Year 11 Technology – Engineering Technical Award

Students will acquire and apply their knowledge and skills in a variety of contexts. We will provide opportunities to inquire, investigate, analyse, design, model and test; manufacture, review and evaluate. We will expose students to problems that need to be solved independently, allowing for a range of responses. We will continue to reflect and review our curriculum model on a regular basis to ensure that our students are prepared for future studies and careers.

Everything around us is designed, without the creative world we would never improve the way we live or interact with products. Design and Technology gives you the transferable skill set to be that designer with the potential to change and improve lives.

Students will develop empathy and understanding of people’s needs, wants and difficulties. They will experience a range of materials, components, systems, ingredients, tools and processes, including new and emerging technologies.

We will promote a climate for learning that offers high challenge, low risk and is inclusive for all students. We celebrate and embrace failure, using this to develop and enhance design thinking and making, while developing resilience in learners.

Students learn about the advantages and disadvantages of using CAD / CAM / CNC. Alongside this theoretical knowledge students will begin to develop their skills using CAD software and to manufacture a product using selected CAM.

Students will be able to demonstrate an increasingly proficient use of a variety of CAD software. This will help build their confidence in preparation for the NEA task.

Students will be assessed across a range of areas, focused on their use of CAD and using parts taken from exam board mark schemes.

Students apply their knowledge and skills using CAD to complete the externally set tasks.

Students will be introduced to methodology required for their NEA and will begin to demonstrate their understanding of CAD software to adapt an existing design.

Students will be formally assessed across a range of areas, as described in exam board mark scheme. Students’ will be assessed based upon their theoretical knowledge and their application of analysis criteria.

Students will consolidate their knowledge learnt across KS4 via a series of recall activities to prepare them for the final exam and final part of this subject.

Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of these key topic areas: Effects of Engineering achievements, Understanding properties of materials, understanding a range of engineering practical methods and Solving engineering problems

Students will be assessed using exam board materials and past papers, alongside focused topic area tasks.

Students will consolidate their knowledge learnt across KS4 via a series of recall activities to prepare them for the final exam and final part of this subject.

Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of these key topic areas: Effects of Engineering achievements, Understanding properties of materials, understanding a range of engineering practical methods and Solving engineering problems

Students will be assessed using exam board materials and past papers, alongside focused topic area tasks. Students will also complete their final external exam.