Craft & Technology

Department Programmes / Highlights

Vision:

Nurture Critical and Inventive Thinkers

Mission:

Cultivate critical literacy and an appreciation for Design and Technology (D&T), Food and Consumer Education (FCE) and Nutrition and Food Science (NFS).

Department Goals:

1. Cultivate and acquire a range of cognitive skills and abilities to participate in solving a variety of real-world problems, and enriching learning experiences.

2. Understand and apply concepts, principles and strategies in a range of design, technologies and nutrition.

3. Demonstrate safe practices during practical and daily activities with respect to themselves, empathy to others and responsibility to the environment.

4. Display positive attributes in Responsibility, Respect, Resilience and social behavior across different experiences.

5. Ability to find, understand, evaluate, and use information responsibly in various forms for their learning purposes.

D&T Lower Secondary Curriculum

The D&T unit aims to nurture students to develop critical thinking skills through Design- and-Make activities in Randomness and Shape-Borrowing in solving real-world problems.

Design and Make Programme (Randomness and Shape-Borrowing)
Basic Design in Doodling and Sketching
Research and Information Gathering
3D Manipulation; Cardboard Modelling
Concepts and Applications of Mechanisms
Basic Technologies in Structures, Electronics, Mechanisms
Working with Resistant Materials (Wood, Metal and Plastic)

D&T Upper Secondary Curriculum

The D&T unit aims to nurture upper secondary students to develop critical literacy through Design and Make activities in Randomness, Shape-Borrowing, SCAMPER based on real-world context in their coursework.

Design and Make Programme (Randomness, Shape-Borrowing, SCAMPER)
Design in Doodling and Sketching
Design Process through empathy, practicality and appropriateness in Research, Needs Analysis, Idea Conceptualisation, Development and Prototyping
3D Manipulation; Cardboard Modelling
Concepts and Applications of Mechanisms
Appropriate Technologies in Structures, Electronics, Mechanisms
Working with Resistant Materials (Wood, Metal and Plastic)

In addition, D&T students’ learning experience is enhanced through the following programmes and activities which we organise for the year:

Learning Journey (e.g. IKEA, Museums, Design Singapore Council)
WRS Design Platforms
3D Modelling through Computer Aided Design
NYP Building Design Skills
RP 3D Printing Challenge

FCE Lower Secondary Curriculum

The FCE syllabus is designed to empower students to be health-conscious and discerning consumers, enabling them to better manage their lives for the present and future. We focus on equipping students with 21st Century Competencies in order to guide them into becoming confident, self-directed learners who practice responsible decision-making. These skills are important in preparing students to live in a world marked by changing lifestyles, globalization and consumer patterns. FCE is a relevant subject teaches students how to optimise their resources of food, finance and time to meet their physical, mental, social and economic needs.

Learning programmes:

Coursework project focussed on Food Culture
Performance Task focussed on Food Presentation
Online learning platforms (e.g. Google Classroom)

NFS Upper Secondary Curriculum

Nutrition and Food Science (NFS) is an elective subject offered to students at the Upper Secondary levels. It is an extension of the Lower Secondary subject, Food and Consumer Education (FCE). NFS helps to develop students’ understanding of concepts related to nutrition and meal planning which is helpful to them as well as others whom they can advise. It also focusses on developing their understanding of principles of food science and ultimately understanding the link between diet and health.

Through our programmes, we aim to equip our students with 21st Century Competencies like Decision Making, being a Self-directed Learner and an Active Contributor. In addition, NFS students’ learning experience is enhanced through the following which we organise for the year:

APS Fusion Fiesta ‘Local Flavours’ Baking Competition.
ITE Ignite Challenge