Textile Technology

• Textile Technology deals with many areas which affect our daily lives.
• Students commence by learning basic textile construction and design skills and continue to build on these in year ten.
• Textile Technology is about problem solving.

• Pattern Interpretation skills
• Designing skills
• New concepts and skills relating to construction of garments
• Presentation skills through the development and recording of the Design Process in Portfolios
• Applying decorative techniques such as printing and dyeing to fabrics
• Discover the reasons why fabrics and fibres perform the way they do.

• Fashion in Skirts, Stylish Shirts, Jazzy Jackets and Lovely Lingerie
• Excursions to : Royal Agricultural Show and Whitehouse School of Design
• Participation in competitions such as T.E.A Design Awards and Open Day Fashion Parade

Costs Involved includes the cost of patterns, fabric and related equipment; display folder.