Design & Technology
Subject Vison
‘Woodfield academy is a place where our day to day mission is to ignite a passion to learn and a desire to succeed in an environment that nurtures all.’
It is a place where learners are taught through our curriculum, to make informed choices and to be responsible for their own actions, through the teaching of four core values; Compassion, Respect, Resilience and Responsibility.
Driven by our ethos and school values, Design and Technology is an inspiring, rigorous and practical subject. Our curriculum provides our pupils with opportunities to: develop their creativity in designing products for the betterment of society that are ethical and functional; improves their knowledge of the design process across a range of disciplines; and focuses on the use of specialist technology in order to function effectively in an ever-changing world.
Across the curriculum our pupils are able to make connections between Food Technology, Resistant Materials, Electronics, CAD/CAM and Textiles by studying the thinking process involved in product creation. Pupils design, make and evaluate products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts.
Pupils draw on wider curriculum areas such as mathematics, science, engineering, computing and art, learning how to take risks, becoming resourceful, innovative, enterprising and capable citizens.
In KS2, pupils experience the wood workshop and food technology room. Safe work practice is our top priority and pupils will often revisit these valuable lessons as they move into KS3.In KS3, pupils build on prior knowledge and skills with an increasing focus on independence and responsibility throughout each of the disciplines.
We seek to provide opportunities for pupils to reach the highest academic outcomes by building on foundational knowledge through KS3 and readying pupils for High School transitions, examinations and by encouraging pupils to see Design and Technology as a vehicle for future employability.
Enrichment events and activities such as, Chef of the Year and the IET Faraday challenge all serve to inspire and raise the aspirations of our pupils by enabling them to experience the opportunites Design and Technology can offer them.
Design and Technology makes an essential contribution to the ability of individuals to contribute to the prosperity of the nation.
“Design and Technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products”. James Dyson
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