Design&Technology@GA

A great collection of clips to help understand finishes! bbc.co.uk/teach/class-cl…

Make it the way the you want! 3D initials- lots of problem solving and it's harder than it looks! @GoldingtonAcad #designmatters

Our Year 8's have taken simple materials and big iterative ideas to produce some great holders. Can you guess what they hold? @GoldingtonAcad #designmatters

Year 10 skills frames- building upon what they already know and learning more! Different joints and different materials. Are you within tolerance? #designmatters @GoldingtonAcad

It's been a busy half term with Year 7'S creating some great @YinkaIlori_ lights! @GoldingtonAcad #designmatters

@GoldingtonAcad still working hard in Year 9! Got to get them finished. #initials #designmatters Lovely work!

Lots of design work happening this morning with our creative year 8's! Chocolate bags ready for printing! @GoldingtonAcad #designmatters #netshapes #graphics

End of a year 7 rotation= new outcomes! Light me up! Mood lights inspired by @YinkaIlori_ #designmatters @Kitronik LED circuits, sublimation print and heat press, vacuum forming and so much more! @GoldingtonAcad

Throw Back Thursday! 📷 Throwing it back to last week and our amazing performance of Beauty & The Beast. Well done to Mrs Millington, the wonderful cast and the wider team.

@GoldingtonAcad Last week, our Year 10 D&T GCSE pupils visited the Colpac factory to see how sustainable packaging design and manufacture can be produced all under one roof! Lots of great experiences and learning! #NationalCareersWeek #Colpac #designmatters

@GoldingtonAcad Year 7's latest upcycled homework. I can see some excited Halloween fans! 🎃 #designmatters #youngdesigner

Congratulations to the class of 2024! Wonderful GCSE Results for our current year 11 cohort! We wish you all a bright & happy future.

@GoldingtonAcad KS3 getting into the #ParisOlympics2024 with their new logo and kit designs...but for the next Olympics to be held here in Bedford! @TeamGB #TeamGB #Olympics2024

Brooklyn-based designer Jessica Thies has developed a concept for a shoe that is printed with ink containing living algae capable of absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. dezeen.com/2024/07/15/jes…

@Kitronik @YinkaIlori_ @GoldingtonAcad

Great soldering, vacuum forming and designing in year 7! @Kitronik Designs inspired by @YinkaIlori_

One week to go until our KS3 Creative Arts Celebration Evening, featuring artwork from all KS3 students and musical performances, free entry. There are still tickets available for the 5:30 performance of A Midsummer Night's dream following this link: ticketsource.co.uk/goldington-aca…

@GoldingtonAcad KS3 have been listening to music and learning about designers from around the world to inspire their @IKEAUK redesign of the famous toddler chair! Quick task and interesting outcomes! #Ilori #lootah #hadid #kawakubo

@GoldingtonAcad @IKEAUK

We had the pleasure of hosting two creative days with Y5 & 6 from @TheHillsAcademy They rotated between Art, DT & Cookery, sketching pizza, making wooden pizza slices & plastic cutlery prongs (to keep their pasta bag together) and of course making pizza, pasta and garlic bread.