Design & Technology
The Design & Technology department at Cockermouth School strives to develop students’ knowledge and understanding to evolve their design thinking and manufacturing skills so that they can be successful in all areas of Design and Technology.
We pride ourselves on delivering a curriculum in which students are motivated by hands-on experience of the full design process, using a range of skills including investigative and research skills, iterative design skills modelling and manufacturing, as well as critical analysis and evaluative skills. We allow students to experiment and take risks, in a safe and positive learning environment. We challenge students to produce high quality outcomes.
Imaginative teaching embraces new technologies; resembling modern, industrial processes, whilst retaining the best of traditional practices. Students learn to be conscious about their design choices and the impact modern technology has, both on society and our environment; this is embedded throughout their journey in Design & Technology.
We are confident that students leave our department having the skills and confidence to innovate and produce creative solutions to real-world problems.
Key Stage 5
Students who opt to take Design & Technology at A Level follow the Edexcel specification which consists of 50% NEA and 50% terminal written exam.
Students are involved in iterative design and creative processes, to explore, create and evaluate. This prepares learners to become critical, creative and innovative designers, engineers and consumers of the future.
In the iterative design project, students are involved in working on a single extended project, a research, analysis, design, make and evaluate task. Here students are required to produce their own design brief, working with a client to research and analyse a problem. They then design, model and make a working solution, culminating in a marketing strategy of the product and final client and student evaluations with further suggested improvements.
For more information on the A Level Design & Technology specification use this link.