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Design and Technology

Years 9-10

This course builds on the experiences of the students in the mandatory Technology course in Years 7 and 8. As the course title suggests there will be opportunities for students to:

·           Develop an understanding of the range of technological activities and their applications

·           Develop confidence and competence in the use of technological resources and processes

·           Design and realise solutions to identified needs

·           Develop an awareness and appreciation of the impact of design and technology on everyday life.

Students encounter the design process in a variety of contexts. They complete at least four Design Projects drawn from different contexts, each aimed to provide them with practical experiences in designing, making, evaluating, using computers, communicating, marketing and managing.

The Years 9 and 10 course places significant emphasis on developing skills in production while at the same time providing opportunities for students' creative efforts to come to fruition. Year 10 students are given the opportunity to develop an Individual Design Project where they set their own design brief and criteria for themselves. As such, this course offers exciting prospects for the development of innovative and creative design ideas to be manufactured to meet the needs of the design brief.

Years 11-12

Design and Technology is extremely boring for those who want everything in the world to remain the same. But for students who love change, who thrive on new trends and who love to create solutions, then this course is for you. From personal fashion to environmental problems, from sustainable energy to simply solving a real NEED you might have, this course will excite the creative mind of the designer lurking inside each student.

Designed in two parts, this course begins with Preliminary units covering everything students will need to build their knowledge and skills to tackle the HSC years' finale – the Major Design Project (MDP).

While the practical nature of this course is self evident, the ability to find information and document it is important. Students learn to develop ideas, think through a problem and become self-motivated in their work!

This subject is not for the faint hearted. It is for those who love excitement, satisfaction and the thrill of the chase to develop a solution.

With six nominations to the Board of Studies DesignTech exhibitions of outstanding major projects in 2006 (2 of which were in the top 1% of the state) All Saints' College Bathurst has an outstanding record of bringing out the creative best in our Design & Technology students.