Key Stage 3
Design and Technology
Year 7
Intent
Building on their knowledge from Key Stage 2, students in Year 7 will begin to look at different areas of materials technology and food technology. They are encouraged to learn through trial and error, take risks, and experiment to help solve problems. In food technology students will explore nutrition and understand the difference between healthy eating and what foods should be considered as treats. In design technology students will focus on two areas, textiles and electronics, and create two exciting products.
Learning Journey
Core Knowledge and Skills
- The Eatwell Guide – nutrients
- Food safety and hygiene
- Evaluating practical products
- Basic cooking skills – using the different parts of an oven
- Basic preparation skills
Enriched Knowledge and Skills
- Wonky vegetables and food choices
- Current trends and influences on diets
- Confidence in the kitchen
Key Vocabulary
- Food safety
- Hygiene
- Food waste
- Nutrients
- Bridge method
- Claw method
- Boiling
- Simmering
- Deseed
- Seasoning
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Designing skills
- Product analysis
- Sampling a rage of decorative techniques
- Use of specialist equipment – textiles manufacture
- Health and safety in a workshop – textiles focus
Enriched Knowledge and Skills
- Cotton trade – where cotton comes from and how we can ethically source it
- Fast fashion and its impact on the planet
- Models and body image
Key Vocabulary
- Analysis
- Disassembling
- Swatch
- Batik
- Sublimation printing
- Applique
- Embellishments
- Over locker
- Hemming
- Seams
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Food labelling and packaging
- Dietary requirements
- Seasonality
- Basic cooking skills – baking
- Developing preparation skills
Enriched Knowledge and Skills
- Sourcing your ingredients and fair-trade products
- Comparing fresh and pre-packaged foods
- Presentation skills
Key Vocabulary
- All-in-one method
- Piping
- Coring
- Rubbing-in-method
- Seasonality
- Glaze
- Saturated Fat
- Unsaturated Fat
- Flour Dredger
- Dough
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Specification writing
- 3D drawing techniques – isometric
- Understanding circuit diagrams and symbols
- Use of specialist equipment – electronics
- Health and safety in a workshop – electronic focus
Enriched Knowledge and Skills
- Designers of the world
- Cycle safety and bike checks
- Impact of plastic on the planet – sustainability and climate change
Key Vocabulary
- ACCESS FM
- Specification
- Isometric
- Electrical components
- Schematic symbols
- Soldering
- Vacuum forming
- Laser cutter
- Computer Aided Design
- Computer Aided Manufacture
Year 8
Intent
Our Year 8 curriculum develops the students’ knowledge within Design and Technology. Students will design, make, and evaluate their work, whilst developing their subject knowledge of a range of areas. They will be encouraged to solve problems in creative ways, relating their work to that of Design and Technology professionals. In food technology students will look at food around the world and begin to explore different cuisines. In design technology students will develop their materials knowledge looking at timbers, metals, and CAD/CAM.
Learning Journey
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Exploring different cuisines
- Nutritional needs – age specific
- Sustainability
- Analysis of products
- Developing independence when preparing and cooking dishes
Enriched Knowledge and Skills
- Understanding the impact of food miles
- Implications of ingredients - sustainability
- Broadening knowledge on world food
Key Vocabulary
- Gastronomy
- Cuisine
- Nutritionally balanced
- Food miles
- Seasoning
- Roux
- RSPCA Assured
- Red Tractor Logo
- Zest
- Gelatinization
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Understanding design movements
- Timber properties
- Sampling a rage of finishes
- Use of specialist equipment – timber manufacture
- Health and safety in a workshop – timbers focus
Enriched Knowledge and Skills
- Environmental impact – deforestation
- Manufacturing in industry
- Enterprising skills – small businesses using CAD/CAM
Key Vocabulary
- Batch production
- Deforestation
- Finished
- Varnish
- Decoupage
- Vinyl
- Multi-functional
- Isometric drawing
- Acrylic
- MDF (medium density fiberboard)
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Exploring further cuisines
- Understanding the production of different food
- Sensory analysis
- Nutritional analysis of food products
- Independently preparing and cooking dishes
Enriched Knowledge and Skills
- Carbon emissions of foods – from field to plate
- Making positive food choices
- World food in Nottingham
Key Vocabulary
- Primary processing
- Secondary processing
- Star profile
- Mycoprotein
- Fermentation
- Rubbing-in-method
- Lamination
- Proving
- Rising
- Reducing
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Designing for a target customer
- Metal properties
- Researching metal processes
- Use of specialist equipment – metal manufacture
- Health and safety in a workshop – metal focus
Enriched Knowledge and Skills
- Casting through the ages
- Pewter products – old and new
- Enterprising skills – small businesses using hand skills
Key Vocabulary
- Casting
- Pewter
- Molds
- Alloy
- Malleable
- Ingot
- Ladle
- Sprue
- Emery cloth
- Centre punch
Year 9
Intent
In Year 9 students are able to confidently use a range of designing, making, and evaluating techniques, all supported by their technical knowledge. Students are able to work with independence to interpret briefs, and to adapt recipes to suit the clients needs. In food technology students will focus on two areas: making take away style food healthier, and the science of raising agents in food. In design technology students will focus on a project involving papers and board, and revisit timbers.
Learning Journey
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Understanding macro and micro nutrients
- Dietary requirements – special diets, age ranges and lifestyles
- Sensory analysis of dishes
- Nutritional analysis of different foods
- Developing high skilled preparation and cooking techniques
Enriched Knowledge and Skills
- Importance of sustainably sauced ingredients and its impacts
- Using natural colourings in food instead of E Numbers
- Broadening knowledge on key temperatures of foods
Key Vocabulary
- Micronutrients
- Macronutrients
- Dietary requirements
- Omega 3
- Intolerance
- Allergens
- MSC (Marine Stewardship Council)
- Natural colourants
- Key temperatures
- Accompaniments
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Understanding production of self-assembling product
- Properties of boards
- Advantages and disadvantages of CAD/CAM
- Use of specialist equipment – board manufacture
- Health and safety in a workshop – board focus
Enriched Knowledge and Skills
- Use of CAD/CAM in independent businesses
- What happens to products when they are no longer needed
- Developments in technology and what exists in a critical manner in order to find a solution for the future.
Key Vocabulary
- CAD (Computer Aided Design)
- CAM (Computer Aided Manufacture)
- Laser cutter
- Specification
- Modelling
- Contour
- Manufacture
- Nets
- Geometric Shapes
- Adhesives
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Understanding of food science – raising agents
- How different processes impact the final product
- Energy balance
- Sensory and nutritional analysis of foods
- Independently using high level preparation and cooking skills for sweet products
Enriched Knowledge and Skills
- Looking obesity in the UK and ways to promote physical activity
- Source of ingredients – sugar cane and beet
- Health issues related too poor diet
Key Vocabulary
- Ribbon effect
- Folding
- Mechanical raising agents
- Chemical raising agents
- Obesity
- Fermentation
- Energy balance
- Experiment
- BMR (basic metabolic rate)
- PAL (physical activity level)
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Understanding methods of joining timbers
- Developing knowledge of timbers
- Understanding basic mechanisms
- Use of specialist equipment – timber manufacture
- Health and safety in a workshop – timber focus
Enriched Knowledge and Skills
- Types of wood and their uses in the world around is
- Design – aesthetics vs functionality
- COP 26 - deforestation
Key Vocabulary
- Hinge
- Hook and eye
- Wood grain
- Finger joint
- Miter joint
- Dove tail joint
- Butt joint
- Soft wood
- Hard wood
- Manufactured boards
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