Reducing e-waste
Yr 9 DT students having been applying sustainable design and manufacturing choices by re-using USB cables from old devices to power their USB LED lamps. Who knew your old iPhone 4 cable could have a new lease of life!
Y9 students shine a light on DT
Year 9 DT students have been developing a range of key skills through their minimalist USB powered LED project. Featured skills include: Soldering, Tapping, Measuring, Marking and Drilling.
Year 12 DT students visit IFI(HK)
The Year 12 IB Design Technology class visited IFI(HK) to investigate the importance of innovation in toy design. Students had the opportunity to test and evaluate a range of toys and robots.
Some Great Year 9 Lamps
Here are just a few of the fabulous lamps that were created in year 9 in my classes. I was really impressed with the students commitment towards the end of the year as we pushed on through lunches to finish off the work. Well done to all that finished their work!
Yr9 get creative with 3D printing!
A great outcome for Cindy and Carey making use of 3D CAD/CAM to produce creative translucent PLA lamps for their yr 9 lamp project. 
Year 8 Finish their clocks
The last group to go through this year have finished their clocks. Some fabulous development work has led to these designs. A really good group to work with and some genuinely creative individuals. Well done all. 
Another Round of Clock Designs from Year 8
Here are another set of brilliant clocks from our year 8’s. There are some great abstract and quirky designs from this group and what’s more, they all finished with time to spare!! Well done this group!!
Lovin’ this!!
Love what Liam is developing here for his mood light!! Great stuff!! Just goes to show how a simple idea can have a dramatic effect!
Great commitment to design!!
Want to share this photo of John who came into the lesson today with a box full of components he has brought in for his lamp. This sort of commitment to the design process and his outcome is the sort of thing that makes projects happen. It is such a great thing to see and I hope he inspires others by this to engage as fully with their projects. Well done John!!
Designers of the Week
What’s a pleasure it was to come back to this group of individuals after soanynweeks away. What was fabulous to return to was an amazing level of engagement with their projects. All the students had either brought something in or had undertaken further independent research and really pushed their design thinking forward. So this week I would like to celebrate this whole class! Nice job everyone and keep it up!!
