{"id":610,"date":"2017-05-10T13:27:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T03:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=610"},"modified":"2025-07-23T11:26:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T01:56:45","slug":"stage-1-furniture-design-construction-a-material-solutions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/stage-1-furniture-design-construction-a-material-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Stage 1 Furniture Design &#038; Construction A (Material Solutions)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Level: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stage 1<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>SACE Credits: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10 credits for each Semester<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Length: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One Semester<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Recommended background:<a href=\"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/year-10-woodwork\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"592\"> <\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/year-10-woodwork\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"592\">Year 10 Woodwork<\/a> preferred but not essential.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Content:<\/b> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through this course students will develop skills and knowledge to design and construct a furniture piece of their choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They will engage in the design process, presented through a folio, to develop concepts for their major product. They will communicate their designs through technical drawings using traditional methods, as well as Computer Aided Design drawing software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They will develop skills in the safe and accurate use of portable and fixed power machinery including the Radial Arm Saw and Circular Saw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Furniture Design &amp; Construction A:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furniture Design &amp; Construction A will focus on solid carcase construction using traditional and modern joining and assembly fittings. Students will use manufactured board to produce flat packed furniture such as a bedside cabinet or TV unit of their own design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Assessment:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students\u2019 performance will be determined according to the subject\u2019s Performance Standards, as outlined by the SACE Board. Grades A to E will be used for reporting purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students demonstrate evidence of their learning through the following assessment types:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Specialised Skills Task: 40%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Design Process Solution 60%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Part 1 Investigation and Analysis and Design Development<\/li><li>Part 2 Solution Realisation and Evaluation<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Special Requirements: <\/strong>This course may be offered after school from 3.30 \u2013 6.30pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Subject fees:<\/strong> $50. While the subject fee will assist in covering necessary materials, any specialist materials will require additional payment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leads to:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/stage-1-furniture-design-construction-b-material-solutions\/\"><strong>Stage 1 Furniture Design &amp; Construction B (Material Solutions)<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/stage-2-furniture-design-construction-material-solutions\/\"><strong>Stage 2 Furniture Design &amp; Construction (Material Solutions)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Level: Stage 1 SACE Credits: 10 credits for each Semester Length: One Semester Recommended background: Year 10 Woodwork preferred but not essential. Content: Through this course students will develop skills and knowledge to design and construct a furniture piece of their choice. They will engage in the design process, presented through a folio, to develop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/610"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6917,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/610\/revisions\/6917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.uhs.sa.edu.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}