4th Form Curriculum

Design Technology

All pupils receive 2 periods of Design & Technology each week, as a double lesson to enable practical project work to be undertaken. The Fourth Form (YR9) Schemes of Work are designed to achieve the following:

• Improve understanding of the process of design using a systems approach.
• Improve understanding and manufacturing skills of a wide range of materials. This will involve projects that teach how to shape and join materials using hand tools and automated equipment.
• Develop skills in freehand sketching, shading and colouring, and more formal skills in 3 dimensional representations.
• Introduce computer software that has been developed to aid the designing and manufacturing process. The packages include desktop publishing, drawing packages, electronic simulation, printed circuit board designer and 3D modelling. An appreciation of computer-aided manufacture is also taught.
• Ensure all pupils experience success in design and technology.

The Fourth Form foundation course is a prerequisite for the GCSE courses which may be chosen in the Remove year. In September 2006 the department adopted a modular GCSE course. The new course has 4 modules, at least one of which will be attempted in the summer of the Remove year. We believe that all pupils will benefit from a foundation course which gives them the opportunity to acquire skills and knowledge that may be applied throughout their lives.

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