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Design and Technology
Students at Sir Jonathan North will study Textiles, Food, Resistant Materials and Systems and Control at Key Stage 3. The Design and Technology department has 4 purpose-built fully equipped workshops where students are taught for each subject area. They are taught a short Health and Safety module when they begin their studies in each workshop and they will study 2 of the subject areas in 2 lessons per week over each academic year. Students are given the opportunity to work on both short and longer projects in each subject area to maximise their opportunities for success and build on their subject skills as they develop.
With their practical work, students are taught a wide range of both traditional craft skills and use of specialist equipment and machinery, including new technologies in Design and Technology. We encourage and support students with achieving their creative potential through regular structured assessments and individual constructive feedback with assessed work.
In year 7 all students will work on a short ‘welcome’ projects at the beginning of the Autumn term. The Design and Technology projects will all have a common theme and are designed to ease the transition for students from year 6 to year 7. In the Summer term of year 9, students will work on year 9 to year 10 transition project work in Design and Technology lessons to help ease the transition from Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 4.
Graphic Products
Food Technology
Resistant Materials
Textiles Technology
We offer 4 full course GCSE courses – Textiles Technology, Food Technology, Resistant Materials and Graphic Products. All courses follow the AQA exam board specification. The coursework element of the courses is studied as a major project for 40 hours over the 2 academic years and is worth 60% of the final grade. In the Summer term of year 11, students will sit a 2 hour exam which is worth 40% of the final grade. There are no course entry requirements for these GCSE courses. All subject specific skills needed for each course will be taught over the two academic years.
