Year 7 Curriculum Overview
Food Technology: Healthy Eating School Canteen Project
- To learn where the equipment required in
practical lesson is stored.
- To understand what rules apply within a food
Room.
- To understand Health and Safety in the food room.
- Understand the importance of Safety Signs in the Kitchen.
- Know how to advertise a Design food outlet.
- To learn the ‘creaming in’ method of production.
- To interpret the recipe and instructions.
- To learn how to develop a design specification.
- To learn how to develop a design idea.
- To learn about levels in Design Technology
- To learn how to level and Evaluate my own work.
Year 7 Curriculum Overview
Design Technology : Resistant Materials Paul Klee inspired Storage Box Project
- To learn where the equipment required in
practical lessons is stored.
- To understand what rules apply within a workshop.
- To understand Health and Safety in the workshop.
- Understand the importance of Safety Signs in the Workshop.
- To learn the basic design process.
- To learn how to follow a design brief.
- To learn about research and how to gather relevant research.
- To learn how to develop a design specification.
- To learn how to develop a design idea.
- To learn to manufacture in wood using a variety of hand and machine tools.
- To learn how to level and Evaluate my own work.
Graphic Design: Educational Pop Up book
- To build an understanding of a working publisher
- The knowledge , understanding and confidence to design and create a working book
- An understanding of how to economise when planning
- An ability to transfer skills
- An ability to inspire others by transferring that knowledge
- Gain knowledge on working mechanisms
- To write a creative story and link this to character building
Year 8 Curriculum Overview:
Food Technology: Staple Foods Project
- Understand what Staple foods are.
- To recognise the different staple products
- To develop and use sensory vocabulary in relation to sensory analysis
- Develop design ideas for a staple food product
- Develop knowledge on the different types of cookers
- Understand what can and cannot be cooked on each session of the cooker
- Understand how flour thickens a sauce and develop information on sauces and how they can be used to flavour a dish
- Develop understanding on how to weigh and measure out ingredients
- Develop knowledge on Nutritional value
Year 8 Curriculum Overview:
Design Technology Resistant Materials: Aquatic inspired mirror Project
- Understand the principles of design inspiration.
- To utilise a particular theme to use as a Lait Motif
- To develop a design proposal into an orthographic projection.
- To develop their workshop skills and the variety of tools and processes available.
- To learn the principles of pinned and glued joints to manufacture a carcass
- To develop their painting and finishing skills using acrylics.
Graphic Design: Advertisements and promotional material
To build an understanding of a graphic designer
The knowledge, understanding and confidence to design and
Create a variety of promotional items
An understanding of how to economise when planning
An ability to transfer skills
An ability to inspire others by transferring that knowledge
- Analyse existing logos and use that knowledge to create a new idea
- Gain knowledge on layout, formatting and presentation
- Learn how to draw in one and two point perspective