Design and Technology Department Curriculum Share

Year 10 Design and Technology ( Textiles )

The courses and exam boards students follow:-

AQA Textiles GCSE course

Useful course materials / revision guides / study aids to support your child at home:-

GCSE D&T Textiles Technology Essentials Revision guide – Collins

AQA Design and Technology Textbook – Nelson Thornes

Pupils to practice key words provided by the teacher

List of resources in the academy available to borrow from our Library:-

GCSE D&T Technology Essentials Revision guide – Collins

AQA Design and Technology Textbook – Nelson Thornes

Students are assessed by:-

50% NEA Task

50% Theory Examination

Homework help and advice available from:-

The classroom teacher or any other member of the Design and technology Department.

Useful apps and website to support this stage of learning:-

GCSE Bitesize - Textiles

Utube tutorials- practical skills

Get Revising -

My child is struggling – what can I do?

Please write a short note in the student planner initially to highlight an issue which the teacher can support with. Please contact the HOY with contact details for the teacher to discuss any additional support.

My child loves this subject – what else can they do?

Pupils can attend afterschool sessions Wednesday evenings and most lunchtimes. Pupils can develop their practical skills at home making textiles products such as clothing.

The Textiles teacher recommend going to see/do:-

The V&A fashion Gallery - London

Watching the Sewing Bee on BBC 1 demand.

Half –Term planner 2017-18

Sept-Oct / Oct-Dec
Topics and texts studied:
Recap key sewing skills
Developing basic sewing skills focusing on construction methods.
Children’s UV product project –
Writing a brief
Research and designing skills
Generating design ideas
Introduction to fibres
Yarns / Key Vocabulary / games to play:
Research
Designing- Annotation
Fibres / Yarns
Surface Decoration Techniques and construction methods / Topics and texts studied:
Practical skills – construction techniques and surface decoration techniques
Synthetic and natural fibres
Fabric construction
Product testing and evaluating
Recycled bag project – using plastic bags
Polymers / Key Vocabulary:
Product specification
Design Development
Construction methods
Quality control
Evaluation
Fabric construction
Polymers Recycling
Ensure pupils are completing their homework tasks.
Improve sewing skills at home if a machine is available – practice basic construction/ surface decoration techniques
Encourage pupils to use their revision guides focusing on the current topic.
Homework :
Keywords
Research task UV Materials
Consumer profile
Questionnaires
Video tutorials / Ensure pupils are completing their homework tasks.
Improve sewing skills at home if a machine is available – practice basic construction/ surface decoration techniques
Encourage pupils to use their revision guides focusing on the current topic.
Homework :
Exam questioning
Practical skills – video tutorials
Polymers
The 6r’s
Environmental issues
Jan-Feb / Feb-Mar
Topics and texts studied:
Environmental and social issues
Mixed materials project – Clock
Timbers
Metals
Plastics
Fabrics
The consumer
Specifications
Generating ideas
modelling / Key Vocabulary:
Social
Moral
Cultural
Exploitation
Fair trade
Materials
Specifications / Topics and texts studied:
Techniques and processes
Practical skills
Evaluation and product testing
Comparative testing and consumer feedback / Key Vocabulary:
Construction
Techniques
Processes
Advantages / disadvantages
Production plans
Manufacturing speciation’s
Activities and ways to help at home:
Improve sewing skills at home if a machine is available – practice basic construction/ surface decoration techniques
Ensure pupils are completing their homework tasks.
Encourage pupils to use their revision guides focusing on the current topic.
Homework :
Research – timber properties
Pre reading fair trade
Environmental issues
Sustainability
Exam questioning / Activities and ways to help at home:
Improve sewing skills at home if a machine is available – practice basic construction/ surface decoration techniques
Ensure pupils are completing their homework tasks.
Encourage pupils to use their revision guides focusing on the current topic.
Homework :
Video tutorials – construction techniques
Consumer feedback
Plan of production
Exam questioning
Apr-May / Jun-July
Topics and texts studied:
Day of the dead theme bag product
Research skills
Design ideas
Combining surface decoration techniques
Fastenings
Components
Materials
Construction techniques
Use of ICT in the textiles industry / Key Vocabulary:
Fastening
Computer aided design
Computer aided manufacture.
Processing / Topics and texts studied:
Controlled assessment task – brief released in June 1st / Key Vocabulary:
The brief
Contextual challenge
Research design specification
Activities and ways to help at home:
Improve sewing skills at home if a machine is available – practice basic construction/ surface decoration techniques
Ensure pupils are completing their homework tasks.
Encourage pupils to use their revision guides focusing on the current topic.
Homework :
Research – day of the dead inspiration
Fastenings- advantages / disadvantages
Cad cam uses in the textiles industry
Exam questioning / Activities and ways to help at home:
Improve sewing skills at home if a machine is available – practice basic construction/ surface decoration techniques
Ensure pupils are completing their homework tasks.
Encourage pupils to use their revision guides focusing on the current topic.
Homework :
Research tasks linked to the NEA task
Exam questioning on topics related to the NEA