Science – Physics, Chemistry, Biology

Design and Technology – Textiles

Technology, Food and Nutrition, Product

Design

Mathematics

Y8 STEM at SHS

Spalding High School Happy

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

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 DesignerNutritionist

Museum CuratorNew Product Development Chef

Medical Textiles Designer Supermarket Buyer

Costume Maker for Performing ArtsFood Journalist

Television/Radio Food ResearcherArchitect

Graphic Designer Astro Space Engineer

Interior DesignerBionic Engineer

Virtual Reality DesignerDye Technologist

Design and Technology Teacher!!    

      

Spalding High School Refection

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

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

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

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

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

PhysicsLight and sound

ElectromagnetismSpace

ChemistryMaterials and their usesStructure of the Earth

Y8 Science

Spalding High School Creative

How the body worksDiseases – 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