Design Technology
Design Technology at Trinity
Every pupil does Design Technology during Key Stage 3 (Years 7, 8 & 9). They have a double lesson each week. Usually, the pupils have a teacher for 6 to 8 weeks for a particular project and then move on to do a new project with a different Technology teacher. This enables them to cover all the areas of DT which are: Graphic Products, Food Technology, Textiles Technology, Systems & Control and Resistant Materials.
Design Technology on the Trinity Website
Recent DT News
The DT Department has been busy building props for this year's show, We Will Rock You.
The first rotation of the Year 8 DT groups has ended and the students have been taking their work home.
AS Level DT students have just completed their most recent mini-project, chrome plated copper whistles.
Year 9 have designed a hat and collected money for a Mount Kilimanjaro charity expedition.
On Monday 16th July, pupils battled it out in the DT Ready Steady Cook inter-house competition.
One of the options organized for activities day on Friday 6th July was a Passendaele WW1 reenactment.
Coursework Clinic
The Design Technology department runs a coursework clinic after school (3:30-4:30pm) every Monday and Tuesday in room 16. The clinic aims to support Year 10, 11, 12 and 13 pupils and allows them to do extra work out of class. This is for all parts of Design Technology; Electronics, Textiles, Graphics, Resistant Materials and Food.
Coursework at GCSE and A-Level in Design Technology accounts for 60% of the overall marks - a major and deciding part of the course. Only half of this mark is practical work. This means about a third of the final mark is based solely on the written work produced in folders.
If you want to come along, just turn up! For any further information speak to Mr Miller.
