Design and Technology - Meet our Teacher
Mr Smith - Head of Design and Technology
BA (Hons) 3D Design - Industrial Design / Engineering De Montfort University, PGCE Roehampton
Mr Smith has an interest in all aspects of design including product development, workshop skills and cutting edge CAD-CAM ( computer aided design / manufacture). He enjoys promoting new technology such as 3D printing and is keen to encourage the pupils to take creative risks in their design concepts. After studying design at St Albans Art College in Hertfordshire he went on to graduate in Three Dimensional Design - BA (Hons) Industrial Design / Engineering from De Montfort University. He then worked in London and on the South Coast in a variety of leading product design consultancies. After his PGCE at Roehampton he taught design in Guildford and most recently has been Head of Design at Ipswich School, Suffolk. He has many years experience of the design world both commercially and within teaching and when not in the design studio or workshop can be found on the beach pursuing his love of surfing and paddle boarding!
Mrs Smith
BA (Hons) Three Dimensional Design, Silversmithing, De Montfort University. PGCE
Mrs Smith has a keen interest in Three Dimensional creativity. Following an Art and Design foundation she studied Three Dimensional Design, specialising in Silversmithing at De Montfort University gaining a 2:1 Hons Degree. Mrs Smith has a broad range of knowledge and 23 years worth of experience within the resistant materials curriculum and enjoys working and delivering lessons using varied medium in Art. She has been a teacher of Design Technology at Christ's Hospital and Ipswich School. Her previous roles or co-curricular experience have included pastoral boarding house mistress, hockey and swimming coaching, i/c ski/ snowboarding trips and Young Enterprise. She is an active member of staff, who enjoys a variety of water sports including paddle-boarding and other activities such as cooking, music, singing, dancing and acting.
Design & Technology Technician:
Mrs Maginnis
