Year 10

Year 10 works to prepare students for year 11 and GCSE exams with a series of short design and make projects that look at helping the student to more fully understand their chosen area.

What ever the choice, all students will be expected to produce a folder of course work that would include a brief and evaluation of there final design. Supporting this, will also be a practical piece of work. This depending on the chosen discipline could be anything from a model of the interior of a restaurant, a finally prepared meal, and a dress or s storage unit for home. Finally all students sit a written exam.

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Kraft Knife

All students will design and make a model of a craft knife In this project we look at ergonomics and its importance to creating successful products the project asks the students to develop a design based on research of existing products. All the skills used are based on shaping and modelling in foam. Tools used include Craft knives, files, Scribe, Coping saw, Hegnor, Drilling machine.

Small Clock

All students will design and make a small clock with a working mechanism supplied by the school. The body of the clock will be made of MDF. Design input will be limited, instead students will be asked to fallow set instructions as accurately as possible.

Craft Knife Casting

We have casting facility within the workshop that we hope to soon have up and running. This would allow us to take our craft knife designs and sand cast them in aluminium giving students a much better understanding of manufacturing and small scale casting.

Pencil Box

All students will make a pencil box out of Pine wood.

The box has a sliding lid and is constructed using four different wood joints, Lap, Dove tail, Box joint and Doweled joint.

This reminds students of basic jointing methods and is the final workshop project of year 10 before starting their final project for year 11 and GCSE.

Food Technology

During key stage 4 pupils take part in design and make it projects that are linked to their own interests, industrial practices.

The pupils have made their option to undertake GCSE Food Technology. In the first year, , the pupils are taught systems and control and industrial practices.
This is seen as a manufacturing unit of work outlines by AQA.

Focused research tasks provide opportunities to practise presentation skills. The results of the research help the pupils in the development of a new product.
The coursework involved four major projects of which each project last 6-8 weeks

Week 1	Week 2	Week 3
Details of coursework: Topic: Rice as a staple food Multicultural rice dishes: Indian. West Indian Italian etc Investigation on rice as a staple food. - Questionnaire and data Tasks Shop survey on the different types of rice Dishes. Experiment on cooking different types of rice. Writing an analysis. Complete an hazard analysis chart Design/Make Rice dishes from own culture and another culture. Draw a HACCP - on each stage of the production of the dish Prototype rice dish and final rice dish. Deadline month: OCTOBER 17	Details of coursework TOPIC: Desserts Research tasks: internet and magazine on dessert recipes Evaluating the research. Product analysis on shop bought desserts. Write an analysis Design and make hot and cold desserts. Develop a new milk based dessert.. Create a dessert suitable for a major supermarket. Deadline month: DECEMBER 5	Details of coursework TOPIC : Multicultural breads Investigate a range of multicultural breads in the shops. Sensory analysis on a selection of breads. Analyse the ingredients and function of the ingredients. Study the production methods of bread making Traditional and Modern. Raising agents used in bread. Design and make a multicultural bread Deadline month: FEBRUARY 20
Week 4	Week 5	Week 6
Details of coursework TOPIC: Vegetarian main meals. Study the different types of vegetarian diets. Alternative proteins to meat proteins. Study on Soya and Quern products. Nutritional analysis software. Use the computer to analyse the protein content of the final dish. Print a label for your dish Carry out a survey on vegetarian meals. Use the computer to Show data. Write a design specification for a vegetarian dish Write a quality control chart alongside a production plan. Design and make trial vegetarian dish then a final dish Deadline month: APRIL 14	Details of coursework TOPIC: Parcel snacks Products Brainstorm a range of different snack product; e.g. somosas, patties, pasties. What are the differences among these Products. Investigate the fillings and methods used for some of the products. Each group to study on product in detail then make a new product. Test the product using two different sensory analysis methods. Complete a system and control chart Deadline month: JUNE 12	Details of coursework Assessment of overall coursework and grades achieved. Revisit areas on designing Food product trial tests Product specification Embarking on a major project for year 11. Initial Research and analysis. Deadline month: NO PROJECT SET

Design & Technology

Key Stage 4 - Year 10

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Food Technology

Graphics

Textiles