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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.

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QEGS Year 7 Design and Innovation Curriculum Map
Focus Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
Topic Rotation 1 Food Tech: Intro to Food Rotation 2 Laser tidy : CAD/CAM Rotation 3 Hanoi Towers: Timbers Rotation 4 Metal Monster: Metals Rotation 5 Presentation techniques: Graphics
Key concepts/ideas Health and Safety How to use the oven safely Weighing and Measuring Introduction to design in food. Basic nutrition e.g., 5 a day Basic understanding of Tools and equipment. Industrial manufacturing Computer Aided Design Computer Aided Manufacturing Plastics Laser Cutting Heat forming Use of timbers joining methods. Marking out with accuracy. Forms of timber and sustainability. Introduction to tools Introduction to steel and forms of supply. Introduction and use of tools not found in woodwork based workshop. Design and make of metal/polymer monster Introduction to graphical presentation, application of product surface finishes and drawing using concept of perspective.
Key skills Embed rules and routines in the food room Develop basic skills and fine motor skills. Develop independence and time management Weighing and measuring (Cross curricular numeracy links) Develop knowledge of health and safety Learn how to follow a recipe independently. Importance of 5 a day and how they can incorporate it into their diet. Practical lessons: Apple crumble (Chopping, rubbing in method)  Fruit Salad (Knife skills) Pizza Swirls (Rubbing in method, rolling out, grating chopping, baking) Potato Wedges & Dip (Knife skills) Mars bar crunch (Hob work, chopping) Savoury Muffins – Design activity (Reducing sugar) Chicken Nuggets (handling raw meat, breading oven) Jam Roly Poly (Rubbing in, baking) Puff pastry Tarts (Chopping, working with pastry) Foundations on creating CAD files in the software 2D Design. Advancing CAD skill to create a marketable design. Plastics properties and working characteristics. Advantages and disadvantages to using CAD/CAM. Laser cutting, how it works and why we use it. Industrial uses of lasers. Health and safety of laser cutting. Heat treatment to transform a sheet of plastic into a 3D marketable product. Saving files onto external drives. Setting up the laser. Creating card models to understand their design in 3D. The advantages to modelling designs. Measuring, marking out, cutting, chiseling, drilling blind, through and interference fit holes. Finishing techniques-abrasives and surface finishes – sanding seal and stains. Finding the centre using marking gauges. . Finding the centre of a square without measuring. Use of templates for repeated marking out. Use of gauges to check quality of pieces. Properties of timber and classifications – environmental issues with timber and sustainability Measuring, marking out, cutting, pillar drilling and the application of taps and dies to make a fastening system. Production of accurate, detailed drawings using 2 point perspective, application of shade or materials to surfaces of 3D objects to make them look lifelike. Drawing in 2 point perspective by producing my own horizon and vanishing points. Logo design and company graphical presentation.  
Key terms/vocab Hob, Enzymic Browning, Oven, Bridge Method, Baking, Portioning, Bacteria, Al Dente. Laser cutting. Accuracy. Quality. Plastics. 2D Design. Software. Vector. Bitmap. Intersect. Complexity. Marketable. Function. Aesthetics. Prototypes. Model Waste, hardwoods, softwoods, deciduous, coniferous, evergreen, tools, interference fit, blind hole, template, consistency Low carbon steel, trueness, dimensions, safe workshop practice, thread systems, male & female threads, taps & dies, accuracy, efficiency, patience. Rendering, Light source, Perspective, Vanishing point, horizon.
Independent learning/wider reading Understanding the conventions of a recipe Research techniques. Industrial manufacturing videos – laser cutting. Time management, accuracy. How timber can be managed to ensure that it is sustainable. Uses of timber in the home. Additive manufacturing Company logo research and graphical presentation of company identity. Understanding the conventions of a recipe Research techniques. Industrial manufacturing videos – laser cutting. Time management, accuracy. How timber can be managed to ensure that it is sustainable. Uses of timber in the home. Additive manufacturing Company logo research and graphical presentation of company identity. Understanding the conventions of a recipe Research techniques. Industrial manufacturing videos – laser cutting. Time management, accuracy. How timber can be managed to ensure that it is sustainable. Uses of timber in the home. Additive manufacturing Company logo research and graphical presentation of company identity. Understanding the conventions of a recipe Research techniques. Industrial manufacturing videos – laser cutting. Time management, accuracy. How timber can be managed to ensure that it is sustainable. Uses of timber in the home. Additive manufacturing Company logo research and graphical presentation of company identity. Understanding the conventions of a recipe Research techniques. Industrial manufacturing videos – laser cutting. Time management, accuracy. How timber can be managed to ensure that it is sustainable. Uses of timber in the home. Additive manufacturing Company logo research and graphical presentation of company identity.
Assessment End of unit test. Student setting individual targets End of unit test. Student setting individual targets End of unit test. Student setting individual targets End of unit test. Student setting individual targets End of unit test. Student setting individual targets
Careers links/Future Learning Design. Industrial manufacturing. Advertising. CAD/CAM. 3D modelling. Joinery, forestry, sustainability of timbers Manufacturing., Graphic designer, Product design. Catering industry, Engineering, construction industry Design. Industrial manufacturing. Advertising. CAD/CAM. 3D modelling. Joinery, forestry, sustainability of timbers Manufacturing., Graphic designer, Product design. Catering industry, Engineering, construction industry Design. Industrial manufacturing. Advertising. CAD/CAM. 3D modelling. Joinery, forestry, sustainability of timbers Manufacturing., Graphic designer, Product design. Catering industry, Engineering, construction industry Design. Industrial manufacturing. Advertising. CAD/CAM. 3D modelling. Joinery, forestry, sustainability of timbers Manufacturing., Graphic designer, Product design. Catering industry, Engineering, construction industry Design. Industrial manufacturing. Advertising. CAD/CAM. 3D modelling. Joinery, forestry, sustainability of timbers Manufacturing., Graphic designer, Product design. Catering industry, Engineering, construction industry

QEGS Year 8 Design and Innovation Curriculum Map
Focus Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
Topic Rotation 1 Food Tech: Food choice Rotation 2: Electronics Night light Rotation 3 RM: Bug Hotel Rotation 4 RM: Bottle opener Rotation 5 RM: Iconic toy
Key concepts/ideas Recap on health and safety & oven safety. Introducing some more challenging concepts of 4C’s/Food poisoning. Understanding what happens to bacteria at each stage - especially as students are handling more raw meat in this rotation. Building on the skills gained in year 7. Increasing the skill level of practical dishes. Understanding food choices and the various factors that affect them. Build on 5 a day and introduce the Eatwell Guide. Vacuum forming including health and safety and industrial uses. Introduction to electronics, key components and PCB’s. Introduction into soldering, techniques and health and safety. Advanced laser cutting for the decorative part of the night light. Fault finding in electronics. Environmental awareness, creative design, working to a specification to produce a product. Developing ideas rather than working from a preconceived idea. Adapting ideas to increase the suitability Continuation of exposure to the practice of working with steel and timber materials. Further use of tools and equipment for metal work together with use of woodwork tools. Knowledge of ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Concept of forces and leverage Designing a unique product to suit a design brief. Developing ideas and packaging nets Creative expression to develop and make their own version of this British icon.
Key skills Students understand the 4C’s and a knowledge of health and safety in more depth which they will be able to apply in practical lessons. Students understand that there are different factors that affect food choices. Students to understand the key points from the Eatwell guide and key concepts for healthy eating. Practical: Fajitas (Chopping, handing raw meat, hob work) Cheesecake (Hob work, whisking) Brownies (Bain Marie, baking) Pizza (Making dough, grating, baking) Vegetable soup (Chopping, dicing, peeling, hob work & Blending) Swiss Roll (Whisking method, baking) Scotch Eggs (Handling raw meat, hob work, baking, paine method). Lasagne – (Hob work, roux, layering) Soldering technique, practise and safety. Understanding the characteristics of the material and when a joint is soldered correctly. Ability to identify components and explain their purpose within a circuit. Identify polarity in components. Understand; be able to explain and conduct work on the vacuum former successfully. Advanced laser cutting. Making out, solving problems, developing ideas as part of a team. Marking out complex shapes, combining materials. Finishing techniques. Producing commercially viable products. Evaluation of final product Selection and use of metal and woodwork tools independently. Aim to complete bottle opener product to a commercial standard finish on all materials including metals, timbers and plastics demonstrating a very high level of accuracy and precision. Understand the different types of force and their application. Understand the 3 types of lever, their application and ability to identify lever classes in everyday products. Using research to create a range of innovative ideas and develop these ideas into workable solutions. Understand and create nets for packaging products.
Key terms/vocab 4C’s Eatwell guide Bain Marie Consistency Kneading Diced Whisking Roux Melting Shortcrust pastry Batter Soldering. Electronics. Dry joints. Laser. Printed Circuit Board. Resistance. Ohm. Draft angle. Vacuum. Mould. Elasticity. Transistor. Light Emitting Diode. Phototransistor. Testing. Polarity. Sensor. Pollinators, habitat, green issues, tools, lap joint Template, Handtool, File, Ball pein hammer, Scribe, Centre punch, Lever, Force, Ferrous, Non-Ferrous. Net, colour, target audience, safety, rendering, Light source, Perspective, Vanishing point, horizon.
Independent learning/wider reading Country research (students choose a country to research) and develop food products in this style Reading recipes independently. Industrial manufacturing – vacuum forming research and videos. Market research of existing products Existing product research and analysis, Levers in the household Land Rover company and worldwide impact the vehicle still has today in International markets for a lifestyle product. Country research (students choose a country to research) and develop food products in this style Reading recipes independently. Industrial manufacturing – vacuum forming research and videos. Market research of existing products Existing product research and analysis, Levers in the household Land Rover company and worldwide impact the vehicle still has today in International markets for a lifestyle product. Country research (students choose a country to research) and develop food products in this style Reading recipes independently. Industrial manufacturing – vacuum forming research and videos. Market research of existing products Existing product research and analysis, Levers in the household Land Rover company and worldwide impact the vehicle still has today in International markets for a lifestyle product. Country research (students choose a country to research) and develop food products in this style Reading recipes independently. Industrial manufacturing – vacuum forming research and videos. Market research of existing products Existing product research and analysis, Levers in the household Land Rover company and worldwide impact the vehicle still has today in International markets for a lifestyle product. Country research (students choose a country to research) and develop food products in this style Reading recipes independently. Industrial manufacturing – vacuum forming research and videos. Market research of existing products Existing product research and analysis, Levers in the household Land Rover company and worldwide impact the vehicle still has today in International markets for a lifestyle product.
Assessment TA and student setting targets TA and student setting targets TA and student setting targets TA and student setting targets TA and student setting targets
Careers links/Future Learning Hospitality industry Design. Industrial manufacturing. Electronics. Engineering. Designing products, agriculture, joinery/construction Engineering. Manufacturing. Graphic Design, product design Hospitality industry Design. Industrial manufacturing. Electronics. Engineering. Designing products, agriculture, joinery/construction Engineering. Manufacturing. Graphic Design, product design Hospitality industry Design. Industrial manufacturing. Electronics. Engineering. Designing products, agriculture, joinery/construction Engineering. Manufacturing. Graphic Design, product design Hospitality industry Design. Industrial manufacturing. Electronics. Engineering. Designing products, agriculture, joinery/construction Engineering. Manufacturing. Graphic Design, product design Hospitality industry Design. Industrial manufacturing. Electronics. Engineering. Designing products, agriculture, joinery/construction Engineering. Manufacturing. Graphic Design, product design

QEGS Year 9 Design and Innovation Curriculum Map
Focus Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
Topic Decorative Box Pop Art Clock Night light Passive amplifier Move to y10 Sweet dispenser
Key concepts/ideas Creating an accurate box, cutting with increased precision, using different types of timber to enhance the desirability of the box Using the work of designers to influence the design of a clock. Designing products with the end user in mind Producing an electronic product. Basic electronic components and use of PCB The principal of how to increase sound then using this knowledge to make a passive amplifier for a target audience Looking for innovative ideas that can be used to design and make a sweet dispense. Designing based on prior knowledge
Key skills Marking out using a range of techniques, combining timbers to achieve an interesting aesthetic product. Building on knowledge gained lower down the KS. 2 D Design to embellish the lid through either laser cutting or CNC routing Researching and interpreting ideas. Designing a product to suit a need and work with premade products(clock mechanism), presentation skills Soldering, identifying basic electronic components, the function of basic electronic components, resistor colour code theory, programming a PIC chip to produce a range of flash patterns Designing a product that is functional and meets the needs of the user. Designing a product that can integrate with a mobile phone Planning a project, developing practical realisation skills, working with increased independence. Developing mechanisms to dispensed
Key terms/vocab Dry assembly, clamping, gluing up, template, marking gauge, square, accurate, decorative finish Pop Art, template, experiment, pillar drill, remove, combine, stain Solder, soldering iron, dry joint, resistor, ohms, photo transistor, LDR, LED, Vacuum forming, capacitor, mould, draft angles, program, PIC, download Horn, laminate, target audience, taper Mechanism, rotate, linear, reciprocate, oscillate
Independent learning/wider reading Researching more designers and using this as a stimulus for design activities Researching alternative materials that can be used and their properties. Other joining techniques Identifying where vacuum forming is used I the real world. Knowledge organiser of components and how to make a PCB. The use of PIC chips to simplify circuit design. Looking at existing products, designing the PA to suit several different mobile phones to increase the target market. Identifying materials that can be upcycled Into the PA Developing mechanisms to dispense sweets effectively or in a m ore creative manner Researching more designers and using this as a stimulus for design activities Researching alternative materials that can be used and their properties. Other joining techniques Identifying where vacuum forming is used I the real world. Knowledge organiser of components and how to make a PCB. The use of PIC chips to simplify circuit design. Looking at existing products, designing the PA to suit several different mobile phones to increase the target market. Identifying materials that can be upcycled Into the PA Developing mechanisms to dispense sweets effectively or in a m ore creative manner Researching more designers and using this as a stimulus for design activities Researching alternative materials that can be used and their properties. Other joining techniques Identifying where vacuum forming is used I the real world. Knowledge organiser of components and how to make a PCB. The use of PIC chips to simplify circuit design. Looking at existing products, designing the PA to suit several different mobile phones to increase the target market. Identifying materials that can be upcycled Into the PA Developing mechanisms to dispense sweets effectively or in a m ore creative manner Researching more designers and using this as a stimulus for design activities Researching alternative materials that can be used and their properties. Other joining techniques Identifying where vacuum forming is used I the real world. Knowledge organiser of components and how to make a PCB. The use of PIC chips to simplify circuit design. Looking at existing products, designing the PA to suit several different mobile phones to increase the target market. Identifying materials that can be upcycled Into the PA Developing mechanisms to dispense sweets effectively or in a m ore creative manner Researching more designers and using this as a stimulus for design activities Researching alternative materials that can be used and their properties. Other joining techniques Identifying where vacuum forming is used I the real world. Knowledge organiser of components and how to make a PCB. The use of PIC chips to simplify circuit design. Looking at existing products, designing the PA to suit several different mobile phones to increase the target market. Identifying materials that can be upcycled Into the PA Developing mechanisms to dispense sweets effectively or in a m ore creative manner
Assessment Student target setting Final evaluation and student set targets TA and student setting targets TA and student setting targets Min GCSE marking scheme used.
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