Design Technology

Years 7, 8 and 9

Key Stage 3

Click to see the variety of ways in which you can complete Super Curriculum tasks

YEAR 7

Design Masters

(Product Design)

Watch the video of ‘Alan Carr’s Design Masters’ that is attached, and write notes as you watch the episode. You then need to use those notes to write a review of the episode.

Zara & Pri-MARK

(Product Design)

Look at the two current logos of Zara and Primark-pick one of them and redesign their logo, giving it a new look. You could even think about different ones for each season.

School Uniform

(Textiles)

A new mixed-sex school is opening in Hertfordshire and need a uniform designed for them. Design either a girls or boys uniform, or even a unisex one!

Sewing Bee

(Textiles)

Watch the video of ‘The Great Sewing Bee’ that is attached, and write notes as you watch the episode. You then need to use those notes to write a review of the episode.

Rate my Dish

(Food Studies)

To review a dish that you have either had made for you at home or a restaurant, or one that you have cooked yourself.

Food of Champions

(Food Studies)

Design and make a sandwich for a sports person of your choice. Please ensure you explain why you have chosen the ingredients.

YEAR 8

Card Modelling

(Product Design)

Modelling an idea before you make the final product is an essential part in a design project. Product design companies around the world, as well as architect firms, use this as a way of being able to see their ideas in 3D. It is a cheap and easy way to spot any issues with the design, and modify key areas if needed. Learning how to model is a skill that can be used at GCSE, A-level and beyond.

Design Ventura Competition

(Product Design)

Design Ventura is a branch of the Design Museum, London that focuses on young designers, and setting a design brief that all students can take part in. This particular competition is aimed at student in Year 8.

Design a PE kit

(Textiles)

Design an unusual PE kit for Presdales students.

Design a summer uniform

(Textiles)

Design a summer uniform for Presdales students.

Eat your way around the UK

(Food Studies)

Your school wants to open a community café whose unique selling point will be to predominantly use ingredients grown, reared or caught in the UK.

Create a menu, write a recipe or make a dish for the new café managers to consider.

New Cuisines, New Tastes

(Food Studies)

UK food culture is a melting pot of traditions, flavours, ingredients and culinary techniques.

Prepare and cook a dish, or range of dishes, which showcases our modern, diverse food culture.

YEAR 9

Project Upcycle

(Product Design)

There is a big push in the news at the moment that is about repairing and upcycling items. In Design and Technology we often talk about sustainability and the 6Rs (refuse, rethink, repair, recycle, reduce, reuse). You challenge is to take a product that you feel you do not want anymore and think about how you could lengthen its life!

Sky's the Limit

(Product Design)

We are lucky to live in an area where it is fairly easy to get into London and explore the amazing skyline. Structures such as The Shard, The Gherkin and The Oxo Tower. There are also hundreds of different structures around the world that are really eye catching. Understanding about how the concept of the structure came about, who the architect is, what materials have been used, and the environment they stand in can enable us to build an understanding about materials and design that prepares us for GCSE, A-level and beyond!

Paper Dresses

(Textiles)

Weaving

(Textiles)

Handmade Fabrics

Food Fiesta: Cooking Challenge!

Food Fiesta: Food Challenge

Social Media Challenge

(Food Studies)

Create a social media campaign to encourage teenagers of your age to make better healthy eating choices.

Reading list

The Inventors Handbook

Dominic Wilcox & Katherine Mengardon

ISBN: 978-0008306151

Publisher: Collins

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Product Design & Development

Karl T. Ulrich & Steve D. Eppinger

ISBN: 978-1260566437

Publisher: ‎ McGraw-Hill Education

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