“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”
– Steve Jobs
In the department you will study designing and manufacturing using wood, metal, polymers and card.
You will be using 2D Computer Aided Design (CAD) and the laser cutter to create quality products.
You will learn how mechanisms and structures work in products and as well as using 2D CAD to create a shop quality product using systems and control.
You will manually manufacture products by hand and with the use of jigs.
Key Skills
2D CAD – 2D Design, 3D CAD – Solid modelling (Autodesk Fusion 360), Photoshop – Graphic design, 3D Printing – additive manufacturing, CNC manufacturing – Laser cutter and Router, Types of jointing – dowel, housing and butt, types of paper, board, card, wood, metal, and polymers. Iterative design, designers Dyson, , accuracy, use of handsaws, try squares, safety rule, Tenon saw, hegner scroll saw, jigs, modelling in card, Styrofoam, finishing skills – sanding, varnishing, oiling, staining, painting. Drawing – isometric and orthographic.
KS3 Topics
Learning Journeys Year 7 – Trinket box
Learning Journeys Year 7 – Linkage toy
Learning Journeys Year 8 – Mobile phone holder
Learning Journeys Year 8 – Wicked warnings
Learning Journeys Year 9 – Drawing skills
Learning Journeys Year 9 – Clocks
Year 10
Year 10 is designed to cover a breadth of topics covered in the AQA Design Technology specification, delivered with an engaging mix of practical and theory based lessons.
Learning Journeys – Unit 0
Learning Journeys – Unit 1
Learning Journeys – Unit 2
Learning Journeys – Unit 3
Learning Journeys – Unit 4
Learning Journeys – Unit 5
Learning Journeys – Unit 6
Year 11
Learning Journeys – NAE task