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Design Technology

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Staffing

  • Programme Leader Design – Mrs Jane Haxby
  • Senior DT Technician – Mr Jimmy Griffin


"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works." 

Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, Inc.


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Steve Jobs

American entrepreneur and inventor

1955 - 2011


Aims

Succinctly, Design is an integral part of Human Life. Without Design, the quality of our lives would be very poor indeed!

The Design Department focusses on teaching creativity, problem solving skills and work skills for the design sector; delivering a range of specialisms – 3D Design (Product Design and Architecture), Graphic Design (Branding and Communication Graphics) and Textiles Design (Fashion and Surface Pattern Design).

At Crawshaw Academy we have several specialist rooms, fully equipped and maintained to deliver all Design specialisms, with access to a range of design software, including Photoshop, Illustrator and CAD programs such as 2D Design Tools.

As Leeds is a hot spot for creative industries, our aim is to prepare young people for working in this sector. The delivery of Design based subjects is very relevant to our local demographic area and we strive to teach skills and techniques that really will make a difference for them to get a head start in the industry.


“Creativity is Intelligence having fun” 

Albert Einstein


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Extra Curricular

Students can join a KS3 Design Club where they enjoy a range of different design activities and can enter annual design competitions, such as the RSA Design Awards  https://www.thersa.org/pupil-design-awards or Young Fashion Designer UK https://www.youngfashiondesigneruk.com/

At KS4 Design students have the opportunity to visit London and its design galleries. Students have really engaged with this excursion and have enjoyed a little bit of sight-seeing too! This is in addition to KS4 Support Sessions after school, where students have individual one-to-one tutorials to raise achievement.

We take part in various innovative and visionary enterprises, including working with, to name a few, various schools, The Rotary Club, Leeds University and The Army STEM. We regularly enhance student’s experiences by engaging in career exhibitions and running trips to other external companies/businesses.

KS3 Design and Technology

Design and Technology is an inspiring, rigorous design and manufacturing subject. Using creativity and imagination, pupils design and make products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts, considering their own and others’ needs, wants and values. They acquire a broad range of subject knowledge and draw on disciplines such as mathematics, science, engineering, computing and art. Pupils learn how to take risks, becoming resourceful, innovative, enterprising and capable citizens. Through the evaluation of past and present design and technology, they develop a critical understanding of its impact on daily life and the wider world. High-quality design and technology education makes an essential contribution to the creativity, culture, wealth and wellbeing of the nation.

Through a variety of creative and practical activities, pupils are be taught the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to engage in an iterative process of designing and making. When designing and making, pupils are be taught to:

 Design

  • use research and exploration, such as the study of different cultures, to identify and understand user needs
  • identify and solve their own design problems and understand how to reformulate problems given to them
  • develop specifications to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that respond to needs in a variety of situations
  • use a variety of approaches [for example, bio mimicry and user-centred design], to generate creative ideas and avoid stereotypical responses
  • develop and communicate design ideas using annotated sketches, detailed plans, 3-D and mathematical modelling, oral and digital presentations and computer-based tools

Make

  • select from and use specialist tools, techniques, processes, equipment and machinery precisely, including computer aided manufacture
  • select from and use a wider, more complex range of materials, components and ingredients, taking into account their properties

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KS3 Projects

 

At KS3 students follow the National Curriculum for D&T and work across Product Design, Electronics, Systems and Control, Textiles and Graphic Products. A range of projects are delivered that prepare students for the GCSE Design courses.


CA_D&T (5)Yr 7

Insect Automaton Project (3D Design),

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo9FzShb85g

Day of the Dead Project (Graphics and Textiles)

 

Yr 8

Tote Bag Project (Textiles),

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzdhJPxiLeU

Fragrance/Game Design (Graphics),

Designer Lamp (3D Design)

 

Year 9 GCSE Design GroupsCA_D&T (1)

Textiles Design – Natural Form Project, Under the Sea/Animal Project.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C55AVn3phvE

Graphic Design – Album Cover Art Project, Woodland Project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT8ySAammIc

3D Design – Designer Bird House Project, Architecture Project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtZl4s7TSKo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhwLfpdzVcg

 


Useful websites for Art

Become a member of Pinterest - https://uk.pinterest.com

www.thisiscolossal.com/

www.trendhunter.com

www.tate.org.uk/

www.saatchigallery.com

www.thecreativeindustries.co.uk

3D Design

Picture3Aims

Three-dimensional design is defined as the design, prototyping and modelling or making of primarily functional and aesthetic products, objects, and environments, drawing upon intellectual, creative and practical skills.

Throughout the course they will explore relevant images, artefacts and resources relating to a range of Three Dimensional Design, from the past and from recent times, including Design Influences and Architecture


Content

In Component 1 and Component 2 students are required to work in one or more area(s) of three- dimensional design, such as those listed below:

  • architectural design
  • product design
  • jewellery and body adornment
  • interior design
  • environmental/landscape/garden design
  • exhibition design
  • 3D digital design
  • designs for theatre and television.

They may explore overlapping areas and combinations of areas.


Assessment

Component 1: Portfolio from Sept in year 10 to 2nd January in year 11.

Assessment

  • Marked out of 96
  • 60% of GCSE

Students need to present a portfolio that in total shows explicit coverage of the four assessment objectives. It must include a sustained project evidencing the journey from initial engagement to the realisation of intentions and a selection of further work undertaken during the student’s course of study. Work presented is marked by the centre and moderated by AQA.

Component 2: Externally Set Assignment, from 2nd January

Students respond to their chosen starting point from an externally set assignment paper relating to their subject title, evidencing coverage of all four assessment objectives

 Assessment

  • Preparatory period followed by 10 hours of supervised time
  • Marked out of 96
  • 40% of GCSE

Students respond to their chosen starting point. Unlimited preparation time and 10 hours of supervised time. A response to all assessment objectives is required. Work presented is marked by the centre and moderated by AQA.


Qualification

GCSE AQA

Specification - www.aqa.org.uk/.../art-and-design/gcse/art-and-design.../spec-at-a-glance


CA_D&T (2)Progression Route

GCSE 3D Design provides a strong and appropriate foundation for further progression to art and design related courses such as GCE, BTEC and Creative and Media Diplomas and enhanced vocational and career pathways.

3D Product/Bird House Project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtZl4s7TSKo

Architecture Project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhwLfpdzVcg


Useful websites for Design

Become a member of Pinterest - https://uk.pinterest.com

www.thisiscolossal.com/

www.trendhunter.com

www.tate.org.uk/

www.saatchigallery.com

https://designmuseum.org/

Graphic Communication

CA_D&T (2)Aims

Graphic communication is defined as the process of designing primarily visual material to convey information, ideas, meaning and emotions in response to a given or self-defined brief.

Throughout the course they will explore relevant images, artefacts and resources relating to a range of Graphic Communication, from graphic designers to artists working with text.


Content

In Component 1 and Component 2 students are required to work in one or more area(s) of graphic communication, such as those listed below:

  • communication graphics
  • design for print
  • advertising and branding
  • package design
  • typography
  • multi-media
  • signage
  • exhibition graphics.

 They may explore overlapping areas and combinations of areas.


Assessment

Component 1: Portfolio from Sept in year 10 to 2nd January in year 11.

Assessment

  • Marked out of 96
  • 60% of GCSE

Students need to present a portfolio that in total shows explicit coverage of the four assessment objectives. It must include a sustained project evidencing the journey from initial engagement to the realisation of intentions and a selection of further work undertaken during the student’s course of study. Work presented is marked by the centre and moderated by AQA.

Component 2: Externally Set Assignment, from 2nd January

Students respond to their chosen starting point from an externally set assignment paper relating to their subject title, evidencing coverage of all four assessment objectives

 Assessment

  • Preparatory period followed by 10 hours of supervised time
  • Marked out of 96
  • 40% of GCSE

Students respond to their chosen starting point. Unlimited preparation time and 10 hours of supervised time. A response to all assessment objectives is required. Work presented is marked by the centre and moderated by AQA.


Qualification

GCSE AQA

Specification - www.aqa.org.uk/.../art-and-design/gcse/art-and-design.../spec-at-a-glance


catfishProgression Route

GCSE Graphic Design provides a strong and appropriate foundation for further progression to art and design related courses such as GCE, BTEC and Creative and Media Diplomas and enhanced vocational and career pathways.

Album Cover Project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT8ySAammIc&t=23s

Woodland Graphics Project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R50Lg3mskYw

Useful websites for Designred

Become a member of Pinterest - https://uk.pinterest.com

www.thisiscolossal.com/

www.trendhunter.com

www.tate.org.uk/

www.saatchigallery.com

https://designmuseum.org/

Textile Design

CA_D&T (1)Aims

Textile design is defined as the creation of designs and products for woven, knitted, stitched, printed or decorative textiles that might have a functional or non-functional purpose.

Throughout the course they will explore relevant images, artefacts and resources relating to a range of Textile Design, from textile artists and fashion designers.


Content

In Component 1 and Component 2 students are required to work in one or more area(s) of textile design, such as those listed below:

  • art textiles
  • fashion design and illustration
  • costume design
  • constructed textiles
  • printed and dyed textiles
  • surface pattern
  • stitched and/or embellished textiles
  • soft furnishings and/or textiles for interiors
  • digital textiles
  • installed textiles.

They may explore overlapping areas and combinations of areas.


Assessment

Component 1: Portfolio from Sept in year 10 to 2nd January in year 11.

Assessment

  • Marked out of 96
  • 60% of GCSE

Students need to present a portfolio that in total shows explicit coverage of the four assessment objectives. It must include a sustained project evidencing the journey from initial engagement to the realisation of intentions and a selection of further work undertaken during the student’s course of study. Work presented is marked by the centre and moderated by AQA.

Component 2: Externally Set Assignment, from 2nd January

Students respond to their chosen starting point from an externally set assignment paper relating to their subject title, evidencing coverage of all four assessment objectives

 Assessment

  • Preparatory period followed by 10 hours of supervised time
  • Marked out of 96
  • 40% of GCSE

Students respond to their chosen starting point. Unlimited preparation time and 10 hours of supervised time. A response to all assessment objectives is required. Work presented is marked by the centre and moderated by AQA.


Qualification

GCSE AQA

Specification - www.aqa.org.uk/.../art-and-design/gcse/art-and-design.../spec-at-a-glance


CA_D&T (4)Progression Route

GCSE Textile Design provides a strong and appropriate foundation for further progression to art and design related courses such as GCE, BTEC and Creative and Media Diplomas and enhanced vocational and career pathways.

Under the Sea Project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C55AVn3phvE

Natural Form Project

Useful websites for Design

Become a member of Pinterest - https://uk.pinterest.com

www.thisiscolossal.com/

CA_D&T (6)www.trendhunter.com

www.tate.org.uk/

www.saatchigallery.com

 

 


Careers (Please click on the image below to take a look at the range of career opportunities available to you). 

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