Years 7 & 8 Curriculum - Design & Technology

Subject areas covered in Years 7 and 8 are Graphics and Resistant Materials on a rotation basis. They will study each subject for one term throughout the year.

Year 7:

Graphics project – Board Game (Under The Sea Theme)

Students will learn designing, design development, sketching and shading, evaluation and analysis.

Core Theory Covered:

• Key Design and Technology Terminology
• Material Properties
• Sources and Origins of Paper & Board
• Stock Forms, Types & Sizes of Paper & Board
• Print Finishes
• Materials & Their Working Properties

Resistant Materials project – Robot Project

Students learn sketching and shading skills, practical skills with use of tools, designing skills, health and safety knowledge, evaluation and analysis.

Core Theory Covered:

• Key Design & Technology Terminology
• Sources and Origins of Timber
• Materials & their Working Properties
• Health & Safety in the Workshop
• Tools & Jigs
• Commercial Processes

Year 8:

Graphics project – Pop-Up Greetings Card

Students learn sketching and shading skills, paper engineering skills, evaluation and analysis.

Core Theory Covered:

• Design & Technology Terminology with Examples
• Social, Moral, Spiritual & Cultural Issues
• Types of Motion & Force.
• Mechanisms
• Commercial Process - Die-Cutting
• Printing Processes

Resistant Materials project - Travel Maze Game

Students develop practical skills with use of tools, health and safety knowledge, electronics, 3D-Drawing.

Core Theory Covered:

• Design & Technology Terminology with Examples
• Types of Wood Joints
• Plywood & Manufactured Boards
• Stock Forms & standard Components
• Mechanisms
• Commercial Process – CNC Router

Enquiries to:

Mr Coulson – Learning Leader: Art & Design (d.coulson@brookfield.hants.sch.uk)