In Year 10 and 11 students will undertake courses leading to the Edexcel BTEC Level 2 qualaification in Engineering.
In Year 11 pupils will complete the Unit 2 -Investigating an Engineering Product during year 10. In term 1 they research the engineering sector in preparation for their examination.
In term 2/3 pupils will be focusing on Unit 3- Electronic Circuit Design and Construction.
In term, Year 10 pupils will focus on understanding engineering sector in preparation for an examination. Term 2 and 3 pupils will be working on Unit 2 -Investigating an Engineering Product to complete for the end of year 10.
Year 10
| Year 10 Curriculum Overview | Topics |
| Term 1/2 | Component 2: Investigating an Engineering Project 30% Learning AIM A: Understand materials, components and processes for a given engineering product Learning AIM B: Investigate a given engineered product using disassembly techniques Learning AIM C: Plan the manufacture and safely reproduce, inspect, test an engineered componentDuring Component 2, your students will: • learn why engineers choose certain materials and components to make products • investigate how products are made • identify best practice when it comes to safety and risk management • develop research, observation, recording, interpretation and measuring skills • put what they’ve learned into practice by safely planning, reproducing and testing an engineered product |
| Term 2 | Component 3: Responding to an Engineering Brief Learning AIM A: Carry out a process to meet the needs of an engineering brief Learning AIM B: Provide a design solution for an engineered product against the needs of an engineering briefTo achieve this aim, your students will: • build on what they’ve learned in Components 2 • identify the problem, develop a hypothesis and investigate possible solutions • create a prototype that meets the brief • record, analyse and evaluate data and outcomes, and reflect on how the product meets the brief |
| Term 3 | Component 3: Responding to an Engineering Brief 40% Learning AIM C: Provide solutions to meet the needs of an engineering brief Exam May/June at 40% |
Year 11
| Year 11 Curriculum Overview | Topics |
| Term 1 | Assignment A: 15% Exploring Engineering Sectors and Design Applications 15% Learning AIM A: Engineering Skills and Designing Solutions Learning AIM B: B: Explore engineering skills through the design processDuring Component 1, your students will: • discover the engineering design and manufacture processes. |
| Term 2 | Assignment B: Products, Sectors and Organisations 15% Learning AIM A: Understand engineering sectors, products and organisations, and how they interrelateDuring Component 1, your students will: • explore the different sectors, products and interconnections within the industry • investigate what various engineering organisations and functions do, in addition to potential career paths |
| Term 3 | Revision for exam resits |
