Year 7 D&T Wooden Project

Year 7 have been working hard making some creative wooden toys this term! They have been effectively applying a variety of skills and techniques in working with timber to produce really high quality products. Check out some of the excellent examples they've been designing and making so far:

We love how each one is unique and students are challenging themselves with the complexity of their designs! Be on the look out for more projects from our students and updates on other exciting things happening in the D&T department. Please feel free to leave us any comments, we'd love to hear from you!

Textiles

Ellie Hall one of our own GCSE Textiles students came back to Beaumont on November 1st, to show her stunning portfolio of work. Thanks so much for your inspiring talk, from Mrs ten Dam!

Check out her website: www.eleanordaisycostumes.com 

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One of Ellie's amazing pieces

Ellie showing one of her costumes

Mrs Ruth McCorkindale shared her amazing knowledge and  experience from eighteen years as Head of Wardrobe at the West end musical 'Mama Mia'.

 

Ruth with the iconic boots!

She gave such a detailed account of all the different roles that are needed and lots of career tips! Thank you so much from Mrs ten Dam.

KS3 D&T Students Working with Metal

Our KS3 curriculum at Beaumont School has had an overhaul this year to ensure our students will be prepared for the new GCSE specification coming into play very soon!

As students will need to know something about all material areas for the new GCSE, we've introduced a fun metal pendant project into the curriculum where students can learn more about copper properties and how to work with metals. The students are thoroughly enjoying it and they've had amazing outcomes so far: we took advantage of the beautiful Autumn weather this week to have a photo shoot outside!

Check out the fantastic work being produced by our students below!

Be on the look out for more projects from our students and updates on other exciting things happening in the D&T department! Please feel free to leave us any comments, we'd love to hear from you!

Year 8 Resistant Materials: Creative Storage

This year in year 8, students have been in the D&T workshop designing and manufacturing creative storage products! All products were built around a box frame and then extended to suit their needs and personal designs!

Check out the great results below:

French students visit the Textiles department

15 French students visited the Textiles students at Beaumont from a vocational school in South Eastern France. It was a wonderful morning sharing with our Year 10 and 11 students. The French students toured the school, which they loved.

The students were spending five days in London visiting cultural sights and visiting Wendy Shorter and doing an upholstery workshop with Wendy in Colney Heath. Therefore they spent the morning at Beaumont, learning about school life in an English school.

Thanks go to Mrs Dorothee Fisher and Suzanne Messonier, their teachers - it was a great morning.


Mrs ten Dam

FESTIVAL OF TEXTILES

FESTIVAL OF TEXTILES - Beaumont School Textiles will exhibit!

SATURDAY 2ND JULY 2016

THE DISCOVERY CENTRE

OAKLANDS COLLEGE 

HATFIELD ROAD, ST ALBANS

9.30am - 4pm

MICHELE CARRAGHER - PRINCIPAL EMBROIDERER TO THE GAME OF THRONES

DIANA SPRINGALL - UK TEXTILES ARTIST AND TUTOR

DEMONSTRATORS AND TRADERS.

TICKETS IN ADVANCE:
£15.00 ADULTS
£5.00 CHILDREN AND STUDENTS.

CONTACT

CAROLINE WALFORD

hertsbranch@gmail.com

 https://hertsbranch.wordpress.com/

GCSE Product Design & Resistant Materials Projects

Congratulations to our GCSE Product Design and Resistant Materials students who have finally finished their courses (just one exam to go!). It has been a long 2 year journey, and we are really proud of the amazing work that has been produced by them! Check out some of our year 11's final products below:

We are really proud of their achievements and wish year 11 lots of luck in their upcoming exams!

Year 7 CED: The Chocolate Factory Experience Part 2!

Last week saw 7x spend their Curriculum Enrichment Day doing the Chocolate Factory Experience! Just like 7Y did back in January, which you can read about here, students took on their own roles in the factory gaining experience in 4 different areas: making the chocolates in Food, making the origami boxes in Product Design, making the labels in Textiles and the promotional key ring in Resistant Materials.

Students did a fantastic job and many Employee of the Day awards were handed out. Here are some pictures of the boxes created throughout the day:

Well done to all who took part, and we are so glad to hear students enjoyed themselves so much. We look forward to doing this again with next year's year 7 groups too!

Beaumont's new laser cut reception signs!

Beaumont has some flashy new acrylic signs up in reception. These were manufactured on our very own laser cutter with the support of the D&T team and the display technician.

Here's how they turned out!

 

Computerised Sewing Machine

Update on the computerised sewing machine!

Both GCSE Textiles students and KS3 have made good use of the new computerised sewing machine! Thanks again to the PTA!

Mrs ten Dam

Published work!

Sarah Crispp, GCSE Textiles

I am delighted that Sarah Crispp's coursework piece for GCSE Textiles, has been selected to go into Cutting Edge magazine! We will also receive a cheque for £100 to spend on goodies for the Department.This is a great triumph for her, well done!

Mrs ten Dam

Year 7 CED: The Chocolate Factory Experience

Last week, 7y spent their Curriculum Enrichment Day experiencing batch production by working in a chocolate factory in D&T! There were 4 stations throughout the day: making the chocolates in Food, making the origami boxes in Product Design, making the labels in Textiles and making a promotional key ring in Resistant Materials.

All students were responsible for one area of the production line to end up with a batch of over 100 chocolate boxes by the end of the day. Some students even took on extra responsibilities to work as managers and quality control inspectors during the process!

They all did a fantastic job, with some students earning an "Employee of the Day" certificate for their exceptional efforts or performance.

Here is an example of the finished product that was created by 7y using batch production:

Well done to all, and we look forward to doing this with 7x on the next CED in March!

Year 9 Resistant Materials: Mechanical Object

Students in year 9 have been developing their skills in Resistant Materials to design and manufacture clever mechanical objects. These skills will come in handy for students choosing to study Product Design at GCSE, as one of their projects is going to be Resistant Materials / practical based!

Students designed and manufactured these independently solving complex issues along the way with real determination and resilience! Some even made use of the laser cutter to add that extra touch!
Check them some of the amazing products below:

   

We look forward to seeing what the next rotation of year 9 students come up with very soon!