THEORY / ANALYSIS

Character | Organisation | Resilience | Excellence

Design TechnologyLearning Journey

Theory: Machinery and Tools

Practical: Sanding

Disc

Practical: File Application and

Sand Paper

Practical: Quality

Control and Coping Saw

Practical: Marking out and

Mitre Saw

Isometric Drawing

and Rendering

Brief/User and Specification

What have you learnt in year 7?

Health and Safety

Practical: Cutting,

shaping and filing

Practical: Quality Control

application

Practical: Quality control and assembly

Review of the term

Drawing techniques and principles

Introduction to Anthropometrics and ergonomics

Practical Quality:

Control and finishing

Practical: Joints for

Keep Sake Box

Introduction to Joints

Introduction to tools and processes

Manufacture of portable

speaker

Identifying how to meet the needs of a

specific user

Analyse existing products, processes

and materials

Develop a specification

Identify the Quality

control

Practical: Mortice Puzzle

Application of more complex

CAD commands

Demonstrate how to evaluate

a concept

Theory: Smart/New and

emerging technologies

Identify and develop a brief

for a specific user

Gather and assess different sources of

research

Develop a range of ideas for

our intended

user

Apply CAD/CAM operations

Evaluate a finished prototype against the needs of the

user

Life after year 11

Assess individual knowledge and understanding for exam

content.

Principles of Timber

Review of the term

Practical: Files and

Sand Paper

Design Specification

Practical: Marking

out

Risk Assessment:

Wood Workshop

Demonstrate the application

of a range of tools/processes and machinery

Develop a specification

Review of the year

What have you learnt

at KS3?

Principles of Health

and Safety

Practical: Side Table

Appropriate tools and

processes to manufacture

Assembly and

Quality Control

Practical: Jig application

and marking out

Introduction to electronics and soldering

techniques

Design Brief and user

needs

Practical: Saws/Cutting

Design Ideas: Phone Holder

Practical: Pillar

Drill/Quality Control

Material Categories

& Machinery

Practical: Marking out

and Line Bending

Practical: Marking out and Drilling

Practical: Cleaning

surfaces and Quality Control

KEYPRACTICAL

DESIGN

REVIEW

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11