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Designing 93 PDF Copy, Designing magazine is a showcase for excellence in design across all phases of education, from primary schools to universities, and in commercial and industrial design. Its regular features include interviews with top designers in product design, architecture, engineering, fashion design, food, etc and includes examples of the best work taking place in schools in the UK and across the world. Designing is an inspiration to all budding designers, as well as being informative and challenging in the ideas it includes. Published three times a year, Designing is in large-scale A3 format, ideal
Starting Points for Designing, Detailed below are some suggested starting points that are presented as visual brainstorms which the teacher can use with the class to explore the context and identify many different sorts of product that could be designed and made. They give pupils an opportunity to decide what sort of product they want to design and make. The exact nature of the products designed and made will depend on the age and previous experience of the pupils and resources available in the school. These starting points have been chosen because they provide rich contexts...
Sound Engineer, Becky Pell, In this podcast, we are in conversation with Becky Pell. Becky is a sound engineer touring internationally with some of the biggest names in music. In this conversation, we trace her journey from school to a career that drew her in from her very first concert as a fifteen-year-old, where she saw A-ha live and found her attention split between Morten Harket and the other band members and the engineers working the sound desk in front of her. As she left that concert with her dad, her mind was made up; this was the career
Secondary Curriculum Tookit, This toolkit is aimed primarily at Secondary Basic membership but is available to all member categories. Secondary Basic Membership is an entry level membership with a small number of benefits. The comprehensive curriculum toolkit will get you up and runing in the classroom Exam Techniques - Getting Good Grades at GCSE Progression Framework Career Pathway Poster Mapping Out Careers Poster Transferable Skills Poster Choose D&T Poster Once your membership has been paid for this comprehensive toolkit will be available from...
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...
Willy Wonka's Fair Trade Cookies, Willy Wonka's Fair Trade Cookies Year 5-6Age 9-11 First published 2011 This project is adapted from unit 5D and focuses on developing children’s skills, knowledge and understanding of food, building on previous learning in which children prepared food products using simple processes. Children learn how to adapt a basic recipe to develop a product with specified criteria. Investigation of existing products, including fair trade, will inform design ideas. There are opportunities to apply maths by measuring accurately, converting measures and applying ratio and proportion to recipes. The resource contains...
How should we assess D&T now that levels and level descriptions have gone?, Use the ‘progression framework’ to support formative assessment. With the removal of levels and level descriptions, this resource sets out developmental steps in children’s knowledge, understanding and skills. These include, but go beyond, the 2014 programmes of study. Age-related expectations have been developed for KS1, early KS2 and late KS2 which effectively replace the level descriptions and set new National standards for the subject. The Progression Framework is designed to help teachers plan activities which build on children’s previous learning whilst...
Inspired by Industry Dinosuit, Inspired by Industry: Dinosuit This context has been created to allow for a range of opportunities for students to explore point of sale, display and exhibition material through the development of a promotional display items for Dinosuit. The outcomes could cover a wide range of graphics-based outcomes such as posters, greetings cards and packaging that make use of CAD, CAM and digital imaging technologies. However, they could also develop display units, pop up stalls or even exhibition stands. Log in or join the Association and add this to your basket. This classroom...
Fantastic Fruit, Fantastic FruitEYFS/Year 1 Ages 3-5 yearsFirst Published 2007 This comprehensive resource contains a wide range of activities for Foundation Stage and Year 1 children. It includes three PowerPoint presentations for classroom use, a scheme and outline of the unit of work, helpsheet, worksheets, fruit bingo activity, a vocabulary sheet and has an emphasis on healthy eating and hygiene in preparing fruits. Children are encouraged to identify and describe different fruits before planning to make a fruit dish using different ingredients. There are also two posters from D&T Primary magazine: 'Describing fruit', with prompt...
Let’s Get Building and Using Construction Kits Effectively, Let’s Get Building and Using Construction Kits EffectivelyAges 3-5 yearsFirst released 2015 This project focuses on building and construction. The majority of children will be aware of buildings such as roads, bridges and houses in their local environment. They may have seen, for example, frameworks, trenches, scaffolding and a variety of tools and equipment linked to this activity. They may be familiar will construction kits either at home or in school, and free play should be encouraged to familiarise them with the parts and joining these in different ways....
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