Year 8
Curriculum Delivery Map – Design & Technology
Year 8 (please note that sequences will vary depending on the departmental rota)
Year |
Half term |
Unit(s) of Work |
Key Assessments |
Year 8 |
Autumn 1 |
Structures The Trebuchets |
Plickers: Forces and structures |
Describe: Tetrahedron challenge write up |
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Compare: Frame and shell structures |
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Autumn 2 |
Create: A2 design sheets (inc. ongoing modifications) |
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Build: Trebuchet construction |
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Explain: Test and evaluate performance |
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Spring 1 |
Hospitality & Catering Jamie’s Healthy Lifestyle |
Identify: The key components of a healthy diet |
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Skills: Boiling / Portion control (pasta) |
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Define: The nutritional needs of different groups of people |
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Spring 2 |
Hospitality & Catering Great British Bake Off |
Analyse: Chicken goujon evaluation |
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Create: Focaccia design work |
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Evaluate: Focaccia analysis (to include third party comments) |
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Summer 1 |
FURNITURE DESIGN Seating Solutions |
Draw/Label: The work of other (Rietveld, Stam or Panton) |
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Compare: Top trumps (competitor analysis) |
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Combine/List: Product design specification |
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Summer 2 |
Create/Predict: Design for manufacture (to include scratch modelling) |
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Sequence: Plan of manufacture |
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Build: Laser cutting/line bending outcomes |