Craft & Technology
Overview
The Craft & Technology Department incorporates Design Thinking in the teaching of Art, Design & Technology, Food & Consumer Education and Food & Nutrition.
We aim to develop creative and critical thinking, process skills, organisational and time management skills through coursework tasks. This helps our students to gain skills in problem definition, gathering and processing information and developing ideas towards a solution.
We engage students with meaningful learning connected to real life applications to prepare them for the future.
Subjects Offered
Lower Secondary |
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| No. | Official Subject Title |
| 1 | Art |
| 2. | Design and Technology |
| 3. | Food and Consumer Education |
Upper Secondary – GCE N-Level |
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| No. | Official Subject Title |
| 1. | Art |
| 2. | Design and Technology |
| 3. | Food and Nutrition |
Upper Secondary – GCE O-Level |
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| No. | Official Subject Title |
| 1. | Art |
| 2. | Design and Technology |
| 3. | Food and Nutrition |
Key Department Programmes / Activities
| No. | Title of Programme / Activity | Brief Description (2-3 sentences) |
| 1 | Learning for Life Programme _GAP (LLP) | This programme aims to give our students further exposure to art forms through a series of enrichment programmes and after-school activities, such as the termly Art Jam sessions. |
| 2 | Bridge Building Competition |
This internal competition encourages students to apply creative design and scientific principles in constructing a model bridge that is functional, aesthetically pleasing and structurally sound |
| 3 | Exposure to Competitions | Internally organised school competitions – TSS Bake and Deco Competition and Snow-skin Mooncake Competition promote knowledge and skills through critical thinking and creativity elements. Upper secondary students are encouraged to participate in national competitions such as iChef Competition, Assumption Pathway School Baking Competition and Lam Soon Sandwich-making Competition. |
| 4 | D&T Pupils Seminar | This annual seminar at Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) includes drawing skills demonstrations and workshops conducted by overseas speakers and lecturers from local institutes of higher learning enhance the learning of D&T. |
| 5 | Ngee Ann Polytechnic AeroChallenge Competition | Students design and build a system that would allow an AR drone machine to carry its payload through an obstacle course. A competition to apply theoretical concepts learnt in classroom in real life is the highlight of the competition. |
| 6 | Model-making workshop by Design Rete | Most designers manage their activities through a design process when developing a product in which evidence of conceptualization and development of the design proposal is carried out thoughtfully within a given timeframe. In this workshop, students learn modelling using corrugated boards and test out if the mechanism works in the model. |
| 7 | Learning Journeys and competitions | Students are given opportunities to participate in competitions, community projects and learning journeys. These platforms help to engage students better by showing them real-world contexts in which Art can be applied. It also encourages collaboration and develop our students in character as they learn to provide services to the school or community through projects. |
| 8 | Using authentic learning tasks to promote engaged and experiential learning | Students go on an experiential learning journey to a supermarket to learn more about food labels. |
| 9 | Investigative Approach Coursework | Applying scientific principles from theoretical concept to hands-on experiments so that the student gain more in-depth understanding in evaluating the products. |
| 10 | Enrichment Activity by Professional Chefs | Objectives of this enrichment activity are: 1. exposure to industry professionals to get first-hand information and learn the skills from them2. building students’ confidence in creating skilful dishes3. motivating students in their career planning4. enhancement of food presentation and plating skills |