Design Technology Curriculum
Where creativity meets craftsmanship
Why study Design Technology?
What DT develops
Student voice
“Engineering is good because I find out how things are put together and there are lots of good jobs in Engineering, not stuck in an office but out on rigs and fixing machines"Ellie, Year 11
Key Stage 3 DT– Cycle Overview
Cycle 1
Year 7
Knowledge focus
Key skills
- Sketching in 3D
- Presentation techniques
Assessment
- Isometric drawing task
Key Vocabulary
- Oblique
- Isometric
Year 8
Knowledge focus
Key skills
- Responding to a client brief
- Graphics presentation
- Using CAD
Assessment
- Extended writing task
Key Vocabulary
- Specification
- Vacuum Forming
Year 9
Knowledge focus
Key skills
- Advanced cooking skills
- Whisking, blending, heat transfer methods
Assessment
- Extended writing task
Key Vocabulary
- Denaturation
- Coagulation
- Caramelisation
Cycle 2
Year 7
Knowledge focus
Key skills
- Safe kitchen skills
- Preparing ingredients
- Understanding food groups
Assessment
- Extended writing task
- Design task
Key Vocabulary
- Hygiene
- Microbe
Year 8 – The Crucible
Knowledge focus
Key skills
- Soldering
- Vacuum forming
Assessment
- Design task
- Practical task
Key Vocabulary
- Risk assessment
- Soldering
Year 9
Knowledge focus
Key skills
- Using CAD and CAM
- Responding to a client brief
- Developing ideas
- Planning for making
Assessment
- Design task
Key Vocabulary
- Isometric
- Laser cutter
Cycle 3
Year 7
Knowledge focus
Key skills
- Safe workshop skills
- Using tools and equipment
Assessment
- Practical task
- End of year written assessment
Key Vocabulary
- Equipment
- Safety
Year 8 – Non-Fiction Writing
Knowledge focus
Key skills
- Foods from around the world
- Origins of food
Assessment
- Extended writing task
- End of year written assessment
Key Vocabulary
- Seasonality
- Sensory analysis
Year 9
Knowledge focus
Key skills
- Planning for making
- Forging
- Casting
Assessment
- Practical task
- End of year written assessment
Key Vocabulary
- Malleable
- Assembly
Key Stage 4 DT
Cycle 1
Year 10
Knowledge focus
Key skills
Assessment
- Theory test
- Practical assignment
Key Vocabulary
- Renewable
- Sustainable
- Thermoplastic
- Ferrous
- Process
Year 11
Knowledge focus
Key skills
- Developing design ideas
- Making prototypes
Assessment
- November Prelim
Key Vocabulary
- CAD/CAM
- Prototype
- Risk assessment
Cycle 2
Year 10
Knowledge focus
Key skills
Assessment
- Workshop project assessments
Key Vocabulary
- Risk assessment
- Orthographic
Year 11
Knowledge focus
Key skills
- Planning for making, workshop practical tasks, evaluating progress
Assessment
- February Prelim
Key Vocabulary
- Risk assessment
- scales of production
Cycle 3
Year 10
Knowledge focus
Key skills
Assessment
- Year 10 Summer Exam
Key Vocabulary
- Specification
- Template
- Manufacturing
Year 11
Knowledge focus
Key skills
Assessment
- External Examination
Key Vocabulary
- Explain
- Discuss
- Evaluate
Key Stage 4 Engineering
Cycle 1
Year 10
Knowledge focus
- Principles of Engineering Manufacture
Key Skills
- Materials, processes, interpreting engineering drawings
Assessment
Key Vocabulary
- Renewable
- Sustainable
- Thermoplastic
- Ferrous
- Process
Year 11
Knowledge focus
Key skills
Assessment
Key Vocabulary
- CAD/CAM
- Prototype
- Risk assessment
Cycle 2
Year 10
Knowledge focus
Key skills
Assessment
Key Vocabulary
- Risk assessment
- Orthographic
Year 11
Knowledge focus
Key skills
Assessment
Key Vocabulary
- Risk assessment
- Scales of production
Cycle 3
Year 10
Knowledge focus
Key skills
- Engineering Exam content: materials and processes
- NEA (coursework): manufacturing a template
Assessment
Key Vocabulary
- Specification
- Template
- Manufacturing
Year 11
Knowledge focus
Key skills
Assessment
Key Vocabulary
- Explain
- Discuss
- Evaluate
Key Stage 5 Literature A Level AQA
Cycle 1
Year 12
Knowledge focus
- Love through the Ages: Othello and The Great Gatsby
- Characterisation, Genre, context of early 20th century America
- Feature of a Shakespearean tragedy play, Stage craft, Context of Jacobean England.
Key Skills
- Continue to develop analytical skills but applying them to a more extended, essay style task and building a coherent argument.
Assessment
Key Vocabulary
- American Dream
- Disillusionment
- Capitalism
- Protagonist
- Tragedy
- Tragic hero, Hamartia
- Pathos
- Catharsis
Year 13
Knowledge focus
Key skills
Assessment
Key Vocabulary
- Dystopian
- Plastic Theatre
- Prophetic
- Totalitarian
- Analogy
- Allusion
- Bildungsroman
- Didactic
- Dichotomy
Cycle 2
Year 12
Knowledge focus
Key skills
Assessment
Key Vocabulary
- Meter
- Rhyme
- Sonnet
- Allusion
- Allegory
- Apostrophe
- Ballad
- Iambic pentameter
Year 13
Knowledge focus
Key skills
Assessment
Key Vocabulary
- Irony
- Metaphor
- Simile
- Syntax
- Lexis
- Ambiguity
- Archetype
- Stream of Consciousness
Cycle 3
Year 12
Knowledge focus
Key skills
Assessment
Key Vocabulary
- Fin de Siecle
- Denouement
- Symbolism
- Climax
- Foreshadowing
- Mood
- Motif
- Damsel
Year 13
Knowledge focus
Key skills
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