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Welcome to the Design & Technology Faculty
The faculty is made up of three separate departments:
- Construction Technology,
- Textiles Technology,
- Food Technology.
Eight members of staff work within the faculty, all of whom are dedicated to supporting Ridgeway students in ‘Reaching Higher Standards’ and in meeting their full potential. The faculty prides itself on its teamwork, strength and flexibility, and looks forward to continued development and success in public examinations.
The team comprises:
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Mr Thomas McCormack
Acting Head of Design and Technology
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Ms Belinda Jefferson
Head of Textiles Technology and 2nd in Department
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Mrs Janice Jones
Acting Head of Food Technology/Teacher of Health & Social Care
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Ms Sheila Harrison
Teacher of Design and Technology
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Mr Peter Russell Henderson
Teacher of Construction Technology and Graphics
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Mrs Sarah Badzire
Teacher of Food Technology
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Mr Nick Sherratt
Design Technology Teaching Assistant
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Mr Derek Ashcroft
Construction Technology Technician
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Ms Gill Henderson
Textiles Technician
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Ms Elizabeth Cowan
Food Technician
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The Importance of Design and Technology
Design and technology prepares students to participate in today’s and tomorrow's rapidly changing technological world.
- Through design and technology, all students become critical and informed users of products, designers and innovators.
- Students learn to think and do something creative to improve the quality of life for everybody.
- Design and technology is about students becoming self-motivated, creative problem-solvers and allows them to work both as individuals and as members of a team.
- Students look for needs, wants and opportunities and respond to them by developing a range of design ideas and by making and evaluating products and systems.
- In design and technology students combine practical skills with an understanding of aesthetics, social issues, environmental issues, function, and industrial practices.
Students consider the use and effects of present and past design and technology.
Last Modified: 11/11/2009
