Design Technology
Historic success in the Toyota Challenge 2010-2011Our two teams entering the 2011 Toyota Challenge competition competed in the Welsh Regional Finals on 23rd March at Toyota''s (TMUK) engine manufacturing plant in Deeside. A team of four Year 7 students (Adam England, Kane Povey, Jake Jones & Daniel Aldridge) known as ''Solar Fuzion'', competed with their solar powered vehicle, racing against other schools from Wales. The team of four Year 9 students (Emma Merideth, Jessica Cunnington, Luke Roberts & Ryan Colclough ) competed with their microprocessor controlled buggy, aiming to be the fastest automated vehicle through a maze). The event will take place on Wednesday 23rd at Toyota''s (TMUK) engine manufacturing plant in Deeside. The day proved to be historic, as both our teams won their category within the competition. Flint High School will represent Wales in the National Finals on Saturday 21st May at Toyota’s Burnaston Plant. They will compete against the winners from other UK regions who will all be aiming to take away the top prize for the team of an activity holiday for a week in Spain! The teams have already won over £500 for the school (by reaching the final stages), as well as their place in the history books (as no other school has ever won both categories in a regional final). Buena suerte!
A Diversion for our Young Engineers
A number of students are embarking on a project with our Link Engineer from Toyota, Pete Dove. Pete took students on a tour around the engine plant and introduced the students to their challenge - an irrigation system! Rain run-off from the factory''s car park flows into a nearby stream, but could be diverted to provide water for plants and vegetables in the new formed allotment area. The students will plan and model a suitable system which then be implemented for real! As well as a experiencing the factory tour, which included a visit to the aluminium casting section, the students were able to see the work of last year''s FHS Young Engineers on display in the factory reception/ atrium (an automated sectioned engine).
Designers Flying HighA team of five Year 9 students spent two days at AirBus, participating in an event aimed at encouraging young people to consider engineering as a career. The first day began with a tour of part of the plant which makes wings for a range of Air Bus aeroplanes, including the A380. The project involved the five students design and building a model glider using a limited range of materials and tools. The students presented their work to a group of engineers, and finally tested their plane along with nine other teams from around the region. The team didn''t quite make the top three, but did a fantastic job of representing the school.
Rising to the Challenge… in the PavilionA team of three Year 9 students and another team of three Year 10 students participated in an design challenge organised by the Flint, Holywell and Mold Rotarians (sponsored by Carers Wales & AirBus). The event, which was the first of its kind in the region, took place in the Flint Pavilion. They faced a particularly daunting challenge to design and build a model crane which incorporated electric motors and lifting mechanisms. Again both teams dis an excellent job of representing our school, each coming up with a viable solution to the problem.
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Key Stage Three
When students begin their Design & Technology lessons in Flint High school they are given
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opportunities to build on the skills, knowledge and understanding acquired at Key Stage 2. They are taught to design and make products by combining their designing and making skills with knowledge and understanding in a variety of contexts, including: resistant materials and control (wood, metal, plastics and electronics), textiles and food.
Students are allowed to make decisions based on the values that underpin society, helping them become active and informed citizens. They are made aware of human achievements and the big ideas that have shaped the world and are encouraged to be enterprising and innovative in their designing and making.
There is an emphasis on having regard for sustainability and consideration of the environmental issues which we are facing in the twenty-first century.
Students in Key Stage Three generally remain in the same D&T teaching group throughout the academic year. Every twelve weeks, the teaching group moves to a different teacher and context (described above).
Key Stage Four
We currently offer students the opportunity to follow a full GCSE course in D&T: Product Design (two years) and a City & Guilds (Level 2) course in CAD (computer-aided design). Design and Technology courses are also offered at AS and A Level within the consortium.
Extra-curricular activities
We have a number of thriving clubs linked with the D&T Department. The CAD club are engaged in developed their computer-aided design skills using the latest 3-D modelling software. The Engineering Club are actively solving real design problems with weekly input from an Engineer from the TMUK (Toyota Manufacturing UK) engine plant in Deeside. We also have a proud and successful history of involvement in the Toyota Challenge. Teams of Flint High School students have previously reached the national finals of the competition (after achieving the accolade of Welsh National Champions).
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