D&T GCSE Core Content ONLINE 18/6/25

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18th JUNE 2025 3.45 - 5.45PM COURSE STRUCTURE * 2 hour live online session plus at least 4 hrs self-directed learning activities * Online session introduces the main ideas and the self-directed activities enable participants to create a personalised CPD programme focused to follow at their own pace * Includes materials for hands-on activities during the online session * Includes materials to support the self-directed learning activities and a product sample for use in the classroom (while stocks last only - first come first served basis) * Course fee pays for one person to attend the live online session * See www.boydcreate.com/terms for T&Cs OUTCOMES * Identify how textiles fits into D&T GCSE in a way that retains its creativity & uniqueness * Develop knowledge for D&T GCSE core content that teachers may be less confident with * Develop a textiles curriculum from KS3 - 5 that embraces a broader materials approach * Strategies that embrace textile traditions as well as encouraging innovation & change CONTENT * Overview of learning in the D&T GCSE (England - all specifications) and links to KS3 * Creative activities that bring the core content to life in a way that's relevant to textiles * Particular focus on learning linked to non-textiles materials and levers/mechanisms * Ideas are suitable for a range of year groups to introduce learning or as revision activities * Using a broader materials approach to support creativity & innovation in textiles * Celebrating traditions & creativity of textiles whilst embracing new ideas * Challenging perceptions & stereotypes about what textiles is & raising its profile * Reinvigorate teaching & create a buzz about textiles * 'One size fits all' schemes of learning aren’t provided but activities/projects are provided to illustrate ideas discussed WHO MIGHT ATTEND? * Designed for textiles specialists wanting to embrace the D&T GCSE but who feel less confident in some areas of the core * Assumes some basic textiles knowledge but content is also of interest to non-specialists