“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”
Steve Jobs, Apple
The Faculty
The Art, Design, and Technology Faculty at Brinsworth Academy encompasses Art & Design including Photography and Textiles, Design & Technology, and Construction. Our Faculty strives to ensure each student, at each key stage, is given the opportunity to discover and hone their creative identity and skills with confidence.
Art, Design and Technology shapes the past, present, and future of our world and our vision is to inspire and empower our students to imagine, enquire and communicate, develop rigorous technical and practical skills, and respond creatively.
Ours students learn a wide variety of transferable skills including:
- Critical thinking skills and creative problem solving
- Practical and technical skills across a wide range of materials and processes
- Communication skills both verbal and written to analyse, interpret, express, apply, explain and evaluate
- Independence, organization, resilience, and responsibility
- Respect and understanding of different cultures, artists, craftspeople and designers.
We have 7 teaching staff who are dedicated to enabling our students to Achieve Excellence and in ensuring that every student is thoroughly prepared for the next step in their education.
Design Technology
Design Technology is an inspiring subject which enables students to actively contribute to the creativity, culture, wealth and well-being of themselves and their community. Students learn how to take risks, becoming resourceful, innovative, enterprising and capable citizens. Using creativity and imagination, students design and make products that solve real and relevant problems.
Within our Faculty we have a spacious computer suite equipped with CAD and Sketch Up software and 2 large teaching workshops with equipment and machinery to facilitate a wide variety of practical and manufacturing skills to manipulate wood, acrylic, metal, electronics and create graphic work. We also have a 3D printer and laser cutter. We have 1 large Food Technology room which is fully equipped to offer a diverse range of cooking skills.
Curriculum Maps
The curriculum maps can be found on the links below:
