DT Homework

Design & Technology homework topics

- Food	- Textiles	- Resistant Materials
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Year 7 D&T Food:

Month	Subject	Help You Can Give	Homework Set	Resources Needed
Sept	SAFETY AND BASIC SKILLS How to work safely & Hygienically with food.	Show examples of equipment if possible. Ensure correct amounts.	Complete work sheet on equipment. Collect ingredients for Pizza Toast.	Scales (Digital).
	Application of learned work	Give your child a recipe, identify what appliance would be used.	Use a recipe book and find 3 recipes One which uses the oven, one the grill and one the hob.	Recipe books Internet.
	Application of learned work	Ensure correct amounts Take pupil shopping for ingredients.	Ingredients for next practical.	Scales (Digital).
	Evaluation	Discuss the practical & booklet work with your child, comment on the quality of it & and how to improve it.	Evaluation of practical with opinions from at least 3 other people. Extension: how could they be improved?	Refer to Level Ladders descriptors in booklet.
Oct	Application of learned work	Ensure correct amounts Take pupil shopping for ingredients.	Ingredients for Pasta Salad.	Scales (Digital).
	Application of learned work	Discuss with your child.	Explain how pasta salad could be part of a main meal.	Recipe books Internet.
	DESIGN AND MAKE A NEW SOUP (Assessed piece of work). To learn about the nutritional benefits of fruits and vegetables.	Ensure correct amounts. Take pupil shopping for ingredients.	Ingredients for fruit salad	Scales (Digital).
	Application of learned work	Discuss with your child.	Find out one fact they did not already know about soup. Bring a picture from internet of a soup to next lesson.	Internet.
	Application of learned work	Ensure correct amounts. Take pupil shopping for ingredients.	Ingredients for next practical.	Scales (Digital).
Nov	Application of learned work	Discuss with your child . Make a list of who to ask.	Ask 3 people to give their views on the cakes.
	Application of learned work.	Ensure correct amounts. Take pupil shopping for ingredients.	Find out the price for your chosen soup design.	Scales (Digital).
	Develop to final idea.	Experiment with the chosen idea Discuss with your child.	Modify final design in light of findings from sensory analysis of existing products and alter costing if necessary.	Booklet.
	Application of learned work.	Discuss with your child.	Write down how the crumble could be made into a meal, thinking about colour, texture, flavour.	Booklet.
Dec	Application of learned work.	Ensure correct amounts Take pupil shopping for ingredients.	Ingredients for soup.	Scales (Digital).
	Evaluation.	Discuss the practical & booklet work with your child , comment on the quality of it and how to improve it.	Ask 3 people to taste your soup, say how it could be improved and record their comments.	Soup Booklet.
	Application of learned work.	Check all sections of booklet.	Finish any incomplete work for final assessment.	Refer to Level Ladders descriptors in booklet.

Year 7 D&T Textiles:

Month	Subject	How you can help your child	Homework	Websites and Resources
Sept	Bookmark Project To learn names of major parts of the sewing machine	Show eg. of sewing machine. Test pupil on names of parts. Discuss main points from info. found on the internet.	Picture of sewing machine to label. Find out about the history of the sewing machine. Half a page in their own words – not copied from the internet).	Sewing machine pictures. Internet. Internet/ encyclopedia.
	Application of learned work	Look at 4 different makes/types of sewing machines.	Find out the price and make of 4 new sewing machines.	Internet. Catalogues.
	Application of learned work	Test pupil on hazards.	Safety sheet – circle hazard.	Worksheet.
Oct	Cushion Project To learn names of major parts of the iron.	Test pupil on names of parts.	Labelling an iron sheet from pictures of irons from catalogues.	Internet. Worksheet.
	Designing	Discuss the practical work with your child , comment on the quality of it and how to improve it.	Evaluate designs and technique.
	Application of learned work	Pupil to explain the 2 methods of embellishment.	Compare 2 methods of embellishments, used stating the benefits and limitations of each.
	Creativity Research - collect information.	Provide Argos/Ikea/Tesco catalogues.	To collect any information and/or images they need regarding their theme for their cushions ready to design next week.	Internet. Catalogues, Magazines, Photos, etc.
Nov	Designing	Experiment with the chosen idea.	Bring in from home any materials, badges, embellishments they wish to use that are not provided by school.
	Application of learned work	Discuss main points on cost.	Costing worksheet.	Worksheet.
	Planning	Ask your child to explain how their project was made.	Flow chart worksheet.	Worksheet.
	Application of learned work	Discuss main points from information found.	Properties sheet – collect pictures from catalogues of items to show different properties – warm, soft, waterproof, stretchy, absorbent, and strong. All must be Textiles.	Worksheet. Internet. Catalogues, Magazines, Photos, etc.
Dec	Application of learned work	Help pupils match names to equipment.	Worksheet. Equipment.	Worksheet.

Year 7 D&T Resistant Materials:

Month	Subject	How you can help your child	Homework	Websites and Resources
Sep	Coaster project Design Process –
	Creativity Research - collect information.	Refer to Level Ladders descriptors in booklet. Provide Argos/Ikea/Tesco catalogues.	collect pictures of coasters/ place mats Images of to support design.	Level Ladders descriptors Internet, catalogues, Magazines, Photos, etc.
	Brief & Specification Complete relevant sections in booklet.		Finish annotation and analysis for homework.
	Designing Draw 6 patterns as decoration for the coaster.	6 designs using 3 stripes only. Stripes can be any size & shape.	Add colour to the designs.	Paints, crayons, felt tips.
	Develop to final idea Redraw chosen idea.	Experiment with the chosen idea, redraw twice.	Add colour to your development/final idea drawing.
Oct	Application of learned work	Ask your child to find items in different rooms.	Have a look around your house and list 10 items that are made from plastic and 10 made from wood.
	Planning	Ask your child to explain how their project was made.	Cut and paste flowchart work sheet.
	Application of learned work	Discuss how the booklet work done so far can be improved.	Check creativity work in booklet against the level descriptors & improve the work.	Refer to Level Ladders descriptors in booklet.
	Application of learned work	Refer to Level Ladders descriptors in booklet.	Check designing work in booklet against the level descriptors & improve the work.	Refer to Level Ladders descriptors in booklet.
Nov	Application of learned work		Make a paper box to prove NET. Decorate paper box. Decorate card box.	Internet.
Nov	Evaluation	Discuss the practical & booklet work with your child , comment on the quality of it &and how to improve it.	Complete & check evaluation against level descriptors.	Refer to Level Ladders descriptors in booklet.

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