Overall Curriculum Goals

      1.   Students will be introduced to various workshop tools and equipment and use them within projects to help create their final outcomes whilst following Health and safety guidelines.  
      2.   Students will continue to develop their analytical and evaluation skills. 
      3.   Students will continue to explore and develop their CAD and CAM skill set. 
      4.   Students will develop their technical drawing skills to help them present possible design ideas. 
 
Students within Year 9 will work through and complete the 3 projects over the course of the academic year. 

Project 1

Project 2

Project 3

Board Game Project  (Graphic Communication)

Passive Amplifier Project  (Resistant Materials)

Tidy Box Project (Resistant Materials)

Topic Intent:

Students will develop skills creating a board game that is influenced by work of contemporary graphic designer Paula Scher. Influenced by Scher’s work students will explore colour theory, experimental typography, illustration and CAD. Students will investigate methods and strategies used in industry by advertising companies in order to capture a target audience. Students will build their confidence using several CAD programmes to create their final project outcome. Students will be able to recognise the need to work efficiently within a set time scale to create their outcome successfully using a mixture CAD, CAM and hand produced methods. 

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 a final piece based on a contemporary designer. Students will build their confidence in the workshop by working with a variety of materials, 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. 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 and steps we can take to improve the environmental impact technology has on the world. 

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 build on the knowledge and practical skill set that they gained in the previous year. Students will work 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 to create their outcome successfully. 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.

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