Teacher of Textiles: Mrs Grove
"Textiles Technology offers students the opportunity to not only acquire an important skill but also affords an outlet for their creative side. As a keen 'sewing bee' myself, I know the pleasure and pride that is experienced when planning turns to creation turns to final product."
Edexcel Design and Technology: Textiles
Textiles is part of the Design and Technology suite of qualifications at GCSE level. Students have the opportunity to student the core elements of technology as a whole as well as specialise in the textiles area.
There are three elements to the course that comprise of;
Component 1
Written examination: 1 hour and 45 minutes
50% of the qualification
100 marks
Section A: Core
This section is 40 marks and contains a mixture of different question styles, including open-response, graphical, calculation and extended-open-response questions. There will be 10 marks of calculation questions in Section A.
Section B: Material categories
This section is 60 marks and contains a mixture of different question styles, including open-response, graphical, calculation and extended-open-response questions. There will be 5 marks of calculation questions in Section B.
Component 2
Non-examined assessment
50% of the qualification
100 marks
There are four parts to the assessment:
1 – Investigate
This includes investigation of needs and research, and a product specification
2 – Design
This includes producing different design ideas, review of initial ideas, development of design ideas into a chosen design, communication of design ideas and review of the chosen design.
3 – Make
This includes manufacture, and quality and accuracy
4 – Evaluate
This includes testing and evaluation.
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