Our Further Learning Recommendations
We have shared additional curriculum resources to help your child excel in their learning.
Year 7 Learning Resources
Doing
Design software and apps – suitable for tablets, phones and computers:
‘PROCREATE’ – https://procreate.com Excellent software for design, digital imaging and manipulation.
Watching and Listening
- Grand Designs – download on channel 4. Engineering, architecture, interior design, spatial design. https://www.channel4.com/programmes/grand-designs
Reading
- Jony Ive: The genius behind Apple’s greatest products.
- The eco design handbook – a complete source book.
- The Story of Food by DK
- Subscription needed (some articles are free of charge). https://www.designweek.co.uk
- Subscription needed. https://www.designcurial.com/aboutus/blueprint-home-page.html
- Subscription needed: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/article/good-food-mag-promo-offer
- Incredible Edibles: A Science-Flavoured Cookbook by Stefan Gates
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/zby2bdm
- Food a fact of life https://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk
Year 8 Learning Resources
Doing
Design software and apps – suitable for tablets, phones and computers:
‘PROCREATE’ – https://procreate.com Excellent software for design, digital imaging and manipulation.
Watching and Listening
- Grand Designs – download on channel 4. Engineering, architecture, interior design, spatial design. https://www.channel4.com/programmes/grand-designs
Reading
- Sustainable futures – Norman Foster
- 100 ideas that changed design – 100 Ideas that Changed Design: Amazon.co.uk: Fiell, Peter, Fiell, Charlotte: 9781786273437: Books
- Ultra processed people Amazon.co.uk : Ultra processed people
- Swallow this: serving up the food industry’s darkest secrets. Swallow This: Serving Up the Food Industry’s Darkest Secrets : Blythman, Joanna: Amazon.co.uk: Books
- Subscription needed (some articles are free of charge). https://www.designweek.co.uk
- Subscription needed. https://www.designcurial.com/aboutus/blueprint-home-page.html
- Subscription needed: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/article/good-food-mag-promo-offer
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/zby2bdm
- Food a fact of life https://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk
KS4 Learning Resources
Product Design
Doing
- Visit the Geffrye Museum https://www.geffrye-museum.org.uk/ Visit a featured exhibition or event – lots of free ones!
- Try Onshape Professional. Create a login to Onshape CAD modelling software and experiment.Excellent software for design, digital imaging and manipulation to present design ideas and aide experimentation.
- Visit the Google Cultural Institute Art Project website. This is an ongoing project where you will be able to see every piece of art work in the world. https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/partner?hl=en
- Create a login to TinkerCAD modelling software and experiment: https://www.tinkercad.com/ Excellent software for design, digital imaging and manipulation to present design ideas and aide experimentation.
- Visit the London Design Fair https://www.londondesignfair.co.uk/
- Complete a Gold or Silver Arts award. http://www.artsaward.org.uk/site/?id=1346
Watching and Listening
- Watch videos from D&TTV. Lots of interesting videos and channels through DATA subscription to watch.
- Simon Schama – The Power of Art
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001rrqt/episodes/guide
- Listen to the Grayson Perry Reith lectures:
- Democracy has bad taste:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03969vt
- Beating the Bounds:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03dsk4d
- Nice rebellion, welcome in!http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03f9bg7
- I found myself in the art world:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03g9mn1
Reading
- Bauhaus. Updated Edition: 1919 – 1933 (Bibliotheca Universalis) : Droste, Magdalena: Amazon.co.uk: Books
- The Photographers’ Magazinehttps://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/ http://www.bipp.com/Default.aspx?tabid=933
- Design of the 20th Century: Amazon.co.uk: Fiell, Charlotte & Peter: 9783836541060: Books
- Modern Painters monthly magazine – published every 2 months by the Crafts Council. www.craftscouncil.org.uk. Lots of interesting works, especially those from young citizens to view for inspiration
- Living and Sustaining a Creative Life – Essays by 40 Working Artists: Amazon.co.uk: Louden, Sharon: 9781783200122: Books
- Amazon.co.uk : creative block danielle krysa
Food
Doing
- Book a cookery course: The Cookery School at The Grand | The Grand, York
- York: Introduction to Chocolate Making Experience | GetYourGuide
Watching and Listening
- BBC One – MasterChef
- Food Matters Live Podcasts – Food Matters Live
- BBC Radio 4 – The Food Programme
- Food Trends | Foodwatching | thefoodpeople
- Amazing Hotels: Life beyond the lobby
- Food Inspectors (BBC)
Reading
- Food for life by Tim Spector
- The Missing Ingredient: The Curious Role of Time in Food and Flavour by Jenny Linford
- How Food Works by DK
- https://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk
- The Eatwell Guide – NHS
- How to Be a Conscious Eater by Sophie Egan
- The Science of Nutrition by Rhiannon Lambert
- The Science of Cooking by Dr. Stuart Farrimond
- Food Science & Technology (FS&T) magazine
- https://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk
- GCSE Home Economics: Food and Nutrition (CCEA) – BBC Bitesize
- McGee on Food and Cooking: An Encyclopaedia of Kitchen Science, History and Culture by Harold Mcgee
- The theory of Hospitality and Catering by David Foskett
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