Subject coordinator of Design Technology. Views are my own. Especially the one out of my kitchen window!

Somerset
Joined January 2014
Taunton school Saturday morning enrichment group create night lights using CAD/CAM
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Year 7 ...2 point perspective buildings following Frank Lloyd-Wright studies @ Taunton Preparatory school
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Quick polymers practical. For Year 8...Using lots of tools & machinery......hand file, wet/dry paper, sanding block, disk sander, polisher, drill, counter sink and strip heater...to create a peg!
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AshTag Design Tech retweeted
so this is clearly the coolest thing we’re all going to see this week – at Melbourne, Victoria
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Owl doorstops by the young designers of the TPS DT enrichment group....what a hoot!
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Super duper clocks from creative Year 7 students at TPS
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Top mind-mapping of plastics by one of our Year 8 designers @tauntonschool
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Oaty, seedy flapperty jack! From Year 6!
Top notch work from one of our talented Year 7 students! Pop Art inspired clocks...more to follow!
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AshTag Design Tech retweeted
Best of luck to Tom Abell and the Somerset Academy lads as they begin their journey to Mumbai for a pre-season camp 🇮🇳 #WeAreSomerset
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School leaders can reduce workload for teachers overnight in 3 quick fixes: 1. Remove colours from marking policies 2. Remove frequency from marking policies 5. Assume meetings are the equivalent cost as a lesson. Are they needed? Effective? Cut down the time by 30 minutes.
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Year 5 complete their mirrors made for the sea life centre
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AshTag Design Tech retweeted
Say goodbye to dirty floors with this booty dispenser xitter.cf/mashable/status/954305…
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Using our new Camm1 to make packaging for the 1st time
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Some of our pupilswere so impressed after using isosketch in class that they had #IsoSketch on their Christmas list!
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Fantastic to see young designers learning their trade using #IsoSketch - top marks to teacher also! #CANdraw # xitter.cf/forcedoctor/status/950…
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Year 8 try their hand at CAD with a little festive one lesson project.
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AshTag Design Tech retweeted
We're having a raffle! Retweet for a chance to win 12 A1 numeracy skills posters doodle.ac
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Hello, first timer on chat. May I ask if anyone has any unusual structures projects for years 7 or 8? #dtchat