hour practical exam. Revision. End of year exam.

Hospitality and Catering

Autumn & Spring: Assignment 1.

Summer: Assignment 1. 3 hour practical exam. Revision. End of year exam.

Product Design

Autumn: Substantial design and make task - Identify, investigate and outline design possibilities. Design and make prototypes that are fit for purpose.

Spring: Continue design and make task - Design and make prototypes that are fit for purpose. Analyse and evaluate. Revision.

Summer: Revision. Exam.

Textiles

Autumn: GCSE coursework short project 3. Students select Design Brief 2. Assessment objectives: select, record, refine, realise an intention, reflect, personal journey.

Spring: AQA GCSE NCR exam project. Deadline for all preparation work 24/4/20.

Summer: 10 hour exam. ESA Project and coursework grades sent to AQA by 31/5/20.