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Winners Announced for Seymourpowell Competition: 'The Future of Taking a Break', We would like to extend our congratulations to the winners of this year’s Seymourpowell school competition, ‘The Future of Taking a Break’. The level of creativity and innovation displayed by all participants made the judging process extremely challenging for the team at Seymourpowell but the winners clinched it with their fantastic and creative interpretations of the brief. First Place: Regine Wong, Newstead Wood School Regine Wong’s project stood out for its meticulous and rigorous design process. From initial insight through to ideation...
Designing an exceptional KS1&2 D&T curriculum - Full day July, Full-day, face to face course in London This full-day, in-person course is designed for primary school teachers and subject leaders who want to develop high-quality design and technology (D&T) curriculum and lessons. Whether you’re new to D&T or seeking to enhance your current curriculum, this hands-on session will provide you with the tools and confidence to deliver engaging, impactful lessons. The session will additionally highlight best practices, using acclaimed D&T planning resource 'Projects on a Page'. There are 23...
Tackle Real-World Issues in V&A Innovate Challenge, What do a junior bake-off judge, a one show presenter and a creative technologist have in common? They’re all judges in this year’s V&A Innovate Challenge! The V&A Innovate Challenge is an annual design competition hosted by the Victoria and Albert Museum, is inspiring young students across the UK to channel their creativity into addressing critical social and environmental issues. Aimed at secondary school pupils aged 11-14, the challenge encourages young people to reimagine solutions for real-world problems, promoting critical thinking and innovative approaches in design. ...
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TinkerCAD Frame structures, Tinkercad Frame StructuresPowerpoint Building upon the skills learnt in the Introduction to Tinkercad, this tutorial takes you step by step through the process of creating simple frame structures. This links to the new POAP document ‘Frame Structures using CAD’ and provides the skills to explore physics in the Tinkercad Simulation tutorial.
Nets for packaging helpsheet, Nets for packaging helpsheet Ages 7-11 yearsFirst published 2018 This item is a download. This helpsheet has nine nets for making geometrical shapes that can be used for packaging or other work with structures. Each can be printed out onto card, decorated and coloured and include tabs that, when cut out, make them easy to assemble. Hexahedron (cube) Tetrahedron (pyramid) Octahedron Dodecahedron Icosahedron Truncated cube Snub Cube Pentagonal Pyramid Hexagonal Pyramid The resource...
Let's Look at Hats, Let’s Look at Hats EYFSAges 3-5 years This resource focuses on children investigating and evaluating hats. It includes two PowerPoint presentations, one with examples of different hats and questions to ask about who uses these hats and which are the children’s favourites, and one looking at different ways of joining fabrics using a variety of methods. Practitioners should use these as starting points and adapt the resource to include products that would engage children, including real hats and fabric examples. The resource also includes...
Response to House of Lords Report – Requires Improvement: Urgent change for 11-16 Education, This enquiry focused on whether the current system effectively equips young people with the knowledge, skills, and behaviours they need to progress to the next phase of their education and to flourish in the future. We believe this was the correct question to ask, and from the responses received to the inquiry, we think it is fair to state the answer is a pretty categoric “no”. To quote the inquiry summary, “The evidence left us in no doubt of the need...
Industrial Designer, Jonathan Robin, We love this episode with Industrial Designer Jonathan Robin. Jonathan was born in Rio da Janeiro and experienced a truly international upbringing with a French father and American mother. Following a relatively traditional educational experience in Rio, he transitioned to initially study Law before realising this was not for him and switching courses to Industrial Design, in which he graduated three years later. Since graduation, Jonathan has worked in small startups to more prominent design agencies across continents. He has designed everything from street furniture for a new tram system in Rio...
Rethinking Classrooms, A new whitepaper published by TSL (Technology Supplies) sheds light on the urgent need to modernise Design and Technology and STEAM learning spaces across the UK. Titled ‘The Impact of Learning Spaces on Design and Technology Education’, the report highlights widespread dissatisfaction among teachers with their current teaching environments. It also points towards solutions and funding opportunities that could transform the future of technical education. Backed by extensive research and feedback from teachers, technicians, and school leaders, the whitepaper reveals that over one-third of D&T teachers are unhappy with their...
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