Design and Technology at Stringer

Design plays a much bigger part in our daily lives than most of us realise. From the houses we live in, the clothes we wear, the technology we communicate with, to the transport we travel on, in fact all day every day we are constantly using and relying on products that have been designed to support our needs and desires.

Design and technology is delivered to enrich the diverse curriculum at Dorothy Stringer. We endeavour to provide a positive experience of the design and make process, where students are encouraged to take pride in producing products of worth through an attention to quality and detail.

At Stringer we work to engage students in understanding the visual and practical importance of designing, encouraging them to be creative when identifying design problems and to be innovative in generating their solutions. Through the range of material areas offered here at Stringer students are given the opportunity to develop the following skills:

Technology Courses

The Lower School course is highly diverse providing pupils with the opportunity to work in four D&T subject areas Resistant Materials, Electronics, Food, and Textiles Technology. Students are helped to understand: control systems, energy, ergonomics, construction, aesthetics, manufacture, advertising, marketing and designing, their impact on the user, society and the environment.

D&T Topic Cycle

You can download further information on topics covered within each D&T specialst area at KS3 here >>

In the Upper School students opt for one of the specialist areas within Design and Technology at GCSE level.