Year 10 – Design and Technology

Head of Subject: Mr T Hancock

Intended Outcomes

BIRD FEEDER: Students will learn how to complete a mock NEA to a previously set of contexts from AQA, to enable them to complete their real NEA when required to an excellent standard, encompassing all of the AQA sections from researching through to making. 
 
THEORY WORK: Students will learn core technical knowledge and understanding that consists of: new and emerging technologies, energy generation and storage, developments in new materials, systems approach to designing, mechanical devices, materials and their working properties. For specialist technical principles: selection of materials or components, forces and stresses, ecological and social footprint, sources and origins, using and working with materials, stock forms, types and sizes, scales of production and specialist techniques and processes. 
 

  • Course Implementation

    Bird Feeder: Mock NEA folder work 

    Students will create a folder of work for the mock NEA: Bird Feeder ; This will include 6 pages of relevant research, a specification and design brief, and a completed section C and D (designing and development) for the bird feeder.  Students will now have an excellent, self-made template for their actual NEA come June 1st next year, which can be utilised throughout their projects, will same time, and give students the focus they need to develop a thorough design folder.  

    Bird Feeder: Manufacturing 

    Students will create a bird feeder from hardwood to a set design that can be taken home and used in the garden. Students Will now have a complete piece of practical that has enabled them to have a deeper understanding of making projects from wood and plastic, and to ensure they know how a design solution needs to be reflective of practical constraints.  

    Theory work: Core technical knowledge 

    Students will create a book of work for their theory: This will include PP and Q& A sheets for all the above topics . This will be completed in the order in which is suited best to the class and to the year 10 mock NEA running adjacent to it during double lessons. Students will have gone through part 1 of the specification and have good knowledge of core technical principles. They  will be able to start to answer questions for the mock exams in year 10 and for mock exams and the real exam in year 11. End of topic tests will also be utilised.

    Theory work: Specialist technical principles for timber based products 

    Students will create a book of work for their theory: This will include PP and Q& A sheets for all the above topics. This will be completed in the order in which is suited best to the class and to the year 10 mock NEA running adjacent to it during double lessons. Students will have gone through part 2 of the specification and have good knowledge of specialist technical principles. They will be able to start to answer questions for the mock exams in year 10 and for mock exams and the real exam in year 11. End of topic tests will also be utilised. 

     

Learning Impact

Developing students’ knowledge and skills across this year 10 SOW will give our students a basis for future Design & Technology examinations; especially their final exam in year 11, affording students with the opportunity to answer more complex questions confidently and more independently for both core and specialist technical principles relating to timber based products.  


Developing students’ knowledge and skills across this year 10 SOW will give our students a basis for future Design & Technology projects; especially their NEA, affording students with the opportunity to complete more complex drawings using CAD and the ability to use hand tools and equipment safely, confidently and far more independently.  
Student’s working at grades for Design & Technology will be taken from an average of the main assessment objectives covered across the this scheme of work, reported to parents during parents evenings and on whole school assessments sent home.  

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