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Year 7 Project 1 - Wood Tech Project 2 - Wood Tech
Key Topic: Bird Feeder Passive Speaker
New Knowledge:
  • Woods/timbers
  • Use and application of hand tools
  • Workshop safety
  • Marking out and use of measuring tools
  • Developing experience and understanding of hand tools.
Previous Knowledge Required
  • Some experience and understanding of materials paper and wood.
  • Understanding of recycling, the environment, sustainability both through knowledge gained at home and in school.

  • Use of hand tools, works shop safety and some use of machines  disk sander and linisher)
New Skills:
  • Hand eye co-ordination,
  • Organisation,
  • Time planning and management
  • Use of tools and equipment
  • Sawing techniques
  • Ongoing development of workshop practices
  • Wood joints
  • Finishing and fitting
  • Waxing
Links to the School Curriculum:
  • Geography=The Environment, Forest Management, recycling and sustainability
  • Geography=The Environment, Forest Management, recycling and sustainability
Independent Activities:
  • Homeworks
  • Workshop practicals
  • Homeworks
  • Workshop practicals
Web Links: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/design-and-technology-ks3-explain-this-finishing-wood/znbckmn https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/design-and-technology-ks3-explain-this-laminating-wood/zmr8jhv
Year 8 Project 1  Project 2
Key Topic: Gumball Machine Coat Hook
New Knowledge:
  • Tools and equipment:
  • Drivers, drill bits, countersinks, screws,
  • Pillar drill
  • Jigs and templates
  • Health and safety
  • Safe workshop practices
  • Use of hand tools, specifically, hand drills, drivers.
  • Man-made boards and how they are produced
  • Types and characteristics
  • Sustainability
  • Environmental issues
  • Safe use of machines, specifically pillar drills, bobbin sander and drivers
  • Materials and processes:
  • Metals, alloys, metal vices, files, wet and dry paper.
  • Health and safety
  • Safe workshop practices
  • Use of hand tools, specifically, hand drills, drivers.
  • Metals and how they are produced
  • Types and characteristics
  • Sustainability
  • Environmental issues
  • Safe use of machines, specifically metal bender
Previous Knowledge Required
  • Some experience and understanding of materials paper and wood.
  • Understanding of recycling, the environment, sustainability both through knowledge gained at home and in school.
  • Some experience and understanding of materials metals.
  • Understanding of recycling, the environment, sustainability both through knowledge gained at home and in school
New Skills:
  • Marking out and measuring, use of rulers
  • New tools, tri squares, bobbin sander, pillar drills, centre punch, brawdl and 
  • Metal filling 
  • Scribing
  • Metal working
  • Centre punching
  • Metal drilling
Links to the School Curriculum:
  • Geography=The Environment, Forest Management, recycling and sustainability
  • Science, alloys
  • Geography, the environment, metal extraction
Independent Activities:
  • Homeworks
  • Workshop practicals
  • Homeworks
  • Workshop practicals
Web Links: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/design-and-technology-ks3-explain-this-screwing-components-together/zdqny9q https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/design-and-technology-ks3-explain-this-marking-shapes-on-metal/zb7pf4jhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/design-and-technology-ks3-explain-this-cutting-a-shape-from-metal/zndxhbkhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/design-and-technology-ks3-explain-this-finishing-metal/zfqmt39
Year 9 Project 1  Project 2
Key Topic: Bird Box Passive Speaker
New Knowledge:
  • More extensive and taxing wood joints.
  • Accuracy in both cutting and fitting finger joints and cross halving joint
  • Health and safety
  • Safe workshop practices
  • Use of hand tools, specifically saws, Fret, Coping and Tenon,
  • Timbers and how they are produced and managed
  • Types and characteristics, colours and applications
  • Sustainability
  • Environmental issues
  • Safe use of machines, specifically pillar drills, Fret Saw and drivers
Previous Knowledge Required
  • Understanding of timbers, hand tools and working practices
  • Understanding of timbers, hand tools and working practices
New Skills:
  • Marking out and cutting more complex joints
  • Tenon Saw, Fret Saw, Coping Saw, Drills, drivers, drill bits, bradawl, screws, pilot hole, machine vice
  • PVA,  File, Sand paper, demo pieces, QA,QC
  • MDF
  • Posca pens
  • Bees Wax, Sealant,  Steel Rule, Try Square, marking out, flush, grain, end grain, sealant, waxing, sustainability, the environment and habitat.

 

  • Tenon Saw, Fret Saw, Coping Saw, Drills, drivers, drill bits, bradawl, screws, pilot hole, machine vice
  • PVA,  File, Sand paper, demo pieces, QA,QC
  • MDF
  • Posca pens
  • Bees Wax, Sealant,  Steel Rule, Try Square, marking out, flush, grain, end grain, sealant, waxing, sustainability, the environment and habitat.
Links to the School Curriculum:
  • Geography=The Environment, Forest Management, recycling and sustainability

  • Physics - Sound

  • Geography, the environment, metal extraction
Independent Activities:
  • Homeworks
  • Workshop practicals
  • Homeworks
  • Workshop practicals
Web Links: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/design-and-technology-ks3-explain-this-marking-and-cutting-a-halving-joint/zv76pg8 https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/design-and-technology-ks3-explain-this-laser-cutting/z6sy382
Year 10 Project 1  Project 2
Key Topic: USB Game Box
New Knowledge:
  • Writing and working to a brief
  • Creating design work related to a brief
  • Annotating and analysing designs to develop and make progress.
  • Design skills, render marker skills
  • CAD,
  • 2D design skills, how to apply to the project
  • Using the Laser Cutter as an essential tool.
  • The vac forming process
  • Materials: acrylic, MDF, card, HIPS
  • Graphic Design approaches
  • Health and safety
  • Safe workshop practices
  • Working with a client
  • Creating design work related to a brief
  • Annotating and analysing designs to develop and make progress.
  • Paper card engineering
  • Complex Wood joints
  • Timber finishing techniques
  • Design skills, render marker skills
  • CAD,
  • 2D design skills, how to apply to the project
  • Previous Knowledge Required

 

  • Practical workshop experiences
  • All knowledge gained in KS3 

 

  • All knowledge gained in KS3 and 4
  • Practical workshop experiences
New Skills:
  • Designing Blister Packs
  •  Using 2D Design
  • Using the Vac Former
  • Modelling with HIPs, Acrylic, MDF
  • Paper and boards
  • Learning to use Graphics, layout, typography
  • Creating Nets
  • Using a Die Cutter
  • Design on and with Paper and boards/timbers
  • Understanding GSM
  • Creating Flaps and Tabs
  • Paper engineering
  • Graphics
  • Layout, Typography,
  • Pictograms
Links to the School Curriculum:
  • GEOGRAPHY
  • BUSINESS
  • ETHICS
  • IT
  • GEOGRAPHY
  • BUSINESS
  • ETHICS
  • IT
Independent Activities:
  • Homeworks
  • Workshop practicals
  • Homeworks
  • Workshop practicals
Web Links: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zktmtv4/revision/1https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zfd9dxs/revision/1 https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zbqdqhv/revision/1https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zrx7xfr/revision/1
Year 11 Project 1  Project 2
Key Topic: Theory  NEA
New Knowledge:
  • Usability
  • Existing Solutions
  • New Tech
  • Sources of Energy
  • Winder influences of Tech
  • Viability
  • Graphic Techniques
  • Approaches to design
  • Properties of materials
  • Material Selection
  • Paper and boards
  • Timber, metals, polymers, textiles
  • Standard components
  • Finishing materials
  • Structural integrity
  • Motion and levers
  • Mechanical devices
  • Electronic systems/programmable comp
  • Modelling processes
  • Wastage
  • Additive manufacture
  • Deforming and reforming
  • Ensuring accuracy
  • Digital design tool
  • Scales of manufacture
  • Large scale paper, metals, timbers, polymers and fabrics.
  • Design Brief/PU Info
  • Stakeholder/PU Needs
  • Product Analysis
  • Materials Investigation
  • Environment/ sustainability
  • Moral, Ethics
  • Design Specification
  • Next Step planning
  • Initial Ideas
  • Development of ideas
  • Mock Ups(photos)
  • Final Idea with dimensions
  • Technical Spec
  • Plan for making/timeline
  • Making Final Product
  • Workshop
  • Personal Evaluation
  • Evaluation against Spec
  • PU Feedback Evaluation
  • Product Viability
  • Previous Knowledge Required

 

  • Theory learnt through KS3

 

  • USB
  • Blister Pack
  • 2D Design
  • Vac Former
  • Former
  • HIPS
  • Acrylic, MDF
  • Paper and boards
  • Graphics, layout, typography
  • Euro slot
New Skills:
  • Exam style questions in their rev guides
  • Full exam papers in their revision guides
  • Quick Quiz questions
  • Key word question/recall
  • Mock exam
  • Mock exam style questions
  • Quick starter questions
  • Longer starter questions
  • Q and A in lessons
  • Peer assessment
  • Builds on NEA knowledge gained through the two projects in Year 10
Links to the School Curriculum:
  • Business
  • Ethics
  • Art
  • English
  • Geography
  • History
  • Business
  • Ethics
  • Art
  • English
  • Geography
  • History
Independent Activities:
  • Homeworks
  • Workshop practicals
  • Homeworks
  • Workshop practicals
Web Links: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/zdvb2sg https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/zdvb2sg

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