HOW TO PREPARE / WHAT SUPPORT CAN BE PROVIDED AT HOME:
A time plan of controlled assessment and deadline dates will be sent home to parents; A copy of Gaynes School’s booklet regarding controlled assessments provided to parents; Encourage your child to practise their drawing skills and revise key topics at home using the following websites: www.technologystudent.com www.mr-dt.com These websites offer the pupils activities to complete that support what is being taught during lessons. Making sure your child adheres to the time plan and deadline dates. Encourage your child to attend intervention for extra support to secure improve the grade of their controlled assessment. Ensure your child is revising and preparing for exam units and attending the revision classes.
ASSESSMENT:
Unit A551 (controlled assessment) - developing and applying design skills (30%) Unit A552 – Innovation Challenge (20%) This is a structured practical exam that will take place in the workshop, pupils will be given a problem to solve and they will need to use modelling materials to do this. Pupils will need to be able to write a specification, create a range of designs and evaluate their work. Unit A553 – (controlled assessment) Making, Testing and Marketing (30%) Unit A554 – Design influences (20%) – written paper based on design influences and existing designers. Pupils will need to be able to answer questions based on a range of design topics such as sustainability, globalisation, marketing etc.