December 6th 2019
Creative Cross-Curricular Projects
The Year 7 boys have been busy this week presenting their Dragon’s Den projects to a panel of scary Dragons! Working in pairs, the boys were challenged with inventing and marketing a new product, idea or invention. The presentations this week were the culmination of a lot of hard work and effort.
As part of our aim to tie in subjects across the curriculum, the work was carried out in their ICT, Design Technology and Art lessons and in each discipline a different aspect of the project was pursued.
• In Art they created a short promotional video, filming and editing their work in iMovie.
• In Design Technology they created a ‘design board’, promotional gifts or in some instances a prototype of their invention.
• In ICT they carried out Market Research and created a website to market their product. They have also handled the finances of their company using spreadsheets, written and prepared their presentation.
The boys have worked incredibly hard throughout the process and they all confidently pitched to the panel of 'Dragons' who threw some tough questioning their way! There were many investments made, and some concepts that the boys are considering pursuing in real life.
Our thanks go to the staff who played the role of ‘Dragons’, giving up their valuable time and playing such an important part in the process. It was particularly nice to have a cameo appearance from Mr Clements who was only too happy to grill the Year 7 boys.
Well done to the boys for all their hard work.
