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Design and Technology
As part of our delivery of the National Curriculum for Design and Technology at Holy Trinity Academy, students complete a range of varied projects that cover the five key areas of the curriculum content; designing, manufacture, evaluation, technical knowledge and food / nutrition. The following information provides an overview of projects that students will complete, covering these key areas of the curriculum at Key Stage 3.
Year 7
In Year 7, students all start the year completing a base line assessment and a skill-building ‘initial project’ for the first half-term prior to set changes in October. Once set changes have been implemented, students will then work on three projects during the school year, all of which will have elements of the GCSE and vocational options that we offer for Y9 – 11. Projects are run on a ‘carousel’, therefore the order in which students complete the projects outlined below will vary depending on their teaching group; students will complete all projects during the academic year.
Year 8
In Year 8, again all students start the year completing skill-building ‘introduction project’ for the first half-term prior to set changes in October. Once set changes have been implemented, students will then work on three projects during the school year. As in Y7, projects are run on a ‘carousel’, therefore the order in which students complete the projects outlined below will vary depending on their teaching group; students will complete all projects during the academic year.
Key Stage 4: Design and Technology (OCR Syllabus)
Component 1: Principles of Design and Technology (External Examination)
The exam component, titled ‘Principles of design and technology’, includes both the ‘core’ principles that all students must know, and ‘in-depth’ principles that are more specific to the materials or systems they have deeper practical and design experience of. The exam is worth 50% of the total GCSE grade for the subject.
Component 2: Iterative Design Challenge (Non-exam Assessment – ‘NEA’)
The ‘non-exam’ component is a design and make activity based around one of three themes set yearly by the exam board. Students produce a detailed portfolio of the development of their product from first ideas right the way through to manufacture and evaluation. This is submitted electronically in the form of an electronic portfolio and is also worth 50% of the total grade for the subject.