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Design and Technology Curriculum Overview
Year 7
Term 1 - September to December
| Half term 1 | Half term 2 |
|---|---|
| Sketching techniques and crating techniques. | Isometric drawing using set squares and the Isosketch tool. |
| What is Graphic Design? Colour Theory. Typography. | Imagery Developing their mug design. Sublimation. |
| Food Personal hygiene, health and safety, kitchen equipment, the eatwell guide and healthy lunches. | Food 5 a day, hydration, healthy diets and sensory testing. |
Term 1 - September to December
Year 8
| Half term 1 | Half term 2 |
|---|---|
| Designing for a client. Designing the living accommodation for a student. | Smart homes - Investigating and developing their own smart products for the home. |
| Sketching Ideas. Developing a concept. Target Marketing. | Boardgame design. Imagery. |
| Food The Eatwell guide, balanced diets, balanced meals, energy balance and dietary reference values. | Food Functions of protein, micronutrients, sensory testing and an introduction to Food science. |
Year 9
Term 1 - September to December
| Half term 1 | Half term 2 |
|---|---|
| Smart living - Designing microflats for large population density areas. | Smart living - design multi-purpose furniture. |
| Investigating and developing graphical techniques in typography and imagery. | Investigating and developing graphical techniques in tone, line and composition. |
| Food The Eatwell guide recap, food, diet and health, nutritional needs through life stages, special diets and energy balance. | Food Factors affecting food choice, religion and food choice, special diets and energy balance, allergy and intolerance and food provenance. |
Year 10
Term 1 - September to December
| Half term 1 | Half term 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Electronics | Units 1.1 Electronic systems. Practical activity (Maze game) Unit 1.2 Circuit concepts. | Unit 1.2 Circuit concepts. Unit 1.3 Resistive components. |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | Developing high level practical cooking skills. Develop a thorough understanding of nutrition, food provenance and the working characteristics of food materials. | Continue to develop high level practical cooking skills. Develop a strong understanding of food choice and seasonality. |
| Graphic Design | Unit 1 NEA task - Graphical components. | Unit 1 NEA task - Experiments. |
Term 2 - January to April
| Half term 3 | Half term 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Electronics | Review of units covered in term1. Unit 1.4 - Switching circuits | Unit 1.6 - combinational logic systems. Practice non-examined assessment task |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | ||
| Graphic Design |
Year 11
Term 1 - September to December
| Half term 1 | Half term 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Electronics | Start NEA task. Revise discovering electronics units 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6. | Continue NEA task. Revise application of electronics units 2.2 and 2.3. |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | Students will be focusing on developing their practical skills in readiness for beginning their NEA 2 project. Examination preparation. | Students will be focusing on developing their practical skills in readiness for beginning their NEA 2 project. Examination preparation. |
| Graphic Design | NEA task 2 Examination preparation. | NEA task 2 Examination preparation. |
Term 2 - January to April
| Half term 3 | Half term 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Electronics | Continue NEA task. Revise discovering electronics units 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6 | Continue NEA task. Revise application of electronics units 2.2 and 2.3 |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | ||
| Graphic Design |
Suggested reading material to support subject learning
Food Technology
- Amazon - Food You Can Forage: Edible Plants to Harvest, Cook and Enjoy by Tiffany Francis-Baker
- Amazon - Edible Science: Experiments You Can Eat (Science & Nature) by National Geographic Kids
- Amazon - The Science of Cooking: Every Question Answered to Perfect your Cooking by Dr. Stuart Farrimon
- Amazon - Science You Can Eat: Putting what we Eat Under the Microscope by Stefan Gates
- Amazon - The Food Book by Jenny Ridgwell
- Hungry Healthy Happy
- Recipes from a pantry
- My Fussy Eater
- Serious Eats
To find out more about the curriculum Newhouse Academy delivers please contact Hannah Gregory-Harris on 01706 369436 or email gregory-harrish@newhouseacademy.co.uk
