Learning in TAD (Textiles and Design) builds on concepts, skills and processes developed in earlier years, and teachers will revisit, strengthen and extend them as needed.
Students are provided with opportunities to design and produce products out of textiles and craft materials. Students use creativity, innovation and enterprise skills with increasing independence and collaboration. They investigate design and technology professions and the contributions that each makes to society through creativity, innovation and enterprise. Students are expected to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of design ideas and technologies.
Students investigate a given need or opportunity for a specific purpose. They evaluate and apply a given design brief using examples. Students consider and select components/resources to develop solutions and identifying constraints. They use appropriate technical terms and technology to design, develop, evaluate and communicate alternative design solutions. Students develop sequenced steps to produce a simple, problem-solving plan. They apply safe and appropriate techniques to make solutions, using a range of components and equipment. Students independently develop contextual criteria to assess design processes and solutions. They work independently, and collaboratively, to plan, develop and communicate ideas and information when managing projects.