|Design and Technology| Course Outline / Overview To enable
pupils to experience and learn techniques and transferable
skills that will allow them to understand and cope with the
world of both the present and future. Key Stage 3 Through a
series of practical projects we aim to produce situations which
give pupils the opportunity to use their intellectual and
creative skills to solve problems, through the design and make
approach. The projects aim:- Key Stage 4 All students who choose
this option will study Design and Technology specialising in one
main subject area; Graphic Products, Food Technology or
Resistant Materials. AQA Students will learn all about the
design process and will develop skills in evaluating existing
products, and learn about how products are made in industry.
Students will also complete various practical tasks and projects
which will develop skills using a range of tools and machines,
including industrial practices such as CAD/CAM. All work in the
workshops will have to be carried out in