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Design and Technology is often an area that pupils have had only a little experience of in primary school. The S1/2 Broad General education D&T course at Kirkwall Grammar School gives pupils experiences in areas related to Design and Technology such as Design, Engineering, Graphics, Food, IT, Craft. Using many different tools ranging from whisks to 3D printers. The department gives the pupils opportunities to work in different ways with different materials and tools to help them understand the production of items,  the construction of the built environment and how things work.
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Design

Design is the hugely important creative process that goes into anything that is produced, manufactured or built, giving the pupils as much exposure to the 'Design process' enables them to utilise it in any creative situation.

S1 and S2 pupils have many opportunities to work through the design process throughout the D&T department with Craft, Graphics and with food, being able to design is a truely universal creative skill that can be applied to any problem solving situation.

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Craft

Craft
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Food

Food
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Engineering

Engineering
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Graphics

Graphics
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The Environment

The Environment

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