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Bird Hide Design and Make Challenge

Bird Hide Design and Make Challenge, Bird Hide Design and Make ChallengeAge 9-11 yearsYears 5/6First published 2011 The focus of this unit is on structures and enterprise. It explores and extends children’s knowledge of structures through the brief of designing and making a small scale bird hide. It investigates the use of simple joining methods to creating frameworks with art straws, dowel and square section wood. Through this brief the children are challenged to show their enterprise and speaking and listening skills...

Summer time...D&T teachers are chillin’

Summer time...D&T teachers are chillin’, With the school summer holidays now upon us, this seemed as good a time as any to reflect on the academic year just passed and specifically my almost seven months at the D&T Association. In a year in which the news has been pretty much dominated by Brexit, education appears to have been largely ignored by the press. Yes, we have a new Education Secretary as the previous incumbent was indicating that she was actually developing empathy for the...

Food Late KS3 Y9 Mainly Making - Chilled Ready Meals

Food Late KS3 Y9 Mainly Making - Chilled Ready Meals, D&T Key ResourcesFood Late KS3 – Mainly Making Chilled ready meals – 4 hoursFirst published 2015; updated 2016 This unit looks at national quality assurance standards for assuring quality food in the UK and asks students to consider factors that ensure food is of the necessary quality through the use of ingredients that are sustainable and meet ethical and moral standards. It includes a practical session cooking their chosen dish. Key Learning: Nutritional analysis...

Matt Crudgington

Matt Crudgington, I trained and worked as a Furniture Maker in the 1990s before completing a Bachelor of Education in Design Technology at The College of St. Mark and St. John in Plymouth in 1998. On graduating, I taught Design Technology in Devon for 27 years, the final 12 of which were as head of a large department. I have now returned to Furniture Making and Carpentry, running my own business alongside working as an RDTHSC. I bring experience within...

Food Early KS3Y7 Mainly Designing - Catering for Needs

Food Early KS3Y7 Mainly Designing - Catering for Needs, D&T Key Resources Early KS3 – Mainly DesigningCatering for needs – 2 hoursFirst published 2015; updated 2016 Generating food products to meet the needs of the consumer. This considers consumer needs and choices and how to plan diets for children, teenagers, the elderly, vegetarians, and medical and religious needs. It considers adapting recipes using alternative ingredients. In the practical session students are asked to adapt a lasagne to meet the needs of a vegetarian...

Food Late KS3 Y9 Mainly Designing - Standards for Food

Food Late KS3 Y9 Mainly Designing - Standards for Food, D&T Key ResourcesFood Late KS3 – Mainly DesigningStandards for food – 2 hours First published 2015; updated 2016 This unit looks at national quality assurance standards for assuring quality food in the UK and asks students to consider factors that ensure food is of the necessary quality through the use of ingredients that are sustainable and meet ethical and moral standards. It includes a practical session cooking their chosen dish. Key Learning: Be aware...

Food Mid KS3 Y8 Mainly Making - Protein Foods

Food Mid KS3 Y8 Mainly Making - Protein Foods, D&T Key ResourcesFood Mid KS3 – Y8 Mainly Making Protein foods – 4 hoursFirst published 2015; updated 2016 In this students will be developing a range of preparation and cookery methods whilst making protein rich dishes. They will list the sources and function of protein in the diet, describe the consequences of a diet lacking in protein and explain the different needs for protein at different life stages. They will then prepare a selection of ingredients for a range...

Food Early KS3Y7 Mainly Making - Practical Skills Building

Food Early KS3Y7 Mainly Making - Practical Skills Building, D&T Key ResourcesEarly KS3 – Mainly MakingPractical skills building – 8 hours First published 2015; updated 2016 This covers the introduction to the kitchen environment, food safety and safe working, establishing routines and building basic culinary skills. It considers at food safety through personal hygiene and the 4 Cs, as well as healthy eating principles. Practical lessons have students making baked beans on toast, a fruit salad, ratatouille and bolognaise. Key Learning: Principles of food...

Steve Kingston

Steve Kingston, I graduated from Marjons, Exeter University, with a BEd Hons degree and have been a Design and Technology teacher for over 40 years. I have worked in both independent and maintained schools, I have been a Head of Department and taught a variety of subject syllabuses covering Resistant Materials, Graphics, Product Design and Engineering. I believe very strongly the subject of Design and Technology and its importance to the development of our young people. I also understand the challenges faced

Materials and their properties - Papers and boards

Materials and their properties - Papers and boards, Materials and their properties: Papers and Boards This item cannot be bought with curriculum credits. Age 14-16First published 2017 One of a series of classroom teaching resources for students, addressing the relevant content of all four Awarding organisations' Design and Technology GCSE specifications. The resource will also be useful to students enrolled other technical courses including Engineering. This contains a PowerPoint presentation containing a range of summary information for...

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