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Key Stage 3
All Pupils study Design & Technology throughout Key Stage 3
The experiences of our students at Key Stage Three are
planned around the requirements of the National Curriculum. It is a
cohesive course designed to provide maximum interest, enjoyment and
educational benefit. We strive to provide work of a holistic nature,
focusing on a range of materials and processes, health and safety
issues, industrial practices, environmental concerns, communication
techniques, etc. The process of Designing is common in all modules and
exercises to develop the skills involved and general thinking skills
are increasingly being implimented.
The main focus of the department is to
turn our students into CREATIVE THINKERS, with a genuine appreciation
of GOOD DESIGN. This is not the WOODWORK department!!!!!
Focused Practical Tasks (FPT) provide a vehicle to
explore the properties and uses of materials, and develop practical
skills, while Design & Make Assignments (DMA) provide opportunity
to use those skills to solve problems or satisfy technological needs.
Each FPT is an integral part of a DMA at Bridgewater, though some DMA’s
stand alone to explore various designing skills.
The range of projects undertaken (DMA) varies from those
designed to focus on students prior learning / experience (Intuative
Designing) to those which involve designing in unfamiliar contexts
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Homework is mostly directly related to each project,
though not exclusively. Some is designed to broaden understanding of
the technological world beyond the facilities of the school, and is
also used a device to enhance students literacy skills.
Each student is timetabled for two, one hour lessons in
Technology each week for the whole of their time at Lower School (Key
Stage Three)
The academic year is divided into three modules in each
of the one hour periods. (Providing six Technology modules in each of
the three years. (Eighteen in total.)
Groups rotate through each area every twelve weeks. The
teacher remains in the area allowing students to work with all
Technology teachers. Detailed attainment data is collected throughout
and is used to inform parents, in the formation of Yr9 groups and to
award N.C. Levels at the end of the Key Stage.
Technology groups in Years 7 & 8 are mixed ability.
To reduce the numbers of students in each Technology group, we benefit
from enhanced staffing. The 10 Forms become 12 Technology groups. This
allows for teaching groups of 25/26.
Key Stage 4
During Yr 9, students are encouraged to opt for a
Technology subject to allow them to build on the foundations laid at
KS3. Design & Technology options
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The subjects available are:
PRODUCT
DESIGN
GRAPHICS
PRODUCTS
FOOD
TECHNOLOGY
These subjects share a common creative / innovative
philosophy and are a part of the suite of Design and Technology
syllabuses. They allow students to specialise as their titles indicate,
with Product Design including electronics, resistant materials,
plastics and graphics.
Further choices at KS4 are:
CHILD
DEVELOPMENT
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