In Design and Technology (Product Design, Food Technology and Textiles) girls combine practical and technological skills with creative thinking to design and make products and systems that meet human needs. They learn to use current technologies and consider the impact of future technological developments. They learn to think creatively and intervene to improve quality of life, solving problems as individuals and members of a team.
In Design and Technology at WGHS we aim to work in stimulating contexts that provide a range of opportunities and draw upon the local ethos, community and wider world, to encourage girls to identify needs and opportunities. We encourage girls to respond with ideas, products and systems, and challenge expectations where appropriate. They combine practical and intellectual skills with an understanding of aesthetic, technical, cultural, health, social, emotional, economic, industrial and environmental issues. As they do so, they evaluate present and past design and technology, and its uses and effects. Through design and technology at WGHS, girls develop confidence in using practical skills and become discriminating users of products. They apply their creative thinking and learn to innovate.
Mr Brent Carlin (Head of Department: Product Design)
Mrs Emma Critch (Head of Department: Textiles)
Mrs Shirley Oldale (Head of Department: Food Technology)
Miss Natalie Ingham
Mr Carl Jeavons
Mrs Elizabeth Maher
Departmental Technician
Mr Alec Hopwood
Non-Teaching Support
Mrs Helen Keaney
View the 2011 'DT and Fashion Show' gallery