The Design Team welcomes you to the Design Faculty in our dedicated facilities that include Product Design, Textiles and Food & Nutrition. In this important curriculum area students research products, create ideas, explore design and then learn the skills to make their products. Each product is analysed and evaluated throughout the project. Students work with plastic, wood, metal, fabric and new smart materials. In Product Design they will construct and form these materials to make functional and decorative objects for practical solutions. In Food & Nutrition they explore diet, health nutrition, practical preparation and cooking skills, examine culture and taste to create food products for a consumer. In Textiles students research design styles, explore suitable materials and create textile garments in an imaginative and tactile way developing many important skill along the way. All this is taught in Design and Art equipped rooms with specialist teachers, using hand tools, workshop machines, computer aided design, laser cutting and 3D printing technology. During Key Stage 3 students will investigate, explore and learn design disciplines from one off items to mass manufacturing production employed by companies throughout the world. Environmental sustainability, social economic understanding are also explored, giving students the knowledge and breadth to be innovative with alternative ways of working and manufacturing to improve our lives. The Design Faculty regularly competes in competitions, presents whole Day Design workshops accessing companies and universities to deliver Design days. Students gain places on STEM based activities such as Marine Engineering and Rail Transport Infrastructure Design company visits and opportunities to do exhibition visits and community events. The Design Faculty Product Design, Textiles, Food & Nutrition Staff present: Mr Tucker, Mrs Harrison, Mrs Jarvis, Mr Brown, Mrs Earnshaw, Mrs Duer and Mrs Staszkiewicz Rooms: 0-01, 0-04 and 0-05
During the Open Evening Bitterne Park students will be working on their projects, demonstrating design, exploring and making techniques with a variety of materials and be on hand to answer any questions about the Design Department from Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 4. Guests to the evening may like to try their hand with various practical activities in our rooms and see how computer aided technology with CAD/CAM creates a perfect product using a Laser Cutter. Please come along, talk to students, staff and join in. The teaching staff of the Design Faculty will seek to answer any questions you may have on our subject.
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