Spreading acrylic cement on joint surfaces; pouring from a large stock container to smaller containers.

 

A typical KS3 project, where pupils will glue pieces of acrylic sheet together to form a block which can then be shaped and polished. By adding a drilled hole the shape could become a key fob.

The MRATs below cover the predicted activity covered by a pupil in making an acrylic key fob. Including gluing the pieces together, shaping and polishing using machines and hand tools, and drilling a hole.

This is a downloadable Word document that should be amended in school to reflect the activity in your department. This passport is for recording three skills to be covered by pupils working in Food, Textiles and Resistant Materials in Year 7.

In this issue we take an in depth look at the new draft GCSE specifications for Technology. We look at what is on offer from the Textiles Skills Academy and the Food Teachers Centre.

We review a painless introduction to microcontrollers as well as the usual health and safety updates.