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Design Manager at Black+Blum, Joe, Watch Joe's video here Joe is a design manager at kitchenware design studio Black+Blum, specialising in designing and developing sustainable products, from the initial design phase right up to manufacture, working with suppliers and solving any issues. He enjoys the focus on user needs and his experience of studying D&T at school has helped in understanding the whole process. Play video.
New Designed for Life Episode: Building a Thriving Design & Technology Department at Newstead Wood School, How do you establish a thriving Design & Technology department from scratch with a brand-new team? What curriculum changes at KS3, KS4, and KS5 can truly stretch and challenge high-achieving students? And how can you transform the department’s look and function on a limited budget while improving perceptions of the subject among students and parents? In the latest episode of Designed for Life, we explore these crucial questions as we visit Newstead Wood School in Orpington—recently named State Secondary School...
John Donnelly, John is based in the North West of England and has been a D&T teacher for nearly 25 years and Head of Department for over 20 years. John set up his own D&T consultancy company in 2015, DTResources Limited and can deliver CPD for all aspects of Design and Technology, DATA H&S training and machine inspection and maintenance. John is passionate about CAD (Fusion 360) and 3D Printing, and has helped many schools by delivering training on the use of 3D printing, both for primary and secondary schools. John...
Technical Coordinator, Chloe , Watch Chloe's video here Chloe works for the Engineering Technology Group training operatives and apprentices on existing machinery and on new machinery following installations. She spends a lot of time travelling to different sites to coordinate programming and operator training courses and enjoys the variety of work that his offers and the satisfaction of seeing successful end products. Her family included a draftsperson and an engineer, and she gained good grades in her A Level Product Design which gave a good insight into engineering and helped her decide to do an apprenticeship. One...
KS3 D&T Learning Planner and Assessing Without Levels – Teacher Guide, KS3 D&T Learning Planner and Assessing Without Levels – Teacher Guide and Resource BankFirst published 2015; updated 2016 This free guide and associated tools have been produced to support design and technology teachers in developing practice in school. It has been designed to enable you to use the provided KS3 learning programme or to part-populate your own. The resource comprises a Key Stage 3 plan for D&T learning, planning and auditing tools, and guidance on using the D&T Association Progression Framework and...
Heat transfer project, First published 2013 The Heat Transfer Project contains two activities for with cross-curricular links to Science asking Year 9 students to investigate materials that are most suitable for fast food packaging, and learn more about how a vacuum flask works. The project consists of two main activities: Hot Potatoes! A Science based activity where students make predictions, carry out an experiment, analyse results and make conclusions about which materials are most suitable for fast food packaging and apply this information to a design task....
Sustainability in Industry: ECHO Brand Design, The Echo Brand Design team delivered this webinar to explore the importance of sustainability in industry. This includes discussing human behaviour, ever-changing consumer needs, and considering how these can be balanced without compromise to future generations. ECHO is a London-based innovation, brand strategy and design agency with a passion for innovation and designing sustainable futures for all. View the webinar here.
Making Bread using the Six Essentials, Making Bread using the Six Essentials Year 5-6Age 9-11 First published 2013 An example of good practice in Design and Technology using the 'Bread' unit of work and incorporating the 'six essentials' of design and technology. These essentials – user, purpose, functionality, design decisions, innovation and authenticity – should be applied to every Design and Technology project wherever possible. This PowerPoint presentation gives an example of a school that has taken these and applied them to all aspects of the process, from curriculum planning, ensuring the teaching is inspiring...
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Simon Tarrant, Simon delivers H&S training, bespoke CPD and consultancy to schools in Hampshire and the South of England alongside his role as a part-time teacher of Product Design (up to A-level) at Bedales School, Petersfield. He was previously Head of D&T at both Winchester College (10 years) and St John’s School, Leatherhead (3 years). He taught D&T for four years at RGS Guildford where he gained Qualified Teacher Status and has been a visiting tutor at Imperial College / Royal College of Art on their undergraduate and postgraduate (Masters) programmes in Design Engineering. He was previously an...
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