Overall Curriculum Goals

 Students will be able to list, identify and work through the six stages of Design process.  
 Students will follow Health and Safety practices within a practical workshop environment.   
 Students will be introduced to various workshop tools and equipment and use them within projects to help create their final outcomes.  
 Students will develop their CAD and CAM skill set.  
 
Students within Year 7 will work through and complete the 3 projects over the course of the academic year.   

Project 1

Project 2

Project 3

Maze Project (Graphic Communication) 

Clock Project (Resistant Materials)  

Pencil Box Project (Resistant Materials) 

Topic Intent:

Students will gain knowledge and skills within this project that will enable them to identify and work through each stage of the design process step by step.  Within this project students will learn how to distinguish the difference between CAD and CAM processes and their uses. Students will then use these processes and skills gained to create a final design. The final piece students create will be one that answers the design brief as well as appealing to a key consumer market by working with a range of materials, techniques and processes. This project will build on a student's confidence and ability to work using both CAD and CAM processes as well as continuing to develop their confidence in Graphic design and their ability to follow a set Design Brief. 

Topic Intent: 

Students within this project will be able to identify and work through each of the 6 stages of the design process. Students will develop skills investigating and creating pieces of work that mirror the following iconic design movements: Pop Art, Bauhaus, De Stijl and Memphis. Students will build their confidence in the workshop by working with a variety of materials, tools and equipment in order to create their final project outcome. Students will be able to recognise the need to be working safely and efficiently within a busy workshop environment in order to create their outcome. Students will look at various materials and their properties alongside the importance of sustainability in manufacturing and the impact that this has on the world around us. 

Topic Intent:

Students within this project will be able to identify and work through each of the 6 stages of the design process. This project will give students the opportunity to gain knowledge and practical skills within a workshop environment. Students will use a variety of methods with a variety of tools and equipment to create their final project outcome. Students will be able to recognise the need to be working safely and efficiently within a busy workshop environment to create their outcome successfully. Students will look at various manufacturing methods that are currently used in industry today.  

Key Content / Skills:  

Key Content / Skills:  

Key Content / Skills:  

Assessment:

Students are assessed at the end of the completed project. The assessment is 80 marks coming from 4 equally weighted assessment objectives.  

Assessment:

Students are assessed at the end of the completed project. The assessment is 80 marks coming from 4 equally weighted assessment objectives. 

Assessment: 

Students are assessed at the end of the completed project. The assessment is 80 marks coming from 4 equally weighted assessment objectives. 

Home Learning:

Worksheets are set with a focus on building colour knowledge and developing drawing skills.

Home Learning:

Worksheets are set with a focus on building colour knowledge and developing drawing skills.

Home Learning:

Worksheets are set with a focus on building colour knowledge and developing drawing skills.

Employability, Professionalism and Enterprise  (EPE) Links

Employability, Professionalism and Enterprise  (EPE) Links

Employability, Professionalism and Enterprise  (EPE) Links