--- title: "Technology" url: "https://www.st-wilfrids.org/curriculum/subjects/technology" school: "St. Wilfrid's R.C. College, South Shields" --- # Technology ![Art & Photography banner](https://www.st-wilfrids.org/images/gallery/IMG_9572.jpg) # Design Technology Curriculum Where creativity meets craftsmanship ![Art and Photography](https://www.st-wilfrids.org/images/lo.png) ## Why study Design Technology? ### What DT develops - Builds your creativity and problem solving skills - Practical, hands on skills - Collaboration and communication ### 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** - KS3 DT (Y7–9) - KS4 DT - KS4 Engineering - KS5 DT Key Stage 3 DT– Cycle Overview Cycle 1 #### Year 7 #### Knowledge focus Graphic communication #### Key skills - Sketching in 3D - Presentation techniques #### Assessment - Isometric drawing task #### Key Vocabulary - Oblique - Isometric #### Year 8 #### Knowledge focus Designing and making in wood and plastic #### Key skills - Responding to a client brief - Graphics presentation - Using CAD #### Assessment - Extended writing task #### Key Vocabulary - Specification - Vacuum Forming #### Year 9 #### Knowledge focus Food science #### 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 Food and nutrition #### Key skills - Safe kitchen skills - Preparing ingredients - Understanding food groups #### Assessment - Extended writing task - Design task #### Key Vocabulary - Hygiene - Microbe #### Year 8 #### Knowledge focus Electronic products #### Key skills - Soldering - Vacuum forming #### Assessment - Design task - Practical task #### Key Vocabulary - Risk assessment - Soldering #### Year 9 #### Knowledge focus Designing and making for metal #### 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 Working in metal and plastic #### Key skills - Safe workshop skills - Using tools and equipment #### Assessment - Practical task - End of year written assessment #### Key Vocabulary - Equipment - Safety #### Year 8 #### Knowledge focus Food and nutrition #### 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 Working with metal #### Key skills - Planning for making - Forging - Casting #### Assessment - Practical task - End of year written assessment #### Key Vocabulary - Malleable - Assembly Key Stage 4 DT-AQA GCSE Design and Technology Cycle 1 #### Year 10 #### Knowledge focus Core Technical principles of design #### Key skills - Materials - Processes - User-centered design #### Assessment - Theory test - Practical assignment #### Key Vocabulary - Renewable - Sustainable - Thermoplastic - Ferrous - Process #### Year 11 #### Knowledge focus NEA Section C: Designs and development #### Key skills - Developing design ideas - Making prototypes #### Assessment - November Prelim #### Key Vocabulary - CAD/CAM - Prototype - Risk assessment Cycle 2 #### Year 10 #### Knowledge focus Core technical principles of design #### Key skills - Analysis of products, workshop making methods, sketching and presentation techniques #### Assessment - Workshop project assessments #### Key Vocabulary - Risk assessment - Orthographic #### Year 11 #### Knowledge focus NEA sections D-E planning and making #### 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 Responding to assignment briefs #### Key skills - NEA - Section A: design brief, research, specification #### Assessment - Year 10 Summer Exam #### Key Vocabulary - Specification - Template - Manufacturing #### Year 11 #### Knowledge focus Exam revision #### Key skills - Understanding command words - Responding to short and long answer exam questions #### Assessment - External Examination #### Key Vocabulary - Explain - Discuss - Evaluate #### Key Stage 4 Engineering- OCR Cambridge National in Engineering Manufacture Cycle 1 #### Year 10 #### Knowledge focus - Principles of Engineering Manufacture #### Key Skills - Materials, processes, interpreting engineering drawings #### Assessment - Engineering: CAD assignment, practical task #### Key Vocabulary - Renewable - Sustainable - Thermoplastic - Ferrous - Process #### Year 11 #### Knowledge focus - Engineering: Responding to assignment briefs #### Key skills - making templates, producing CAD files, manufacturing in quantity #### Assessment - November Prelim exam #### Key Vocabulary - CAD/CAM - Prototype - Risk assessment Cycle 2 #### Year 10 #### Knowledge focus - Engineering: responding to an engineering brief #### Key skills - NEA (coursework): manufacturing a one-off product #### Assessment - Engineering: coursework mark bands #### Key Vocabulary - Risk assessment - Orthographic #### Year 11 #### Knowledge focus - Engineering: Principles of Engineering #### Key skills - Manufacturing systems, production aids #### Assessment - February Prelim exam #### Key Vocabulary - Risk assessment - Scales of production Cycle 3 #### Year 10 #### Knowledge focus - Responding to assignment briefs #### Key skills - Engineering Exam content: materials and processes - NEA (coursework): manufacturing a template #### Assessment - Year 10 summer exam #### Key Vocabulary - Specification - Template - Manufacturing #### Year 11 #### Knowledge focus - Engineering: exam revision #### Key skills - Responding to short and long answer exam questions #### Assessment - External exam #### Key Vocabulary - Explain - Discuss - Evaluate Key Stage 5 Design Technology and Engineering-OCR A Level Design and Technology (Design Engineering) Cycle 1- DT #### Year 12 #### Knowledge focus - Design thinking #### Key Skills - Research - Product analysis - Performance characteristics of materials - Questionnaires and the importance of 3rd party feedback #### Assessment - Materials assessment and NEA interim assessment (research) #### Key Vocabulary - Performance analysis - Product analysis #### Year 13 #### Knowledge focus - Technical understanding #### Key skills - Manufacture - Manufacture and project management - Computer aided manufacture - Scales of production #### Assessment - Nov prelim and interim assessment of NEA (manufacture) #### Key Vocabulary - Project management - Scales of production Cycle 2 #### Year 12 #### Knowledge focus - Manufacturing Processes #### Key skills - Enhancement of materials - Forming, redistribution and addition processes - Finishes - Modern and industrial scales of practice #### Assessment - Material enhancement, forming and industrial practice NEA interim assessment (design) #### Key Vocabulary - Redistribution - Additive - Wasting #### Year 13 #### Knowledge focus - Health & Safety - Workshop equipment #### Key skills - Testing - Prototypes - Working models - Client analysis - Modification #### Assessment - Feb prelim and interim assessment of NEA (testing) #### Key Vocabulary - Modification - Iterative Cycle 3 #### Year 12 #### Knowledge focus - Digital design and manufacture #### Key skills - Development - Modern and industrial commercial practise - Digital design and manufacture Enterprise/marketing in the development of products #### Assessment - Y12 mock exam and interim assessment of NEA (development) #### Key Vocabulary - Enterprise - Development - Sustainability #### Year 13 #### Knowledge focus - Evaluating designs and developing proposals #### Key skills - Evaluation - Analysis of production cycle - Feasibility studies - Product improvements - Modern manufacturing systems #### Assessment - Manufacture and final assessment of NEA - Unit 1 external exam #### Key Vocabulary - Life cycle analysis - Manufacturing systems Key Stage 5 Engineering Cycle 1- Engineering #### Year 12 #### Knowledge focus - Engineering Product design and manufacture - Working with metal - Engineering Principles #### Key Skills - Algebraic and trigonometric mathematical methods - Design triggers and challenges - Developing skills and attributes #### Assessment - Assessed written tasks - Principles exam questions #### Key Vocabulary - Orthographic - Isometric #### Year 13 #### Knowledge focus - Delivery of a process safely as team - Work experience in the engineering sector #### Key skills - Health & safety - Human Factors - Exploring career options #### Assessment - Nov prelim and Unit 2 Coursework #### Key Vocabulary - Engineering sectors - Placement - Diagnostic Cycle 2 #### Year 12 #### Knowledge focus - Health & Safety legislation - Workplace environments #### Key skills - Static engineering systems - Equipment & system constraints and opportunities - Material properties - Manufacturing processes #### Assessment - Independent study tasks #### Key Vocabulary - Vocational - Human factors #### Year 13 #### Knowledge focus - Delivery of a process safely as team #### Key skills - Common engineering processes #### Assessment - Unit 1 external exam #### Key Vocabulary - Risk assessment - Kaisen - Production plan Cycle 3 #### Year 12 #### Knowledge focus - Delivery of a process safely as team - Work experience in the engineering sector #### Key skills - Dynamic engineering systems - Clarifying expectations for employment in engineering #### Assessment - End of Year 12 exams #### Key Vocabulary - Engineering sectors - Engineering processes #### Year 13 #### Knowledge focus - Delivery of a process safely as team #### Key skills - Principles of engineering drawings #### Assessment - Unit 3 External Exam - Unit 2 Coursework #### Key Vocabulary - Evaluation of process **[For Key Stage 5 Curriculum information please click link here to our Sixth Form Curriculum ](https://st-wilfrid-s-rc-college-south-shields.schudio.com/sixth-form)** ![St. Wilfrid's R.C. 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