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Head of D&T , Ally Price, Ally Price is Head of Design & Technology at Maidstone Grammar School for Girls in Kent. As a qualified SENCO with a Masters in Education, Ally works to engage students of all abilities in pursuing higher education pathways and careers in STEM related subjects. She has undertaken work on the D&T subject advisory panel for Oak National Academy and is also part of the D&T evaluation group for the Prince’s Teaching Institute. Watch Ally's D&T department tour here
Chris Hatherall, Having originally trained as a Teacher of Design & Technology Chris is the Principal at University Technical College Warrington. A specialist science and engineering college for 14–19-year-olds. The UTC is one of the highest performing in the country for students progressing onto higher and degree apprenticeships. He is also a non-executive Director of a Group Training Association which provides technical apprentice training for over 100 businesses across the country.
Director of Education at Leith's Education, Maria Dunbar (Leith's Education), In this episode, we turn to Food and Nutrition in the school curriculum and look at the challenges facing this aspect of National Curriculum education. Over the last few weeks, I have been fortunate to be introduced to Leith's Education and walked through their curriculum resources from KS1 to Post 16 (and extracurricular). These come at a cost (see below), but having seen them, I believe these are resources that every school should at least consider. See leiths.com🎧 Listen hereWe also discuss how Leith's has...
Artist, maker, tinkerer and materials engineer, Zoe Laughlin, Podcast brought to you by the Design and Technology Association in association with The Edge Foundation. Listen now! Zoe is a British artist, maker, self-confessed tinkerer and materials engineer. Perhaps best known to design and technology teachers for her part in the iconic BBC2 series 'Big Life Fix' this is only one of many TV appearances over the years including 'This Morning' with Philip Scofield and Holly Willoughby, The secret of landfill (2018), The secret story of stuff (2018) and most recently 'How...
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Gary Frize-Williams, Having taken my A levels in technical subjects, I studied for 4 years (5 days a week 09.00 to 17.00!) the teaching of Design Technology, and gained my Honours degree from London University. I have been a teacher for all of my career and worked in five schools around the UK and one in Germany. I soon became Head of Department and I’ve been Head of Faulty for half of my career. I have always taught students from Y7 to Y13 and never been just an administrator. I have...
Sustainability Series: Sustainable furniture collection offers inspiration for the classroom, Bill Amberg Studio has partnered with Knepp Estate, home to one of the UK’s most innovative rewilding projects, to create a sustainable furniture collection for the estate’s café and farm shop. Beyond craftsmanship and ethical sourcing, this collaboration offers design and technology teachers a real-world example of circular economy principles and material-led design. Circular economy and material-led design The collection is crafted entirely from materials sourced on the estate, including leather from free-roaming cattle and deer
This award sponsored by AssetTagz recognises exceptional and inspiring leadership. The award winner will demonstrate the development of a progressive and innovative secondary department, delivering an outstanding, challenging, and creative curriculum, resulting in impressive pupil achievement and attainment. This Subject Leader will be identified as going above and beyond normal expectations, inspiring and motivating young people to achieve success and seize the opportunities presented to them. Evidence should include: How a clear vision for the subject has been established with the school which all can aspire...
Memory Maps, Memory MapsKey Stages 3 and 4 and all D&T focus areasFirst published 2014 This pack contains visual communicative resources to help students learn a range of topics aimed at making theory lessons more active and engaging to all students. Two versions of resources are included: memory maps with all the information included, and blank versions which the students use. These can be differentiated, with headings etc kept in place to help lower abilities structure their thinking. The resources can be adapted to include other key learning. The supplied resources are:...
Invisible Creations, Laura Wood and Paul Pentelow, Podcast brought to you by the Design and Technology Association in partnership with the Edge Foundation. Listen now! In this episode we are in conversation with Laura Wood and Paul Pentelow, Co-Founders of Invisible Creations a design company with a stated purpose to 'Design for Dignity'.The idea for Invisible Creations® was created in the National Housing Federation’s innovation programme in 2018. The initiative was supported by the social housing sector and the company was formally founded as a new startup in January 2020.Laura, Paul and...
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