Design & Technology Department
Williamwood High School
Congratulations to the DAT Robotics Club who successfully secured their position at the FIRST LEGO League Scottish National Final on Friday. The National Final will take place on Saturday 11th June in Dundee.
Consent forms and information will be sent to parents this week.
Our Robotics Club is currently preparing for the upcoming IET FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge.
FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge is a global STEM programme for teams of young people, to encourage an interest in real world themes and develop key skills that are crucial for their future careers.
Young people work together to explore a given topic and to design, build and program an autonomous LEGO® robot to solve a series of missions.
If you are interested in our club, please see Miss Fox in the Design & Technology department.
Congratulations to all our S1 & 2 award winners who received their badges this week on their continued hard work and dedication.
If your name is on the list above and you have not received your badge, please see Miss Fox in the Design and Technology Department.
We are excited to launch a new SQA Qualification namely Architecture and Creative Industries.
The Level 6 course is available now for S5/S6 students with the Level 5 Architecture to follow shortly for S3/S4 students.
Architecture and Creative Industries at Level 5, introduces students to the world of creative industries and design within Scotland. Research, investigation and creativity are all at the heart of the course, making it interesting and varied. The Architecture and Creative Industries course develops the knowledge and skills required for employment or further study within the Creative Industries.
Architecture and Creative Industries at Level 6, provides candidates with a deeper understanding of the world of creative industries and design within Scotland. This Level 6 course, offers a path of progression from the Level 5 Architecture and Creative Industries course. However, this course can also be taken as a standalone qualification at Level 6, equivalent to a Higher qualification. Research, investigation and creativity are all at the heart of the course, making it interesting and varied. The Architecture and Creative Industries course develops the knowledge and skills required for employment or further study within the Creative Industries.
To summarise within Scotland, there are several Creative Industries. This course offers an insight into the industry sectors of Architecture, Product Design and Graphic Design. Pupils will be afforded the opportunity to gain an insight into all of these sectors and choose the one that they are most interested in to explore further. Throughout the course, pupils will complete varied research and investigation tasks, towards given briefs, culminating in final design proposals. There will also be opportunities for physical modelling in response to tasks.
Please access more information from the appropriate subject tab above, or speak to a member of the Design and Technology department.
A huge congratulations is in order for one of our S6 Higher Graphic Communication candidates, on her successful entry into the Jimmy Choo – Sustainable Fashion Competition.
The design concept submitted by Rebekah was very well received and resulted in her gaining a place at the prestigious JC London Fashion Academy. Rebekah will commence her course at the academy this September.
The department would like to wish the WWHS Lego Robotics team good luck as they compete in the upcoming Scottish finals after earning their place in the regional finals.
The entire team has worked extremely hard to prepare for the final commencing at 8.30am in Perth on Saturday the 29th of February led by Mubbasher and Miss Fox.
We will post updates very soon….
The recent STEM day attended by 50 second year pupils took place on Friday the 13th of December and was organised by K. Gallagher the Principal Teacher of Design and Technology. The theme of the STEM day was a design and engineering task linked to the BP Ultimate Stem Challenge –https://bpes.bp.com/ultimate-stem-challenge
Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) days provide short introductory sessions for S2 students to enhance their understanding of, and aptitude for, problem solving, creativity, design, and engineering. Pupils worked in teams of five to design and manufacture a prototype based on the concept of wearable technology.
Well done to all of the pupils who participated in this year’s STEM day and to the overall winners of the D&T shield. Congratulations to Grace, Reuben, Angelica, Harriet and Olivia who are pictured with Mrs Raeburn (DHT for S2).
The department would also like to thank Ken and Janice Maxted for the delivery of the event on the day.
17 of our S1 and S2 girls attended the SMARTSTEMS active conference at UWS Paisley with Mr Doohan. They took part in a range of science, technology, maths and engineering activities during the day. The girl’s also enjoyed inspiring talks from other females who have been successful in STEM careers.
Just to update you at the midway point of the primary cluster project that everything is going very well, and pupils are enjoying the experience.
Pupils enjoyed a CAD modelling event on the 27th of March which featured the use industry standard software and use of the laser cutter here at Williamwood. Finally a number of pupils will visit Williamwood during the month of May to experience a practical manufacture task on the 29th.
Watch out for more details coming soon along with regular updates on the school twitter sites;
https://twitter.com/WilliamwoodHS
https://twitter.com/NetherleePS/status/1110912634151489536
https://twitter.com/NetherleePS/status/1110911780740624384
Mr Doohan and Miss Gallagher of the Design and Technology department at Williamwood High are once again enjoying the experience of working with the cluster primary schools. The projects this year will allow us the opportunity to share design and production expertise which will result in the pinnacle of product engineering tasks. Pupils will gain an experience of laser cutting, 3D printing, design and manual manufacturing skills. We look forward to working with Netherlee, Carolside and Busby this year.
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