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Timetabling D&T , Andy Mitchell explores the importance of good timetabling for design and technology Importance and context Recent posts in social media have included requests made by Subject Leaders, asking for examples of timetabling models used in colleagues’ schools. It takes me back to when I engaged in the annual process of timetabling D&T in a large comprehensive school at which I worked. Obviously no two schools are the same and there are many variables to consider, such as number/type of specialist rooms, available specialist teachers, time allocation and distribution, class grouping/division...
Teacher Toolkit Tuesday: Team Repair – Fix the future, Team Repair is a 12-week hands-on programme for pupils in Years 5–9, where they dismantle and repair real gadgets to explore design, science and sustainability. It’s fully aligned with the design and technology curriculum and is simple for teachers to deliver, with no technical experience required. What is Team Repair? Team Repair gives pupils the opportunity to take apart and fix real-world products, from game consoles to remote-controlled cars. A new product is introduced every three weeks, making it ideal for STEM clubs or...
Teachers in Residence at Bulletproof, Global, independent brand agency, Bulletproof, based in London, is renowned for its innovative work in branding and design, driving growth, standout and fandom for the world’s most desirable brands. Recently, Bulletproof opened its doors to teachers through it’s fifth ‘Teachers in Residence’ placement facilitated through the Blueprint 1000 scheme. This placement offered a D&T Teacher a unique opportunity to explore the careers available in a brand agency and bring fresh insights back to their students. Initial Impressions We caught up with inspirational teacher and subject leader of design and technology, Richard...
Showcasing your department virtually, How can we make sure that those who make important decisions about what we do understand the quality and range of work we are involved in? Ofsted After securing the best possible examination results each year, the most significant driver impacting on teaching and learning in school is achieving a ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ grade as a result of the Ofsted inspection. How we organise, manage and make provision for subjects in the school is scrutinised under a ‘Section 5’ inspection. Although D&T is not considered, or indeed reported upon separately, inspections...
Essential Manufacturing Skills: Mastering Textile Construction Techniques - November, An Essential Sewing & Making Skills Course for Teachers of GCSE & A Level Fashion & Textiles for both Art & Design and D&T. In Partnership with Design & Technology Association, this is a new course from the Textile Skills Centre hosted at D&TA Centre in Banbury and with support from Janome UK. This is a totally practical day learning and practicing a variety of sewing and making skills and threading and trouble shooting sewing machine faults. This course is open to teachers, technicians...
Are you really teaching D&T?, Are you really teaching D&T? Or are children getting a poorly conceived, watered down version of the subject, asks Gareth Pimley, lead primary consultant for the Design and Technology Association… Egyptian shadufs and sarcophagi. Viking longboats and Greek vases. Replicas, reproductions and representations. Imitations, duplications and decorations. Form without function, products without a purpose, craft without a client. D&T dumbed down. Have you ever wondered whether the design and technology project you are teaching is, in fact, design and technology? Some ‘design and technology’ activities might be more accurately...
PTC Onshape Online Training, Blueprint 1000 member PTC Onshape delivered the next in a series of comprehensive online training sessions designed for teachers to delve into the cloud-based CAD software. The team demystified workflows for laser cutting and 3D printing as well as showcasing live demonstrations. The focus group included Education Programs Manager Mckenzie Brunelle, and Drew Bennett, Manufacturing Expert on the Education team. Session Overview Mckenzie opened the session by introducing herself and Drew, providing a brief background on their roles within the PTC Onshape Education team and outlining the purpose of the group. Drew...
Examination reform, I can’t wait!, Some 25 years on from the moment in history that Richard Kimbell was referring to, I wonder if we are at the brink of another defining moment in the history of the subject. Perhaps lacking quite the same impact and gravitas, nevertheless, with the impending publication of the new Design and Technology GCSE specifications, finally, and after all these years, we may be able to shed the endorsed titles including ‘resistant materials’ and ‘graphic products’ and begin to refer to the subject itself, design and technology. For too long these invented titles, understood only...
GCSE 2019-20 Contextual Challenges Published, Andy Mitchell reflects on the publication of the new GCSE Contextual Challenges that comprise 50% of the mark in the recently introduced Design and Technology GCSE. It’s been interesting to read the next batch of GCSE Contextual Challenges published this week by the Awarding Organisations (AO). The 1st of June has now become a much-anticipated and key date in the D&T annual calendar of events. I’ve been delighted by many of the responses on social media, from teachers clearly getting to grips with the new challenge resulting from the 2015 GCSE Reform...
D&T Practice Issue 3 - 2023, D&T Practice is an A4 magazine publication offering practical ideas and solutions to primary and secondary classroom teaching in Design and Technology and the best of practice. Covering all focus areas, it includes case studies of classroom projects, product and resource reviews and profiles of companies in the field, as well as news about the Design and Technology Association and events and activities taking place in design and technology. D&T Practice is published three times a year and is available to Primary and Secondary Association members and to other membership...
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