Earlier this year Northfield Academy got a laser cutter for the Design and Technology department, this technology will contribute the way pupils will be able to produce high quality products as it can cut materials like wood and plastic. This has already been successful for teachers and pupils as they are now able to trained to use it in classes.

A successful project with the laser cutter was the Young Enterprise group Fields of Favour used the machine to personalise wooden hearts for valentines day which was a big hit selling over 50 hearts in 4 days.

We are going to use this technology for many projects and classes such as woodwork and metal work in the future.