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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

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