Forty seven Year 11 students have just taken their exam for Textiles Technology at Woodham Academy after having completed a two year GCSE course.
The course involved completing a controlled assessment project which enabled each student to design and make a commercially viable textiles product.
Most students opted to produce a fashion garment and learnt a variety of technical and creative processes required to create a bespoke piece including pattern making, fabric cutting, tailoring skills, hand and machine sewing, adding zips and fasteners, printing, dyeing, knitting and embroidery.
Students studying textiles technology at Woodham Academy have been enjoying working in a specially designed facility at the school. The textiles room includes dyeing facilities, sewing machines, overlocking machines and a bespoke cutting table.
This offered a fantastic opportunity for students at the school to develop their creative and technical skills by using top of the range machinery to make high quality and innovative textile products such as toys, hats, bags, fashion and artwork.
