Design and Technologies aims to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills to ensure that students can:
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investigate, generate and critique designed solutions for sustainable futures
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use design and systems thinking to generate innovative and ethical design ideas, and communicate these to a range of audiences
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create designed solutions suitable for a range of contexts by creatively selecting and safely manipulating a range of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment
The Digital Technologies curriculum aims to ensure that students can:
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use computational thinking and the key concepts of data collection, representation and interpretation, specification, algorithms and development to create digital solutions
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confidently use digital systems to efficiently and effectively automate the transformation of data into information and to creatively communicate ideas in a range of settings
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apply protocols and legal practices that support safe, ethical and respectful communications and collaboration with known and unknown audiences