Curriculum Relevance

Key Stage 3 Design and Technology
During this key stage, pupils design and make products, working with a range of materials. They work out their ideas with a greater technical precision, taking proper account of functional, economic and aesthetic factors. Sometimes the scale of the design task makes it necessary for pupils to work in teams. They use elements of mathematics, science and art and use ICT applications, including computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacture (CAM), as an integral part of designing and making. Pupils develop their understanding of design through the study of existing products and being influenced by designers, and others from industry and commerce.

Scottish Level E
Standard Grade: Craft and Design
Higher Still: Prog 3: Design, Engineering and Technology: Technological Studies: Int 2; Bi –level potential: Control Systems - Contextualises topic and shows a range of applications;
Applied Analogue and Digital Electronics – Integrates electronics, control and analogue/digital devices
Higher Still Prog 5: Design, Engineering and Technology: Craft and Design: Int 2; Higher; Adv H; Bi-level potential: Designing for People; Designing for Manufacture – General background to all outcomes included in these programmes; chair for Int 2/Higher: ’Tear- down’ for Higher/Advanced higher