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Year 7 Textiles Curriculum Map
In Year 7 health and safety is embedded at the very start from safe working practises in the kitchen to handling and using workshop tools correctly and safely.
In textiles students will design and make their own felt monsters “the scarier the better”!
In food students will learn basic practical skills from using the oven and hob to using knives and electrical equipment.
The basics of nutrition are introduced including the Eatwell guide and students write up their own evaluations after each practical lesson using sensory descriptive words.
Year 7 resistant materials students will create mini plastic key rings as an introduction to working with acrylic. They will design a wooden plant pot for herbs, and be introduced to mechanisms and movement.
Year 8 Textiles Curriculum Map
Students will develop their skills learnt in year 7. Greater emphasis is on the design element with students using their imagination and design skills. In resistant materials they will design and manufacture a desk whilst studying how to market their product. Students will be introduced to electronics and create a wooden clock incorporating their own clock mechanism.
In food more complex skill are introduced, deep frying, sautéing, binding ingredients, shaping along with more complex bakery products.
Students will focus on the three macronutrients, the importance of these and why we need them students are encouraged to taste new foods.
Students will design and make their own felt pencil case incorporating a working zip. Later in the year they will design and make their own wearable technology, a light up scarf for example.
Year 9 Textiles Curriculum Map
In year 9 the focus is on GCSE preparation and for those students taking different options the will learn skills that can be used later in life.
In textiles they will learn cultural and traditional fabrics through clothing and interior design textiles.
Year 9 students have exciting projects to choose from. They can design and make their own bug hotel, birdhouse, bird-feeder with the focus on the environment. The best designs can be manufactured and sold at school events for extra incentive.
Food students will learn food safety in the first 2 weeks and micro nutrients are introduced. Students will learn why micronutrients important and what can happen without vitamins and minerals. Students will learn about why different groups of people have different nutritional requirements. Baking skills are developed alongside knowledge of raising agents.