Saturday, 17 October 2015

Year 9 Modelmaking part 2

My year 9 group got the chance to put the modelling skills they learned last week to good use in this weeks lesson.

They modelled their ideas for a new and improved product they studied earlier in the project.

Below are some of my favourites:








10C Art Deco inspired Jewellery

The other group finished their jewellery this week as well









Tuesday, 13 October 2015

10B Art Deco inspired Jewellery


10B finished their jewellery project this week and they were all quite surprised by how good they looked when finished.


















Sunday, 27 September 2015

Year 9 Modelmaking

Year 9 Product Designers spent this weeks lesson learning about modelling techniques.

Modelling stations were set up for them to explore a range of materials from plasticine to foam board.


They only had 7 minutes at each station to make a model using the techniques shown.


They learned that some materials were quite difficult to manipulate in a short space of time and certain materials lend themselves to specific modelling ideas.


All agreed that the lesson was great fun and they can't wait until they can flex their new modelling skills on the current design project.

Here are some of their finished models:




Sunday, 20 September 2015

Food Technology gets going

Our first Year 10 GCSE Food Technology students tried out the new classroom this week.  Their brief was to practise the skill of enrobing by making chicken goujons.  Students modified their recipes by adding different flavours to the goujons and by making a dipping sauce of their choice as an accompaniment.  


Josh Walker created an Italian themed dish by adding parmesan cheese to his breadcrumbs and making a roasted garlic and tomato dip.


Anabelle Taylor made a delicious guacamole dip to complement her dish. The students thoroughly enjoyed creating their dishes and were delighted with the new facilities.

Saturday, 19 September 2015

Design Detectives

Year 9 Product Designers were roaming around the DT department this week. They were searching for products they could improve using an analysis tool called PMI (plus,minus, interesting)
Amazingly, when they fed back at the end of the lesson they had all chosen differen products to redesign!


Over the next few weeks they will be developing their modelling skills before redesigning these products.

Saturday, 12 September 2015

Good Design

The new AS Product Designers started their course by studying Dieter Rams Ten Principles of Good Design.
They each gave a short presentation about a product they believed embodied good design.
The clear winner was Meera who had chosen the canvas tote bag - elegant and simple - well done!