Year 10 Textiles & Design

Teacher in Charge:  Ms Siobhan Boughton
sboughton@wdsg.school.nz

Course description: 

The Textiles & Design course provides students with the opportunity to express themselves imaginatively and creatively through a range of exciting project briefs that will nurture an understanding of the technological design process. Students’ studio-based practice explores design, decorative techniques, textile media processes, and construction skills.

Focus areas of study:

• Garment construction

• Applying print and surface decoration

• Textile media/E-textiles

• Sustainability and working with reclaimed textiles

• Being creative and developing innovative and original products

• Consultation with a wide range of stakeholders and technologists including collaborating with a community organisation

• Project-based learning collaborations across all Technology learning areas