Teaching Staff: Mr Adrian Winstone, Miss Aveen Keogh, Mr Paul Richardson, Mrs Laura Stringer, Mrs Maria Raignault,
Technicians; Mrs Susan Watts & Mr Grant Barker
Introduction and ethos of subject
Design & Technology and Food studies at WCSA is a creative, rigorous and practical subject which provides opportunities for our students to develop a broad range of subject knowledge, skills and understanding; combining their designing and making skills in order to create high quality useable products.
By studying Design & Technology and Food studies our students learn how to take risks, therefore creating resourceful, innovative, enterprising and capable adults for the future. Through the evaluation of past and present products, they develop a critical understanding of the potential impact on daily life and the wider world.
WCSA Design & Technology and Food studies intentions for our students are:
to develop the creative, technical and practical expertise needed to perform everyday tasks confidently and to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world
to build and apply a repertoire of knowledge, understanding and skills in order to design and make high-quality prototypes and products for a wide range of users
• to critique, evaluate and test their ideas and products and the work of others
• to understand and apply the principles of nutrition and learn how to cook and present food
Key Stage 3
Within Key Stage 3, students are taught over four learning cycles of 9 weeks on a carousel of material areas. They undertake a variety of creative and practical activities/projects which develop their knowledge, understanding and skills needed to engage in the process of designing and making products.
Our students are taught in mixed ability and gender groups, completing projects in Graphics, Resistant Materials, Textiles and Food.
As part of their experience with food, our students are taught how to cook and apply the principles of nutrition, healthy eating, recipe modification and presentation. Learning how to cook is a crucial life skill that enables students to feed themselves and others affordably and well, now and in later life.
