“Art without engineering is dreaming. Engineering without art is calculating.”
Engineering at Boldon develops and broadens the young minds of our students. We deliver life skills, engineering skills and workshops skills. All of these are carried out with an awareness of health and safety, and students work confidently as a part of a team. They will also become competent at using computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Manufacture. Our intent is to make our students fully rounded members of the real life workplace, equipping them with skills to be effective leaders. We have extensive and well equipped workshop facilities which allow students a glimpse of industry.
The main focus is on four areas of equal importance, which cover the:
- development of key engineering practical and technical skills, such as research, observation, measurement, making, using computer-aided design (CAD) and disassembly, where student take apart bike parts and tools.
- knowledge of key engineering sectors (mechanical, electrical/electronic and engineering design) and the interrelation of each in industry. Students are able to visit various industrial sites and gain valuable insight to the different sectors.
- knowledge of the stages involved in planning and implementing an engineering project, where students plan and manufacture given parts of a product.
- knowledge and skills involved in the investigation of solutions to engineering problems in response to a given brief, where students develop their own products.
| Year 9 | Year 10 | Year 11 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Half Term 1 | Aluminium & Mild Steel Key Rings Students will learn about metal working tools to produce 2 accurate keyrings. | Component 2 – Investigating an Engineering Project. 30% Understand materials, components and processes for a given engineered product | Component 3 Exam work Select and Apply skills and techniques in response to an engineering brief |
| Half Term 2 | Casting Ring Student will develop knowledge of range of manufacturing processes and develop their casting skills to produce a ring. | Component 2 – Investigating an Engineering Project. Investigate a given engineered product using disassembly techniques | Component 3 Exam work Evaluate and review the outcomes of the application of skills and techniques in response to an engineering brief |
| Half Term 3 | Coaster Project – Hand sketching, 2D Design, Google Sketchup. Students will develop their 2D Design CAD skills to produce a Drinks Coaster on the laser cutter. | Component 2 – Investigating an Engineering Project. | Component 1 Exploring Engineering Sectors and Design Applications Engineering organisations, functions, job roles and career progression |
| Half Term 4 | Experimenting, collecting Data, scatter graphs Students will investigate real problems and complete experiments to form opinions. | Plan the manufacture of and safely reproduce/inspect/test a given engineered component. | Component 1 Exploring Engineering Sectors and Design Applications The design process |
| Half Term 5 | Metal Bending Project Students will further develop manufacturing processes. | Component 1 Exploring Engineering Sectors and Design Applications 30% Engineering sectors, engineered products and interconnections | Component 1 Exploring Engineering Sectors and Design Applications The design process |
| Half Term 6 | Reverse Engineering Students will reverse engineer a product, Students will investigate the different parts, materials and manufacturing methods of the product. | Component 3 Exam work 40% Understand how to respond to an engineering brief | Course complete |
Year 9
Half Term 1
Aluminium & Mild Steel Key Rings
Students will learn about metal working tools to produce 2 accurate keyrings.
Half Term 2
Casting Ring
Student will develop knowledge of range of manufacturing processes and develop their casting skills to produce a ring.
Half Term 3
Coaster Project – Hand sketching, 2D Design, Google Sketchup.
Students will develop their 2D Design CAD skills to produce a Drinks Coaster on the laser cutter.
Half Term 4
Experimenting, collecting Data, scatter graphs
Students will investigate real problems and complete experiments to form opinions.
Half Term 5
Metal Bending Project
Students will further develop manufacturing processes.
Half Term 6
Reverse Engineering
Students will reverse engineer a product,
Students will investigate the different parts, materials and manufacturing methods of the product.
Year 10
Half Term 1
Component 2 – Investigating an Engineering Project. 30%
Understand materials, components and processes for a given engineered product
Half Term 2
Component 2 – Investigating an Engineering Project.
Investigate a given engineered product using disassembly techniques
Half Term 3
Component 2 – Investigating an Engineering Project.
Half Term 4
Plan the manufacture of and safely reproduce/inspect/test a given engineered component.
Half Term 5
Component 1 Exploring Engineering Sectors and Design Applications 30%
Engineering sectors, engineered products and interconnections
Half Term 6
Component 3 Exam work 40%
Understand how to respond to an engineering brief
Year 11
Half Term 1
Component 3 Exam work
Select and Apply skills and techniques in response to an engineering brief
Half Term 2
Component 3 Exam work
Evaluate and review the outcomes of the application of skills and techniques in response to an engineering brief
Half Term 3
Component 1 Exploring Engineering Sectors and Design Applications
Engineering organisations, functions, job roles and career progression
Half Term 4
Component 1 Exploring Engineering Sectors and Design Applications
The design process
Half Term 5
Component 1 Exploring Engineering Sectors and Design Applications
The design process
Half Term 6
Course complete