Art, Construction, D&T, Engineering, Hospitality, Food Preparation & Nutrition and Photography

Art, Construction, D&T, Engineering, Hospitality, Food Preparation & Nutrition and Photography Agenda

08:30 – 09:00
09:00 – 09:30
09:30 – 09:45
09:55 – 11:20
11:20 – 11:40
11:40 – 13:05
13:05 – 13:35
13:35 – 14:50
14:50

Sign in, welcome refreshments and networking
School welcome, CEO welcome and Trust STAR Awards
All staff session
Session 1
Break
Session 2
Lunch
Team reflection & action planning / Session 3 for Food & Hospitality
Depart

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Art, Construction, D&T, Engineering, Hospitality, Food Preparation & Nutrition and Photography Agenda will be held at Ashfield School.

Getting Here

Address: Ashfield School, Sutton Road, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 8HP

What3words: composers/admire/movies

Contact Information

Telephone: 01623 455000

All Art, Construction, D&T, Engineering, Hospitality, Food Preparation & Nutrition and Photography sessions are suitable for Teaching and Technician roles.

Session 1 (09:55 - 11:20)

Please read through the following sessions, once you have decided which sessions you would like to attend click the 'book your sessions' button:

Abstract Landscape

Session Presenter: Kelly Herrick

Job Title: Guest Art Practitioner

Learn Sketchbook techniques.
Learn now to develop sketchbook ideas into a larger landscape painting.
How to coach students to use sketchbooks effectively to develop ideas.
How to see landscape as a more abstract expression rather than figurative.
How to improve AO:2 ( Experimenting and developing ideas).

How To Use AI Successfully In D&T

Session Presenter: Trudi Barrow

Job Title: Education Consultant

How to use the AI function on Padlet to do collaborative activities.
How to use Newarc and its rendering and augmentation of models.
Introduction to Canva and how to use it successfully as an online graphic design tool.

Gelli Printing Onto Paper And Printing

Session Presenter: Helen Lloyd

Job Title: Textiles Teacher – Ashfield School

How to prepare the Gelli print plates.
How to create unique, layered artworks on paper and fabric.
Using different media (inks, fabric paints) and surfaces (paper, fabric, card).

Hospitality & Catering On A Limited Budget

This session will also be your choice for session 2.

Session Presenter: Craig Harrison

Job Title: Lead Teacher of Hospitality & Catering – Ashfield School

The opportunity to make the following dishes: meringue, poached pears, chocolate and caramel terrine, creme caramel.
Deep frying poached eggs, Hollandaise sauce, segmenting oranges and caramel shapes.
Plating desserts techniques.

High Level Food Skills

This session will also be your choice for session 2.

Session Presenter: Chris Mapp

Job Title: Chef & Restaurateur – The Tickled Trout

Filleting a fish and using this to make a high skilled and professionally presented outcome.
Successfully working with choux pastry to create a high skilled and professionally presented outcome.

Sewing Machine Care And Basic Maintenance

This session is tailored towards Technicians.

This is session will also be your choice for session 2.

Session Presenter: Leighanne Lockyer & Emma Morrison

Job Titles: D&T Technicians – Manor Academy

To understand how to carry out a basic service of a sewing machine.
To review the use of sewing machines in the department and to identify common issues as well as problems to troubleshoot.
Create a servicing and repair programme to enable machines to be maintained in order to maximise funding.

Screen Printing

Session Presenters: James Burgoyne & Carol Boulton

Job Title: TTCT Art Champion & Art Technician – Ashfield School

How to prep a screen for printing. This will be a recorded presentation.
A demonstration of screen printing followed by a practical screen printing session.
An exploration of how to set up screen printing at home Schools.
Delegates will have learnt practical screen printing skills and techniques.
Delegates will be shown how screen printing can be used to boost the quality of outcomes for lower ability students.
Delegates will be shown how to set up screen printing in their own schools.

Working With Timber And Timber Joints

Session Presenter: Aran Higgs

Job Title: Head of Department, Design and Technology, Friesland School

An introduction to timbers and understanding their working properties.
How to approach marking out, cutting and forming technical timber joints successfully.
Lap joint, housing joint, corner halving joints and finger joints.
Examples of timber projects and practical outcomes that could be used in focused practical tasks.

Photograms

Session Presenter: Phil Selfe

Job Technician: Art Technician (Photography) – Ashfield School

A masterclass in photograms. Colleagues will learn how to make a photogram.
Colleagues will learn how to develop photograms in the darkroom using traditional techniques.
Colleagues will learn how to set up a simple darkroom area at their home schools.
Colleagues will learn how photograms can be used to boost AO:2 and AO:3 within GCSE and A Level sketchbooks.

Session 2 (11:40 - 13:05)

Please read through the following sessions, once you have decided which sessions you would like to attend click the 'Book your sessions' button:

How To Use AI Successfully In D&T

Session Presenter: Trudi Barrow

Job Title: Education Consultant

How to use the AI function on Padlet to do collaborative activities.
How to use Newarc and its rendering and augmentation of models.
Introduction to Canva and how to use it successfully as an online graphic design tool.

Mastering Tinkercad - CAD

Session Presenter: Craig Sutcliffe

Job Title: Design and Teacher / Achievement Leader – Frederick Gent School

How to use 3D design – product models and printable parts.
How to adjust objects, combine elements, align, duplicate and ruler
How to use Sim Lab to make designs move.
Handy shortcuts in 3D.

Allergens & Anaphylaxis

Session Presenter: Jan Parnell

Session Director: Director of Education – Natasha’s Allergy Research Foundation

The story of Natasha told by her mum, Tanya, and how Natasha’s Allergen Research Foundation was established
Your role in allergy awareness and effective allergy management.
Responsibilities shared by everyone within a school community.

Screen Printing

Session Presenters: James Burgoyne & Carol Boulton

Job Title: TTCT Art Champion & Art Technician – Ashfield School

How to prep a screen for printing. This will be a recorded presentation.
A demonstration of screen printing followed by a practical screen printing session.
An exploration of how to set up screen printing at home Schools.
Delegates will have learnt practical screen printing skills and techniques.
Delegates will be shown how screen printing can be used to boost the quality of outcomes for lower ability students.
Delegates will be shown how to set up screen printing in their own schools.

Abstract Landscape

Session Presenter: Kelly Herrick

Job Title: Guest Art Practitioner

Learn Sketchbook techniques.
Learn now to develop sketchbook ideas into a larger landscape painting.
How to coach students to use sketchbooks effectively to develop ideas.
How to see landscape as a more abstract expression rather than figurative.
How to improve AO:2 ( Experimenting and developing ideas).

Photograms

Session Presenter: Phil Selfe

Job Technician: Art Technician (Photography) – Ashfield School

A masterclass in photograms. Colleagues will learn how to make a photogram.
Colleagues will learn how to develop photograms in the darkroom using traditional techniques.
Colleagues will learn how to set up a simple darkroom area at their home schools.
Colleagues will learn how photograms can be used to boost AO:2 and AO:3 within GCSE and A Level sketchbooks

Session 3 (13:35 - 14:50)

These sessions are specifically for Food Prep/Hospitality & Catering staff.

AQA D&T And Food Prep Moderation

Session Presenter: Zoe Reynolds

Job Title: Trust Senior Lead Design and Technology – Central Team

An opportunity to compare and align your assessment standards by reviewing students work together.
Ensure fairness, consistency and accuracy in grading.
Promoting shared understand of the assessment criteria and fostering professional learning.
Staff are required to bring work samples to moderate. This is within AQA rules as one Trust and actively encouraged.

Hospitality & Catering WJEC

Session Presenter: Jayne Hill

Job Title: Hospitality and Catering Lead Moderator – WJEC

Unpicking a question paper and interpreting the mark scheme.
Devising and writing questions to support learning.
Exploring extended writing questions and how to assess the responses.

Team Reflection and Action Planning

An opportunity to come together as a team to share the knowledge and insight from conference sessions.

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