Meet the Team
Acting Head of Faculty Miss A Munro alice.munro@castlephoenixtrust.org.uk
Deputy Head of Faculty Miss A Munro alice.munro@castlephoenixtrust.org.uk
| PRODUCT DESIGN | Link |
| Year 7 is a foundation course where students learn how to use the range of equipment and machinery within the Product Design area. Health and Safety is taught and students complete a ‘Driving Licence’ as they experience each new piece of major equipment – such as the drilling machine, sanding machine, vacuum former etc. Lessons are a mixture of design-based and practical work. Students use CAD/CAM alongside traditional skills using wood working tools to manufacture a wooden maze game and a personalised laser cut key fob. Food, Textiles and Product Design are on rotation which means the student will study two rotations of each subject as there is 6 half terms, 3 full terms per academic year. | Knowledge Organiser — Kingsbury School – A Specialist Science and Mathematics Academy (fireflycloud.net) |
| Year 8 continue to develop designing and making skills using a variety of processes, equipment and materials. Students are introduced to designing for a specific market and style. They design and create a decorative trinket box using a combination of soft woods, hard wood and manufactured board. Food, Textiles and Product Design are on rotation which means the student will study two rotations of each subject as there is 6 half terms, 3 full terms per academic year. | Knowledge Organiser — Kingsbury School – A Specialist Science and Mathematics Academy (fireflycloud.net) |
| Year 9 students work individually to develop designs upcycling, further developing and consolidating prior learning along with an appreciation of the moral and environmental responsibilities that the designer should consider when developing solutions for the benefit of everyone. Students are encouraged to take risks and be creative with their design thinking, exploring the qualities and characteristics of materials and producing products for a chosen style and target group. Food, Textiles and Product Design are on rotation which means the student will study two rotations of each subject as there is 6 half terms, 3 full terms per academic year. | Knowledge Organiser — Kingsbury School – A Specialist Science and Mathematics Academy (fireflycloud.net) |
| Year 10 September to December – Component 2 Theory based lessons with practical elements. Core technical principles – Materials and their working properties, Papers and boards, Natural and manufactured timbers, Metal and alloys, Polymers, Mechanical Devices and Movement and magnitude of Rotary systems, levers, linkages. January to April – Component 2 Theory based lessons with practical elements. Core technical principles continued- Energy generation and storage. Renewables, nuclear, fossil fuels, Development of new materials, Modern, composites, technical textiles, smart materials. In-depth technical principles – Metals, plastics, timbers. Sources and origins, properties, social and ecological issues, stock forms, commercial processing, finishing. April – July – Component 1 preparation. Designing and Making principles, Investigating, designing, making, evaluating and Iterative design exercises. | Support — Kingsbury School – A Specialist Science and Mathematics Academy (fireflycloud.net) |
| Year 11 Component 1 – Contextual Challenge Self-directed project with their chosen Design Brief. Pupils will draw upon the skills learned over the past 4 years and will follow an iterative design process to create a final coursework piece, a detailed folder of work that demonstrates analysis and decision making. A formal presentation folder that summarises the challenge. The final set of Non Examined Assessment Design Briefs will be issued by the examination board at the beginning of June. Students are required to explore all of the briefs and document the analysis prior to the selection of their chosen Brief. September to December Identifying and investigating design possibilities, developing a design brief and specification and generating and developing design ideas. Deadline Week 3 December January to April Manufacturing a prototype. Deadline Week 4 February Analysing and evaluating design decisions and prototypes and final compilation and submission of project folders. Deadline Week 3 March April to May – Examination preparation. From this point pupils will revisit and develop the core knowledge delivered during year 10 using past questions and practical experimentation in preparation for their 2 hour theory examination | Support — Kingsbury School – A Specialist Science and Mathematics Academy (fireflycloud.net) |