DT students create exceptional practical pieces
Design and Technology (DT) is an inspiring subject that gives young people the skills and abilities to engage positively with the designed and made world and to harness the benefits of technology.
Our GCSE and A Level students enjoy working in the lively and dynamic environment and they have created excellent pieces as part of their course.
GCSE
Upon taking DT GCSE, students are expected to complete a non-exam assessment (NEA) coursework that equates to 50% of their final GCSE grade.
In the NEA, students must research, design and manufacture a fully functional product.
The students are able to choose which out of three contexts they will focus their DT NEA on. This year the choices were:
- Portable and compact products
- Designing for complex needs
- Assisting with creating a ‘greener’ world
The DT staff and students were delighted with the practical creations they were able to manufacture in the workshop.
Students were able to incorporate many high-level skills into their pieces such as wood turning, CNC routing, laser cutting, 3D printing, welding and many more.
Throughout the two-year GCSE course, students are taught how to use the equipment to provide high quality pieces of work, more importantly they learn the safety aspects of using each piece of equipment.
On this page are some of the final pieces that our talented students were able to build with the support of their teachers and the technicians.
A Level
The A Level DT course is very popular with students who want to go on to work in the design and engineering industry. The students learn to develop their practical and problem-solving skills even further and they focus upon a context of their own choice.
This year we had a wide array of projects from creating social spaces, to stress and anxiety to helping young children to learn.
The students were able to create some very impressive final pieces over the course of the two years studying A Level DT. They had to research in great depth how they would manufacture their products, design and range of solutions and create protypes before manufacturing their final pieces.
Head of Design and Technology Mrs Crosby commented: “Every year I am astounded by the high level of practical work the students create for their A Level pieces. It is extremely rewarding for them and for us as staff to see their work progress day by day and see their design work come to life. They also have work that they can keep forever and reflect upon later in life.
“We are very lucky at SGS to have some fantastic facilities that can enable students to produce work of this standard.”
