General Technologies

What Students Learn

Following the national curriculum, students explore technological design and practical problem solving, developing solutions from identified needs. Materials and structures are studied through making and evaluation, with attention to functional requirements and resource constraints.

Learning Focus

1. Needs and design: identify problems and evaluation criteria

2. Materials and structures: compare properties and construction methods

3. Making and revision: develop solutions and revise through feedback

4. Systems and evaluation: analyze functions and constraints alongside impacts

Learning Outcomes

Students explain design decisions, compare feasible alternatives, and evaluate performance through practical work. Sound working practices and collaboration develop understanding of connections between technology and everyday life.