DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY A2 LEVEL
Design:Resistant Materials
Unit 3:
F523 (Designing, Making & Evaluating)
The majority of Year 13 is devoted to designing,making & evaluating a product of the students choice. The work covered in Year 12 provides the foundation for this.
The students shows their design thinking in a 40 - 50 slide "Powerpoint" e-folio that uses digital images, video, audio (and as you can see below ),2D & 3D CAD work to show how the final design has developed.
Students then make (in the most appropriate Resistant Material) a full working prototype of their design.
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TeleRobot - Nathan Puppet Head - Darren
TeleRobot & Controller Skate Cage - Tom
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Unit:4
Unit F524 (Product Design Examination)
A two and a half hour design based examination, the solution to which is worked on A3 paper as a combination of sketches and annotation.
Topics covered throughout the course range from exploring all aspects of the design process, theoretical and practical exploration of different resistant materials, environmental and moral issues and Computer Aided Design and Manufacture.
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INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMME
Guernsey Grammar School and Sixth Form Centre is a candidate school* for the Diploma Programme. This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School. IB World Schools share a common philosophy—a commitment to high-quality, challenging, international education—that we believe is important for our students. * Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its three academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP) or the Diploma Programme (and in addition the IB Career-related Certificate). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted. For further information about the IB and its programmes visit www.ibo.org
Sixth Form Prospectus
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International Baccalaureate Dipoloma Programme Prospectus
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7 to 11 Information For Parents Booklet
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Sixth Form Students
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We asked some of our students to tell us about their reason behind chosing their programme of study at the Sixth Form Centre. Click their name to view their profile. Jade, Ethan, Alex, Andre, Constance and Lauren