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This half term, our Year 12 D&T students have been working hard on their ‘Jewellery & Accessories’ project. The aim of this project is for students to learn new drawing...
On Wednesday, 13th March, a gaggle of excited students gathered outside our Sixth Form Centre, eagerly anticipating the start of our House Big Countdown Quiz. The electric...
In year 8 textiles, Bushey Meads students research a chosen client and they create a sensory activity mat especially for them! Some of our students have selected to make their...
Earlier this month, I took a group of Year 9 and 12 students to Graduate Fashion week, which was held in Shoreditch, London. Over the past few years, Graduate fashion week has...
Welcome back everyone! I hope you all had an enjoyable and restful Easter holiday and have had a positive start to the final term of this academic year. This year has been an...
Last term, Year 9 textiles students begun a series of taster lessons in technology, to give them a well-rounded experience of all the technology areas, before they make their...
Over the course of the autumn term, my Year 9 textiles students have been working hard towards their ‘Festival’ themed project. Students selected a festival that they wanted their...
This half term, our Year 12 D&T students have been working hard on their ‘Jewellery & Accessories’ project. The aim of this project is for students to learn new drawing techniques, learning how to use CAD to help them visualise and create their designs and challenge themselves with their choice of materials.
As part of their studies, students need to know about a variety of design movements. They all selected 2-3 design movements to investigate and produced some fantastic, informative fact files. These fact files and mood boards have become the main source of inspiration for their project. 
Their brief was to design and make an original, innovative piece of jewellery or accessory that could be worn on a catwalk. It was crucial that they gathered as much inspiration as possible, to be able to come up with a wide range of designs! They are currently working out which is the best idea and how it will work, by carrying out some quick modelling and making some realistic prototypes of their ideas! 
It has been great to see such an exciting mix of ideas so far and I am eager to see what all of their final pieces look like! Keep an eye out for them next term and at the end of year D&T exhibition!
