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Member only Tasks and Activities, Focused Tasks FTs are where students are taught specific technical knowledge, designing skills and making skills. This may be a quick whole-class making activity, learning a new CAD programme, exploring polymers, or much more. Micro:bit Introduction - this unit introduces Micro:bits, taking a tour of their inputs and outputs, as well as exploring how to connect to your device (computer / ipad etc) and start prototyping with wearable technology. Crumble Introduction - this FT introduces the Crumble microcontroller including key features, programming and simple drag-and-drop coding to control components...
Inspiring the next generation at the QEHS STEM Fair, More than 800 primary pupils from over 30 local schools recently experienced a vibrant celebration of STEM at the annual fair hosted by Queen Elizabeth’s High School in Gainsborough. Held across two days, the event is one of the largest free STEM experiences for young people in Lincolnshire, bringing together schools, industry and students to spark curiosity and creativity. The fair was organised by staff and students at the school, supported by a range of industry partners including the Royal Navy, AMP Rose and Eminox. Together...
Transforming prototyping with the ChompSaw, At the Costello School, part of the Bohunt Education Trust, design and technology lessons are all about creativity, practical skills, and building confidence through making. For teachers, supporting students to prototype quickly and accurately is particularly crucial at KS4, where limited lesson time makes precision essential. The introduction of the ChompSaw has already made a noticeable difference in both the speed and quality of student work. A game-changing tool for the classroom Claire Young, Curriculum Team Leader (Technology), was immediately drawn to the ChompSaw when she first...
Degree apprenticeships E.ON - Lenga Dermaut, Why degree apprenticeships matter for your classroom A current electromechanical engineering degree apprentice, Lenga, is offering a powerful real-world perspective that design and technology teachers can bring directly into their classrooms. Working with E.ON while studying at the University of Nottingham, Lenga’s journey highlights a pathway that blends academic study with hands-on industry experience, an increasingly relevant option for students exploring their futures. Choosing a degree apprenticeship was driven by both practicality and passion. Avoiding significant student debt was one factor, but more importantly, it offered the opportunity to...
Royal Ballet & Opera Design Challenge 2025/26, The Royal Ballet & Opera Schools Design Challenge 2025/26 has once again highlighted the exceptional creativity and technical skill of students across the UK, with outcomes demonstrating confident conceptual thinking, strong visual communication and a clear understanding of professional design processes. Teachers and institutions have played a vital role in supporting learners to engage with a live industry brief inspired by Richard Wagner’s Das Rheingold. Students responded to three set visions: a myth for the modern world, an elemental dreamscape and a dystopian fantasy, developing work across Costume...
Celebrating the Growing Network of D&T Hub Schools, A Moment Worth Celebrating Some visits leave you feeling genuinely optimistic about the future of design and technology education. Presenting a school with Design & Technology Association D&T Hub School status is one of those moments. Over the past few months, I’ve had the pleasure of visiting our newly designated D&T Hub Schools to recognise both the schools and their Regional D&T Leaders. These visits are a chance to celebrate the people, partnerships and everyday practice that are helping to strengthen design and technology...
University of East Anglia Hosts Inspiring Big D&T Meet, The University of East Anglia was abuzz with excitement on Friday as it played host to the Big D&T Meet, a fantastic event organised by teachers for teachers. With over 300 pupils, over 45 exhibitors and 42 speakers, the event highlighted the vibrant and supportive community within the D&T education sector. The event also included raising awareness of the Sanjay Mortimer Foundation with over £1,000 raised for the charity which supports Neurodiverse students in a career in Engineering. Kate Finlay, the driving force behind...
Rebecca Topps at Bulletproof Design, The night before, the nerves are kicking in along with the realisation that I had not stepped into the design world for over twelve years. Bulletproof is a design agency who help brands grow through powerful sensory brand worlds, intelligent branding and guardianship, inspiring packaging design and more. They have worked with brands all over the world and have offices in four countries. Would they expect me to be amazing at Photoshop? Or be able to sketch twenty different ideas in minutes? All these thoughts raced through my mind! I hit the tube, armed with...
Units not projects - A learning-first approach to D&T, Study in your own time and at your own pace with the D&T Association e-learning courses. No need to travel or take time out of school.This 'Units not projects' course is aimed at teachers and subject leaders of design & technology to implement an effective curriculum structure that focuses on the learning needs of the students. This learning led approach can be carefully structured through strategically designed units of work rather than squeezing subject theory around a design and make project.The structure of this course...
Understanding the Design Cycle for Primary D&T, Understanding the Design Cycle for Primary D&TStudy in your own time and at your own pace with the D&T Association E-learning courses. No need to travel or take time out of school.This E-Learning course 'Understanding the design cycle for primary D&T', aims to help D&T leaders and all primary school teachers of D&T, to fully understand and implement an iterative design cycle into design and technology in their primary curriculum. Course objectives:• Learn how to utilise the iterative design cycle in your primary D&T lessons.• Get pupils solving problems...
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