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Year 10
This curriculum map provides an overview of the design technology journey students will experience throughout the academic year. It outlines the sequence of design processes, material studies, and practical projects alongside key assessment points designed to monitor and support student progress. The curriculum is carefully sequenced to build knowledge progressively, with each unit providing the foundation for future learning, ensuring all students develop technical understanding, creative design skills, and practical making abilities appropriate to their age and stage.
| Half-term | Unit(s) of Work | Key Assessments |
| Autumn 1 | Designing and making principles | Realising design ideas |
| Focused practical tasks | ||
| Autumn 2 | Identifying and investigating design possibilities | Developing design ideas |
| Generating imaginative and creative design ideas | ||
| Spring 1 | Analysing and evaluating | Testing, analysis and evaluaton of the prototype, including feedback from third parties |
| Spring 2 | Technical principles | Past exam paper questions |
| Timber-based materials | ||
| Summer 1 | Preparation for the release of the exam board-set task | Generating design ideas |
| Design strategies | ||
| Summer 2 | GCSE NEA Starts | Identifying and investigating design possibilities |
| Investigation, primary and secondary data | ||
| Producing a design brief and specification | Producing a design brief and specification |