Design and Technology prepares students to learn and grow safely and competently and to become responsible global citizens in this technology-led 21st century.
They learn to think and act creatively and innovatively employing a range of hands-on and problem-solving skills. They must identify and investigate needs, wants and opportunities and respond to them by developing a range of ideas and making products and systems. They combine intellectual and practical skills with an understanding of aesthetics, cultural, environmental and social issues, function and safety, marketing and industrial practices. By systematically integrating and applying such, students present, reflect on and evaluate their possible solutions and final artefacts. Through Design and Technology, students should become informed and discriminating users of products and innovators.
In Key Stage 3, Design and Technology is a subject for all students. It is one of the IGCSE subjects. In the IB Diploma Programme, it is one of the Group 4 Experimental Sciences. Students experience a wide range of Design and Technology activities which are taught through a series of integrated and cross-disciplinary projects. Such include work in plastics, wood, metal, card, paper, structures, electronics, mechanisms and control. In addition, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is one of the major tools used throughout the curriculum.
The Design and Technology Department has two well-equipped laboratories and a sizable collection of reference materials. It has three highly qualified full-time teaching staff and one full-time technician.
