The spring edition of Futureminds has articles from a range of contributors, with advice about writing assessments, the history of the 555 timer chip, how to use exercise books in D&T, Scalextric4Schools, The Design Ventura challenge, news from the Food Teachers Centre and a guide to LEV testing, plus the usual smallprint, and look out for something a bit different on the last page...

Welcome to the spring 2018 edition of Futureminds.

You will find articles on running the NEA in GCSE D&T, updates from the Food Teachers Centre, Textiles Academy, setting up a makerspace, Art and Design news and more...

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.

This is a 'bumper' edition, with articles covering: mobile kitchens, wall painting, power tools, D&T projects, 3D printing, food resources, drone racing, textiles careers, competitions, and some H&S updates in the 'smallprint'.