Knowledge and Skills

  • Design and technology prepares students for participation in tomorrow's rapidly developing world of technologies.
  • Students are provided with the necessary individual and team skills to gain confidence in their own abilities and become creative problem solvers.
  • Students will recognise needs, wants and opportunities and respond to them by developing a range of ideas and making products and systems that successfully meet these demands.
  • Students will practise skills in research, communication and management in design and production.
  • Students will improve all areas of practical, spoken, and written communication skills through experiencing a wide range of learning styles from specialist teachers.
  • Students will develop an understanding of aesthetics, social, moral and environmental issues.
  • Students will experience working with CAD/CAM and other industrial based processes.

All students are encouraged to express personal and informed opinions through design, research, analysis and evaluation tasks. The main focus is upon the improvement of practical problem solving skills for a variety of purposes and consumer groups. Creativity is actively encouraged, as is the importance of accuracy and presentation within all forms of work. All Key Stage 3, 4 and 5 students have access to the ICT suite using programs such as Pro Desktop, Corel Draw and Sketch Up and to the CAD/CAM centre.

Through design and technology, all students can become discriminating and informed users of products, and become innovators.