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In Design & Innovation we QUESTION how products are made, the materials they are made from and the techniques used to make them. We EXPLORE the design process to produce products that have a purpose and understand there needs of a user. We GIVE back by making products to improve our lives and, as a result, we SUCCEED by producing creative products that fulfill a purpose. These are designed and made to the best of our ability and that we are proud of.

QEGS Year 10 Construction Curriculum Map
Focus Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
Topic Unit 1 Introduction to the Built environment Unit 3 Practical skills
Key concepts/ideas The construction industry is large and very diverse. This unit provides an appropriate foundation which reflects this size and diversity. Learners are required to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of eight specified areas of content, all of which are critical to the industry. This unit introduces learners to the construction sector and the type of professional and trade roles and activity that is undertaken. The learner will explore the different types of buildings and structures that the built environment forms. Sustainability and the impact of the built environment on the local community is explored along with reduction measures that can be employed. Students will work through the following sections during y10 and work on practical skills from unit 3. 1.1 The sector In this topic, learners will gain knowledge and understanding of the following areas in construction and the built environment sector: • buildings and structures • infrastructure and civil engineering products • building services engineering • professional and managerial roles and responsibilities associated with the built environment sector. 1.8 Health and safety In this section learners will gain knowledge and understanding of health and safety in relation to: • risks for employees, employers and the public during construction and the built environment projects • following procedures and carrying out risk assessments • relevant legislation, including Health and Safety at Work Act and Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) regulations • using personal protective equipment (PPE) • safely working with gas, water and electricity • working at height and in enclosed spaces. 1.7 Trades, employment and careers In this section, learners will gain knowledge and understanding of the following: • bricklaying • stonemasonry • plastering • carpentry and joinery • electrical installation • plumbing installation • painting and decorating • flooring and tiling. 1.5 Building structures and forms In this section learners will gain knowledge and understanding of the following building structures and forms: • cellular constructions • rectangular frame constructions • portal frame constructions • heritage and traditional methods. 1.6 Sustainable construction methods In this section learners will gain knowledge and understanding of issues related to sustainable construction methods: • the environmental, financial, cultural and social benefits of sustainable construction methods • pollution and the preservation of the natural environment and natural habitats • sustainable materials used to create building frames, walls, roofs • waste disposal, re-use and recycling • planning permission, brownfield sites and greenfield sites. Construction design is about creating a solution to a client brief. This unit requires learners to interact with a realistic client brief and to demonstrate their design and drawing skills in the production of appropriate information. For each practical tasks students will be 1 Interpreting technical sources of information in this section learners will gain knowledge, understanding and skills in interpreting a range of technical sources of information, using the symbols, conventions and terminology of: • specifications • building regulations • drawings • design briefs 2 Planning and organising work In this section learners will gain knowledge, understanding and skills in planning and organising work that meets specific requirements, including how work is sequenced, planned to meet deadlines and compliant with relevant health and safety practices. 3 Identifying resource requirements In this section learners will gain knowledge, understanding and skills in identifying resource requirements, for the three selected trade areas, to meet design requirements: tools, equipment, personal protective equipment (PPE), materials based on characteristics, qualities, sustainability, and limitations. 4 Calculating the materials required In this section learners will gain knowledge, understanding and skills in calculating the materials required to complete construction tasks that meet design requirements, in relation to: • volume • area • perimeter • time • ratio 5 Writing and setting success criteria In this section learners will gain knowledge, understanding and skills in writing and setting appropriate project success criteria to meet the requirements of set briefs, with respect to: • levels of tolerance • timescales • quality. 6 Prepare for construction tasks In this section learners will gain knowledge, understanding and skills in preparing materials and undertaking any other required preparations for each selected task, with regard to: • the properties of common materials required to complete construction tasks (for a range of selected trade areas). 7 Carrying out techniques In this section learners will gain knowledge, understanding and skills in carrying out techniques, focussing on: • the processes involved in carrying out simple construction tasks 8 Removing and disposing of materials In this section learners will gain knowledge, understanding and skills in removing and safely disposing of materials used in carrying out three of the above techniques, focussing on safe and environmentally responsible means of disposing or recycling of materials. 9 Working practices that promote health and safety In this section learners will gain knowledge, understanding and skills in working practices that promote their own health and safety and that of others, developing an awareness of health and safety practices related to each of the three selected trade areas, including: • ensuring the cleanliness and safety of work areas • correct personal protective equipment. 10 Evaluating construction tasks In this section learners will gain knowledge, understanding and skills in evaluating the quality of completed construction tasks, including how outcomes can be evaluated: • requirements of the brief • personally-set success criteria • needs of end users, including their safety. Initial task will include carpentry skills, handling basic tools and accurate marking out/cutting. Students will also identify the different forms of timber – softwoods/hardwoods and manufactured boards. Their conversions from raw materials into usable timbers. Shaping and forming architrave to finish a serving hatch and application of skirting boards. Making a tool holder following working drawings
Key skills Identifying legislation and how it applies to the industry. Identifying how to keep the employees and public safe during a construction project. Identifying how to keep yourself and colleagues safe from injury. Identify the effects of accident on employees including financial and wellbeing. Identifying practices to keep data secure and why this needs to be done. Types of building and structures. Trades, employment and careers. Understand the different forms of building in use, their place in society and different construction methods that can be employed including heritage techniques Marking out, following plans, researching techniques needed to complete the job, identifying Risks and how to mitigate the risk,, planning the stages to complete a job, identifying materials and quantities to provide accurate costing fora job and produce an accurate quotation Identifying what a good job should look like and set a realistic success criteria. Identify and understand the tools and equipment to complete the task effectively and apply this knowledge to a given scenario. Evaluating against a set criteria the quality and workmanship of completed tasks
Key terms/vocab HSE, PPE, PUWER, employer, employee, law, bridge, suspension, beam, truss, infrastructure, building projects, civil, retail, residential, manufactures, softwoods, hardwoods, seasoning, warping, bend, split, heritage, modular construction. Planning, plumb, marking out, tolerance, client, employee/employer, employability, success criteria, waste disposal, accuracy, evaluate, success criteria, live feed, PPE, specification, building regulations, end user requirements, timescale, costing, quotation, responsibilities, disposal
Independent learning/wider reading Identifying different scenarios for applying this knowledge Planning a job, costing the job, identifying what a good job should look like, evaluation of final work, researching other techniques when constructing projects. Research and apply knowledge on safe removal and disposal of materials Identifying different scenarios for applying this knowledge Planning a job, costing the job, identifying what a good job should look like, evaluation of final work, researching other techniques when constructing projects. Research and apply knowledge on safe removal and disposal of materials
Assessment Exam style questions based on exemplar materials from the examination board. Terminal exam in y11 (from 2024) Questions requiring objective responses, short and extended answers, based around applied situations. Learners may be required to use stimulus material to respond to questions Student portfolio showing practical skills, awareness of health and safety, planning a construction job, identifying materials for a construction job, removal and safe disposal of materials and safety considerations, evaluation of each practical skills against a student set success criteria.
Careers links/Future Learning Construction industry – trades and inspectors Construction industry – trades and inspectors

QEGS Year 11 Construction Curriculum Map
Focus Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
Topic Unit 1 Introduction to the Built environment Unit 3 Constructing the Built Environment
Key concepts/ideas Sections to be covered during y11 1.3 Types of building and structure In this section learners will gain knowledge and understanding of the features and characteristics of: different forms of infrastructure construction, low-rise: residential dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial buildings, agricultural buildings, community buildings, religious buildings, recreational buildings. 1.4 Technologies and materials In this section learners will gain knowledge and understanding of tools, technologies and materials used in the construction and built environment sector:, main elements and components of low-rise buildings, main materials involved in constructing walls, installing building services, fitting roofs and finishing interiors, renewable technologies and materials, including heat pumps, wind turbines and solar panels. 1.6 The built environment life cycle In this section learners will gain knowledge and understanding of the built environment life cycle, specifically: raw material extraction, manufacturing, construction, operation and maintenance, demolition, disposal, reuse or recycling. Using the same criteria for construction tasks set out in y10 students will continue to produce trade based tasks. These tasks to include tiling a 1m2 area including planning and laying out the work are, cutting and preparing tiles, grouting, electrical installation of a lighting circuit and ring main, painting and decorating plasterboard wall, and gloss painting a skirting, architrave and sill. All tasks are set by the exam board on an annual basis
Key skills Understanding and being able to identify the different forms of building structure, pasts of a building, different building techniques. Understanding and an awareness of the safe and correct disposal of materials, why this is required and consequences if it is not carried out correctly Further development and amplification of marking out, following plans, researching techniques needed to complete the job, identifying Risks and how to mitigate the risk,, planning the stages to complete a job, identifying materials and quantities to provide accurate costing fora job and produce an accurate quotation Identifying what a good job should look like and set a realistic success criteria. Identify and understand the tools and equipment to complete the task effectively and apply this knowledge to a given scenario. Evaluating against a set criteria the quality and workmanship of completed tasks
Key terms/vocab oil and gas, forestry, quarrying, mining infrastructure construction, low-rise, residential dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial buildings, agricultural buildings, community buildings, religious buildings, recreational buildings Area, volume, planning, plumb, marking out, tolerance, client, employee/employer, employability, success criteria, waste disposal, accuracy, evaluate, success criteria, live feed, PPE, specification, building regulations, end user requirements, timescale, costing, quotation, responsibilities, disposal
Independent learning/wider reading Researching roles and responsibilities. Planning commercial jobs, planning construction jobs and sequencing tasks to ensure they run on time, Identifying and understanding how external factors can mitigate the completion of a commercial project Researching roles and responsibilities. Planning commercial jobs, planning construction jobs and sequencing tasks to ensure they run on time, Identifying and understanding how external factors can mitigate the completion of a commercial project
Assessment Questions requiring objective responses, short and extended answers, based around applied situations. Learners may be required to use stimulus material to respond to questions This unit is internally assessed through controlled assessment. Assessment objectives for this specification. Learners must: AO1 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding from across the specification. AO2 Apply skills (including practical skills), knowledge and understanding in a variety of contexts and in planning and carrying out investigations and tasks. AO3 Analyse and evaluate information, making reasoned judgements and presenting conclusions. An assignment brief will be provided by WJEC that will include a scenario and several tasks available via the WJEC Secure Website.
Careers links/Future Learning Construction trades apprenticeships Construction trades apprenticeships