provided to assist students with their folder work. Revision guides and additional sessions after school on a weekly basis enable students to reach their potential and achieve their target grade at GCSE.
All students will be expected to follow an exemplary code of conduct in potentially hazardous work environments.
DT- GCSE
All exam boards are awaiting final ofqual accreditation so course titles and/or content and exam boards may alter slightly but material areas will remain the same.
DT - GCSE RESISTANT MATERIALS (AQA 8552)
During the first two terms, students develop a high level of accuracy and precision in marking out and cutting materials with hand and machine tools. Students are offered opportunities to work with a single material or in a combination with wood, metal or plastic.
During Year 11, students will be expected to apply the skills and knowledge learnt in Year 10 to a high level, solving real problems for their major coursework project. The work will culminate in a portfolio presenting their quality product, charting the initial ideas, the proposed methods of manufacture and details of construction.
DT -GRAPHIC PRODUCTS (AQA 8552)
Students studying Graphic Products will enjoy developing their practical skills in a way similar to those who develop products in industry, by using modern and traditional materials in an imaginative way. The course introduces students to commercial design; the standard graphics materials used by industry; how products and packages are made; and the importance of being precise and accurate. Students also learn about career opportunities in the design and creative industries.
COURSE CONTENT FOR DT RESISTANT MATERIALS AND GRAPHIC PRODUCTS
Students will undertake an extended making project which will encompass the basic principles learnt over two years; core technical principles; specialist technical principles; designing and making principles.
For their extended making project students will produce a prototype and a portfolio of evidence. The work will be internally assessed and externally moderated.
The following tasks are studied for the designing and making principles:
Identifying and investigating design possibilities Producing a design brief and specification Generating design ideas Developing design ideas Realising design ideas Analysing & evaluating
This is a non-exam assessment (NEA), worth 50% of the final Grade and will cover approximately 30-35 hrs of work.
Assessment
In addition to the extended making project students will sit a 2hr written exam worth 50% of the final GCSE Grade. The exam will cover all three principles previously studied and comprises:
Section A – Core technical principles
A mixture of multiple choice and short answer questions assessing a breadth of technical knowledge and understanding.
Section A is worth 20 marks.
Section B – Specialist technical principles Several short answer questions (2–5 marks) and one extended response to assess a more in depth knowledge of
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