Design Technology/ Food Technology

Please note, due to DT and Food Technology working on a rotation, some students may complete these blocks in a different order.
Year 7
What am I
learning?

Key skills to
be
developed?
How am I
being
assessed?
How can I
support and
extend my
learning?

Autumn 1
How to make a CAD
CAM Torch

Autumn 2
How to make a CAD
CAM Torch

Rendering and
communication

Rendering and
communication

Consistency
Coursework
Regular bi-monthly
feedback/ error codes
Support- Bring in
your own torch to
analyse

Consistency
Coursework
Regular bi-monthly
feedback/ error codes
Support- Bring in your
own torch to analyse

Extend- Research the

electronic component
required to make
your torch
brighter/dimmer

Extend- Research the

electronic component
required to make your
torch
brighter/dimmer

Spring 1
How to make a Maze
Pencil Sharpener

Spring 2
How to make a Maze
Pencil Sharpener

Developing consumer
products, considering
the customer/client

Developing consumer
products, considering
the customer/client

Coursework
Regular bi-monthly
feedback/ error codes
Explore good maze
design

Coursework
Regular bi-monthly
feedback/ error codes
Explore good maze
design

Summer 1
Practical lessons to
include;

Summer 2
Practical lessons to
include;

Cheese straws
Fruit Scones
Veg. Soup
Healthy Pizza
Viennese Fingers
Afternoon tea
(Independent task)

Cheese straws
Fruit Scones
Veg. Soup
Healthy Pizza
Viennese Fingers
Afternoon tea
(Independent task)

Safe working practices

Reading recipes
Measurements
Healthy eating
DIfferentiated tasks in
student booklet
Practical work
Develop and test
recipes for afternoon
tea and free choice
lessons

Safe working practices

Reading recipes
Measurements
Healthy eating
DIfferentiated tasks in
student booklet
Practical work
Develop and test
recipes for afternoon
tea and free choice
lessons

Please note, due to DT and Food Technology working on a rotation, some students may complete these blocks in a different order.
Year 8
What am I
learning?

Autumn 1
How to make an
electronic Point of
Sale unit

Autumn 2
How to make an
electronic Point of
Sale unit

Spring 1
How to make a Clock

Spring 2
How to make a Clock

Key skills to
be
developed?

Advertising and
electronics

Advertising and
electronics

Precision, creativity
and fit for purpose

Precision, creativity
and fit for purpose

How am I
being
assessed?
How can I
support and
extend my
learning?

Coursework
Regular bi-monthly
feedback/ error codes
Research other
products that use
lights to attract
customers. How do
they work?

Coursework
Regular bi-monthly
feedback/ error codes
Research other
products that use
lights to attract
customers. How do
they work?

Coursework
Regular bi-monthly
feedback/ error codes
Create a moodboard
(collage) of a variety of
clocks

Coursework
Regular bi-monthly
feedback/ error codes
Create a moodboard
(collage) of a variety of
clocks

Summer 1
Practical lessons to
include;

Summer 2
Practical lessons to
include;

Fruit flapjack
Risotto
Ginger snaps
Tuna pasta bake
Beef pasty
Carrot cake
Cottage pie
Afternoon tea
(Independent task)
Safe working practices
Reading recipes
Measurements
Healthy eating
DIfferentiated tasks in
student booklet
Practical work
Develop and test
recipes for afternoon
tea and free choice
lessons

Fruit flapjack
Risotto
Ginger snaps
Tuna pasta bake
Beef pasty
Carrot cake
Cottage pie
Afternoon tea
(Independent task)
Safe working practices
Reading recipes
Measurements
Healthy eating
DIfferentiated tasks in
student booklet
Practical work
Develop and test
recipes for afternoon
tea and free choice
lessons

Please note, due to DT and Food Technology working on a rotation, some students may complete these blocks in a different order.
Year 9
What am I
learning?

Autumn 1
How to make a Board
game

Autumn 2
How to make a Board
game

Spring 1
How to make a Board
game

Spring 2
How to make a Board
game

Key skills to
be
developed?

Analysis, interview
techniques

Design skills- Drawing,

rendering, ideas,
drafting, synthesis

Developing electronics

Design process, game

rules, evaluation

How am I
being
assessed?
How can I
support and
extend my
learning?

Coursework
Regular bi-monthly
feedback/ error codes
Bring in your own
favourite board game
to make analysis
more fun!

Coursework
Regular bi-monthly
feedback/ error codes
Make a mood board of
game boards that you
like

Coursework
Regular bi-monthly
feedback/ error codes
Become familiar with
MS Publishers
Paragraph tools

Coursework
Regular bi-monthly
feedback/ error codes
Use your marking
sheet to return to
previous work and
improve to achieve or
surpass your level.

Summer 1
Practical lessons to
include;

Summer 2
Practical lessons to
include;

Apple cake
Open cheese and
onion pie
Bakewell tart
Chicken curry
Paella
Upside down pudding
Chilli con carne
Afternoon tea
(Independent task)
Safe working practices
Reading recipes
Measurements
Healthy eating
DIfferentiated tasks in
student booklet
Practical work
Develop and test
recipes for afternoon
tea and free choice
lessons

Apple cake
Open cheese and
onion pie
Bakewell tart
Chicken curry
Paella
Upside down pudding
Chilli con carne
Afternoon tea
(Independent task)
Safe working practices
Reading recipes
Measurements
Healthy eating
DIfferentiated tasks in
student booklet
Practical work
Develop and test
recipes for afternoon
tea and free choice
lessons