1.  Science – Physics, Chemistry, Biology  Design and Technology – Textiles Technology, Food and Nutrition, Product Design  Mathematics Y8 STEM at SHS Spalding High School Happy

2.  is about using different materials to design and make things to meet our needs and wants  prepares you so that you can participate in tomorrow’s rapidly changing society  will help you learn to think creatively so that you can solve problems and improve the quality of life  allows you to develop a range of ideas to meet our needs and wants  allows you to make some of your ideas so that you can develop a range of skills  involves testing and evaluating you work, both the design ideas and the practical to see if they are suitable What is Design and Technology? Spalding High School Education

3. WIDENING HORIZONS Studying DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY offers you a great opportunity to learn and develop your creativity and interests in a wide variety of materials and enjoy the challenge of designing and making to solve problems or needs. Have you heard of any of these careers? Fashion or Fabric Designer Nutritionist Museum Curator New Product Development Chef Medical Textiles Designer Supermarket Buyer Costume Maker for Performing Arts Food Journalist Television/Radio Food Researcher Architect Graphic Designer Astro Space Engineer Interior Designer Bionic Engineer Virtual Reality Designer Dye Technologist Design and Technology Teacher!! Spalding High School Refection

4. Bert’s Pyjamas  Additional skills and application  Design promotion to develop creativity  Re-branding Beyond the curriculum:  Fashion Club  College of West Anglia Fashion Challenge  Y9 visit to the V & A Museum Y8 Textile Technology Spalding High School Encouragement

5. The emphasis continues to be:  Cooking healthy food choices  Good nutritional balance alongside personal preference  Recipes are primarily savoury including muffins, seasonal vegetable soups, Cornish pasties, tomato sauce, bread making and pizza Beyond the curriculum:  Herb and vegetable club Y8 Food and Nutrition Spalding High School Pride

6.  Product design in Y8 focuses on the very current issue of sustainability in design  Pupils design and make a clock to remind us that time is running out regarding the use of fossil fuels and for reducing global warming  A range of new materials and equipment are used  Computer controlled manufacturing takes place based on pupils own computer aided designs  Y9 will introduce robotics to pupils Y8 Product Design Spalding High School Excellence

7.  Within the mathematics curriculum there are five main topics:  Number  Algebra  Ration, proportion and rates of change  Geometry and measure (shape)  Probability and statistics Y8 Mathematics Spalding High School Inspirational

8.  Junior (7-8), Intermediate (9-11) and Senior (12-13) Maths Challenges  Team challenges to compete against other Lincolnshire schools  The National Cypher Challenge (just underway) Mathematics Beyond the Curriculum Spalding High School Teamwork

9. Physics Light and sound Electromagnetism Space Chemistry Materials and their uses Structure of the Earth Y8 Science Spalding High School Creative

10. How the body works Diseases – causes and prevention Plants Beyond the curriculum:  Chemistry Club  Various competitions  Y9 visit to The Big Bang Festival  STEM activities Biology Spalding High School Challenge