GCSE Design and Technology
Mae disgrifiad y cymhwyster yn Saesneg yn unig, gan ei fod wedi ei gymryd 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.
- Corff dyfarnu
- CBAC
- Lefel
- Level 1 and Level 2
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2026
- Faint o waith llythrennedd
- Canolig
- Faint o waith rhifedd
- Canolig
- Manyleb
- Agor y fanyleb
Sut mae'r cymhwyster 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 Rhuglder
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Mechanical and electronic calculations (Engineering Design)
Engineering Design learners must calculate Ohm's law, potential dividers, rotational velocity for pulleys and gears, velocity ratio, mechanical advantage and moments in lever systems, using units such as volts, amps and ohms.
Rhifedd: Cyfrifiad, Cyfathrebu â symbolau, Mesur, Rhuglder, Rhesymu rhesymegol
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils count the teeth on two gears in a gear kit, write the ratio in its simplest form, and predict then check how many turns the driven gear makes.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils measure the lever in a moving toy, use effort times distance equals load times distance to predict the load it can lift, and test the prediction.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils build a simple LED circuit, measure voltage and current with a multimeter, and use V = I × R to calculate and choose a suitable resistor.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 1, 1.1.9 and 1.1.10 (Engineering Design pathway), pages 17 to 18
“recognise the relationships between voltage, current and resistance and calculate ohms law”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio cymhareb a chyfran i gyfrifo meintiau.
Rwy'n gallu lluosi rhifau 2- a 3-digid â rhif 2-ddigid.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio nodiant, symbolau ac unedau mesur priodol.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu dangos dealltwriaeth o'r berthynas rhwng fformiwla sy'n cynrychioli mesuriad a'r unedau a ddefnyddir.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio cymarebau a chyfrannau gan gynnwys graddfeydd map.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio trefn gweithrediadau gan gynnwys cromfachau a phwerau.
Cam cynnydd 5
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio nodiant, symbolau ac unedau mesur priodol, gan gynnwys mesurau cyfansawdd.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio cyfrifiannell wyddonol yn effeithiol ac yn effeithlon i gwblhau cyfrifiadau gan ddefnyddio'r amrywiaeth o fysellau swyddogaeth sydd ar gael.
Rwy'n gallu esbonio canlyniadau a gweithdrefnau yn fanwl gan ddefnyddio iaith fathemategol briodol.
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 chymwysterau 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).