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Curriculum Links, These downloadable member-only units cover a range of additional units suitable within D&T. These units will be regularly developed and added to, creating a broad suite of resources to use in the classroom. 6 R's (Sc) - this unit introduces the 6Rs of sustainability: Reduce, Rethink, Refuse, Recycle, Reuse, and Repair. This helps students evaluate environmental impact and make more responsible design choices. Forces and Stress (Sc) - this unit covers how different forces such as tension, compression, shear, bending, and torsion affect materials and structures, to contextualise...
Virtual Teachers in Residence, Triple Double , We were exceptionally pleased to be able to spend a wonderful afternoon with Triple Double. Triple Double is a creative studio that use the power of design and creativity to transform how youth engage in sport and education. A group of teachers spent the afternoon learning about how this creative studio operates on a day to day basis and what makes them tick. Visit their website for more information. Triple Double Case Study Accessing our contacts of over 30,000...
James Dyson Foundation: Free Primary D&T Course , The James Dyson Foundation, renowned for its support of engineering and design education, recently hosted an engaging and informative full-day primary Design and Technology (D&T) course at its headquarters in Malmesbury. This free course, aimed at primary school educators, was devised to bridge the gap between industry processes and the D&T curriculum taught in classrooms. Attendees had the opportunity to learn from industry experts and explore valuable resources offered by the James Dyson Foundation. The primary D&T...
Bio Bags, Bio Bags11-14 YearsFirst published 2010 A project that has been run twice across the South West with a mixed KS3 group of 18 pupils from three different schools in Cornwall involved a one day visit to the Eden project. The emphasis was on pupils developing creative ideas (stimulated by biomimicry), to design bags for use at the location. The project could equally have been run at a local garden centre, botanical garden or park. On site, the pupils interviewed specific bag owners about the features...
Tool Room Supervisor, Craig , Watch Craig's video here Craig was a manual tool room milling apprentice at the Midland Group Training Services and is now a qualified tool maker and oversees tool making in the workshop at aircraft parts manufacturer JJ Churchill. His main role is to organise the tool room and make sure everything gets done on time and to a good standard. He likes the variety of work and finds it satisfying producing a quality product with a function and a purpose, working in a small team of engineers....
Guide to becoming a Health and Safety Consultant, Have you got what it takes to become a registered trainer for the D&T Association? The attachment below is a guide to the route that needs to be followed in order to achieve the final step to becoming a Registered Design and Technology Health & Safety Consultant (RDTHSC). Application form and notes of guidance can be found on the main Health and Safety page. RDTHSCs work to a code of practice and must follow quality assurance procedures...
Daniel Currigan at Foster + Partners, Daniel Currigan, Head of Design and Technology at Trinity School, joined the ‘Teachers in Residence’ placement at Foster + Partners with a small group of teachers from across the UK. This unique opportunity has been developed to broaden perspectives on the inner workings of industry and career pathways available to students. First Impressions Daniel, who worked in set design before turning to teaching, was immediately struck by the scale and atmosphere of the Foster + Partners studio. “It felt...
Daniel Currigan at Foster + Partners, Daniel Currigan, Head of Design and Technology at Trinity School, joined the ‘Teachers in Residence’ placement at Foster + Partners with a small group of teachers from across the UK. This unique opportunity has been developed to broaden perspectives on the inner workings of industry and career pathways available to students. First Impressions Daniel, who worked in set design before turning to teaching, was immediately struck by the scale and atmosphere of the Foster + Partners studio. “It felt...
Should D&T Staff be required to lift sewing machines in and out of cupboards under benches on a daily basis., The HSE guidance leaflet, Getting to grips with manual handling – a short guide, available on the HSE website at http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg143.pdf will be a useful reference for you and should help to resolve any difficulties. Manual handling comes under the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992, as amended in 2002, and apply to a wide range of manual handling activities, including lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling or carrying. More than a third...
Part two of two , Hethersett Academy , This is part two of a two-part mini-series in which we explore the development of the design and technology curriculum offer at Hethersett Academy in East Anglia. If you have not yet listened to part one, I suggest you go back and listen to this first, as there is something of a sequence. Listen here Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Amazon Music In this episode, we follow on from our conversation...
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