GCSE Design and Technology
Mae disgrifiadau'r TGAU yn Saesneg yn unig, gan eu bod wedi eu cymryd o fanyleb Saesneg CBAC.
Learners type short and extended answers in an on-screen examination. In a 40 hour design project worth 70% they write a design brief and specification, annotate and justify ideas, and evaluate their prototype using feedback from users. Numeracy is practical and constant: accurate measuring and marking out within tolerances in every pathway, costing and material estimates in Fashion and Textiles, and formula-based mechanical and electronic calculations in Engineering Design. The single biggest thing Key Stage 3 should build is precise measuring in millimetres against a stated tolerance, followed by a written evaluation that uses test results and user comments as evidence.
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2026
- Faint o waith llythrennedd
- Canolig
- Faint o waith rhifedd
- Canolig
- Manyleb
- Agor manyleb CBAC (PDF)
Sut mae'r TGAU hwn yn cael ei asesu
- Unit 1: Design and Technology in the 21st Century: Digital (on-screen) examination 1 hour 30 minutes, 30%, 80 marks
- Unit 2: Design Project: Non-examination assessment, approximately 40 hours, 70%, 100 marks
Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Eglurder a geirfa
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Technical vocabulary for materials, systems and processes
The content is dense with subject terms that learners must read, spell and use accurately, such as thermochromic, shape memory alloys, anthropometrics, biomimicry, velocity ratio, grain lines and datum faces.
Llythrennedd: Geirfa, sillafu, gramadeg, Strategaethau darllen, Eglurder a geirfa
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils keep a workshop glossary of ten tool and material words, such as tenon saw, pine and MDF, and spell them correctly in their project labels.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils break 'thermochromic' and 'photochromic' into word roots, then use both words correctly in labelled sketches of a smart-material product.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils take a weekly spelling and definition quiz on GCSE terms such as anthropometrics, ergonomics and biomimicry, then use three of them on an annotated design sheet.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 1, 1.1.2, page 10; Unit 1, 1.1.5, page 13
“about developments in modern and smart materials”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio geirfa amrywiol, briodol a manwl gywir, gan gynnwys geiriau sy'n benodol i faes dysgu a phrofiad/disgyblaeth at ddibenion gwahanol.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio strategaethau i sillafu geiriau amlsillafog, cymhleth ac afreolaidd yng nghyd-destun pob maes dysgu a phrofiad.
Rwy’n gallu defnyddio ystod o strategaethau i bennu ystyr geiriau a brawddegau, gan gynnwys:
- yr hyn rwy'n ei wybod am ffoneg
- gwreiddiau geiriau
- teuluoedd geiriau
- cystrawen
- trefn testunau
- gwybodaeth flaenorol am gyd-destun.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwyf wedi cael profiad o ystod o eirfa sy'n benodol i faes dysgu a phrofiad/disgyblaeth a geirfa academaidd gyffredinol, ac yn gallu ei defnyddio wrth i mi gyfathrebu.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio amrywiaeth o strategaethau ac adnoddau i sillafu geirfa gyfarwydd ac anghyfarwydd a geiriau sy'n benodol i faes dysgu a phrofiad/disgyblaeth yn gywir.
Rwyf wedi cael profiad o ystod o eirfa sy'n benodol i faes dysgu a phrofiad/disgyblaeth a geirfa academaidd gyffredinol, ac yn gallu ei defnyddio wrth i mi gyfathrebu.
Cam cynnydd 5
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio ystod o eirfa sy'n benodol i ddisgyblaeth a geirfa academaidd gyffredinol yn fanwl gywir.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio strategaethau i sillafu geiriau sy'n benodol i ddisgyblaeth a geiriau academaidd cyffredinol mewn cyd-destunau priodol.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio ystod o eirfa sy'n benodol i ddisgyblaeth a geirfa academaidd gyffredinol wrth i mi gyfathrebu.
Da gwybod
- Unit 1 is typed on screen, not handwritten: "Digital examination: 1 hour 30 minutes" (Summary of assessment, page 4).
- The specification does not mention marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar. The four assessment objectives cover knowledge, application, developing designs and analysing and evaluating, and "The Assessment Pack will include all detailed information relating to assessment." (Assessment, page 43).
- The specification does not say whether a calculator is allowed in the on-screen examination, although Engineering Design learners must "calculate ohms law" (Unit 1, 1.1.9, page 17). Check the Assessment Pack.
- Formula-based calculations are for one pathway only: "This area of study is relevant to learners that have chosen Engineering Design as their pathway." (Unit 1, 1.1(a), page 14). Costing from standard fabric widths sits in Fashion and Textiles (Unit 1, 1.1.18, page 23).
- The design project is "Non-examination assessment: Approximately 40 hours", worth 70% and 100 marks (page 4). AO4, analyse and evaluate, is 20% of the qualification and is assessed only in Unit 2 (page 43).
- Written notes, presentations and mathematical modelling are listed "for example" (Unit 2, 2.1.4, pages 34 to 35), which the specification says "indicates that the specified content is for guidance only" (page 8). No word limits are stated.
Cysylltiadau â TGAU eraill
Ohm's law and moments overlap with The Sciences, gear ratios, scale drawing and tolerances with Mathematics and Numeracy, and product analysis and evaluative writing with English Language and Literature, so shared methods and vocabulary would help pupils.
Ffynhonnell: WJEC GCSE Design and Technology specification, Approved by Qualifications Wales, teaching from 2026, for award from 2028 (© WJEC CBAC Ltd 2025).