TRINITY 2/MICHAELMAS 1/ MICHAELMAS 2/LENT 1/LENT 2/TRINITY 1
Pupils rotate in a 9 week rotation between the following areas. Art, FPN, Textiles and DT over the course of Year 8. Groups have one double and a single lesson each week, pupils will be taught across two rooms (workshop and computer room).
Upcycling Lamp
Week 1
- Review of learning so far – What can they remember from Year 7?
- What are we doing to our environment? What damages our world? Introduction to the design project (Christian Values).
- 6 R’s product analysis.
- Introduction to Bauhaus.
- Task analysis; pupils investigate user needs for a lamp in order to identify and solve their own problem (Why do we need a lamp? Where this lamp could be used?).
- Design Specification to be written for their own user needs and wants.
HL – Mood board based on the a specific designers - Josef Albers, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Breuer and Paul Klee.
Group A (Workshop)
Week 2
- Recap on Health & Safety in the workshop.
- What is a working drawing? Why is a working drawing important? (Gatsby)
- Begin building of the lamp. How to mark off measurements correctly. Use of hand tools and portable drills (Tool passport).
- Introduction to design of the lamp wrap (Review of DIRT from Year 7).
- Introduction to Production Log.
HL – Complete x2 design ideas.
Group B (T7)
Week 2
- Recap on Techsoft Design - What can you remember from Year 7?
- How to add colour & use a range of different filters within Techsoft Design (AFL on Techsoft Design).
- How to gain access to Techsoft Design at home.
- How to develop your final wrap design? (AFL peer assessment).
HL – Complete x2 design ideas.
Group A (T7)
Week 3
- Recap on Techsoft Design - What can you remember from Year 7?
- How to add colour & use a range of different filters within Techsoft Design (AFL on Techsoft Design).
- How to gain access to Techsoft Design at home.
- How to develop your final wrap design? (AFL peer assessment).
HL – Complete Final Idea for wrap.
Group B (Workshop)
Week 3
- Recap on Health & safety in the workshop.
- What is a working drawing? Why is a working drawing important?
- Begin building of the lamp. How to mark off measurements correctly? Use of hand tools and portable drills (Tool passport).
- Introduction to Production Log.
- How to develop your final wrap design? (AFL peer assessment).
HL – Complete Final Idea for wrap.
Group A (Workshop)
Week 4
- Continue to build lamp
- Introduction to different types of components used (bolts / nuts / washers / wingnuts).
- Use of hand tools and portable drills (Tool passport).
- Review & Reflect - Production Log.
HL – Quiz on Health & safety (forms online).
Group B (T7)
Week 4
- Development of CADCAM knowledge and understanding.
- Complete final idea design on Techsoft Design.
- Review & reflect on CADCAM (AfL exercise).
- What can you remember about electronics? (Quiz)
HL – Complete Final Design wrap on Techsoft Design at home.
Group A (T7)
Week 5
- Development of CADCAM knowledge and understanding.
- Complete final idea design on Techsoft Design.
- Review & reflect on CADCAM (AfL exercise).
- What can you remember about electronics? (Quiz)
HL – Complete Final Design wrap on Techsoft Design at home.
Group B (Workshop)
Week 5
- Continue to build lamp.
- Introduction to different types of components used (bolts / nuts / washers / wingnuts).
- Use of hand tools and portable drills (Tool passport).
- Review & Reflect - Production Log.
HL – Quiz on Health & safety (forms online).
Group A (Workshop)
Week 6
- Introduction to electronics – H&S (Single lesson).
- Begin to build circuit for lamp. (Tool passport).
- Continue to make lamp.
- Review & Reflect - Production Log.
HL - Fact file on basic electronics.
Group B (T7)
Week 6
- Introduction to Onshape.
- Development of Onshape skills – building the lamp on onshape.
HL - Simple machines & levers - What is the propose of a simple machine?
Group A (T7)
Week 7
- Introduction to Onshape.
- Development of Onshape skills – building the lamp on onshape.
HL - Simple machines & levers - What is the propose of a simple machine?
Group B (Workshop)
Week 7
- Introduction to electronics – H&S (Single lesson).
- Begin to build circuit for lamp. (Tool passport).
- Challenge – putting a switch into the lamp.
- Continue to make lamp.
- Review & Reflect - Production Log.
HL - Fact file on basic electronics.
Group A (Workshop)
Week 8
- Review of learning – set targets for next project (DIRT).
- Finishing touches to lamp.
- Photographs of final products.
- Compete a 6R’s evaluation on their product.
- Complete Evaluation process on Final products.
Group B (T7)
Week 8
- Review of learning – set targets for next project (DIRT).
- Finishing touches to lamp.
- Photographs of final products.
- Compete a 6R’s evaluation on their product.
- Complete Evaluation process on Final products