Design And Technology

The Technologies Department at AIS offers a wide range of programs in Computing, Food, Design, Textiles, and Construction for students in Years 7 to 12. The department delivers courses through the Australian Curriculum, IGCSE, HSC, IB, and New South Wales vocational education programs, providing options to suit diverse interests and needs.

The department equips students with modern and traditional tools for both design and production. Using project-based learning methodologies, the programs engage and involve students, guiding them from asking key questions about why things happen to discover how to solve problems. Regardless of the material chosen, students undertake individual projects through investigation, ideation, development, and delivery, while examining the impact of design on the world.

The curriculum suits individuals who enjoy creating and problem-solving. Units include woodwork and plastics, food, fashion and interiors, and computing-based projects such as development and coding. Students work with a variety of tools, including traditional hand tools, laser cutters, 3D printers, CNC machines, robots, drones, plastics recycling and forming equipment, domestic and industrial kitchen tools and appliances, sewing machines, sublimation printers, and digital embroidery machines.

The Vocational Education Training (VET) suite of subjects offers a speciality course leading to Certificate Level 1 and 2 provided by TAFE New South Wales, Australia as well as contributing to the standard Higher School Certificate. This specialist training is delivered through our normal timetable and provides students with an extensive range of experiences in a competency-based curriculum, including work experience and service-based learning.

Learning to plan and deliver their own cafes and host functions within school, the Hospitality subject provides learners with experiences ready for work in the Hospitality industry outside of school.

AIS also delivers the Construction Certificates 1 & 2 and Construction Pathways program to introduce students to skills in the construction industry. Learning to plan and build items of furniture and large items, including cubby houses or paving recreational areas around school, this service learning is for those who love working with their hands and being outside.

Both subjects are delivered by highly skilled and industry-accredited professionals.