43 Academic Review The Engineering Graphics & Design department continued to grow from strength to strength with another large Grade 10 intake this year. The problem-solving aspects of the subject, the civil and mechanical technology interest and the use of CAD (Computer Aided Drawing), are all major attractions to boys wanting to pursue diverse modern career opportunities in Engineering, Design and Architecture. The EGD Expo took place in October again this year, and parents and boys could view the PATs (Practical Assessment Tasks) and design projects of our Grade 12 students. This year, the PAT focused on designing a freestanding retirement unit in a retirement village. Some of the challenges included designing a unit which could be duplicated in the confines of a given site, investigating energy saving and environmentally friendly features and equipping the design with handicap friendly features. The standard of work this year was high and the boys rose to the challenge in typical Kearsney fashion. The use of CAD complements the learning process from the drawing board to the computer, and this has been a popular move among the boys. It is not only used in syllabus completion but also for extension. The programme is loaded onto boys laptops free of charge and they are able to work, design and draw at their leisure. The class workbooks, which are in AutoCAD format, are made available for boys wanting to draw their classwork drawings on their computers. This year we introduced a vast extension programme for the senior grades in each section of work. This was used to extend the top students and to encourage the weaker boys to attempt challenging examples. While the top students excelled in this new venture, the weaker boys found interest in the difficult examples, which boosted their general confidence in the subject. The Grade 9 case study of the World Trade Centre was very well received, especially the structural design of both buildings and the conspiracy theories surrounding their collapse. At Grade 8 level, a study of the Mars projects which included ‘Pathfinder’ and the various Mars Rovers, sparked current interest in the Space Exploration module of work. As part of the ‘maker movement’, the Grade 8’s designed and made a wooden key ring. Each boy had to sketch three ideas and choose one to eventually make. The designs had to be something that was inspirational and of interest to each boy. The workbooks used for EGD at Kearsney are customized and designed to cater for various levels of understanding. Each section is initially explained by a worked example to aid in comprehension and eventual application. Apart from the general examples of work, extension and past paper exercises are also included in order to stimulate interest and to preview assessment requirements. By doing this each grade has the opportunity to be industrious within the framework of the curriculum through creative tasks, projects and well planned classwork. This brings out the best in each boy, caters for individual inspirations and sparks problem solving interest. Engineering Graphics and Design is: “The drawing of purposefully conceived ideas in the application of Technology.” Mr Dean Mood l e y HOD Engineering Graphics and Design ENGINEERING GRAPHICS AND DESIGN The 2019 IEB NSC Engineering Graphics and Design results were exceptional. • The group achieved an average of 81% • 57% (29) of the boys achieved distinctions • 29% (15) of the boys achieved 90% and above • 80% (41) of the boys achieved 70% and above • 5 boys scored in the top 1% of the country • Hayden de Kock = 100% • Kevin Meyer = 99% • Ryan Healy = 97% • Ethan Mills = 97% • Justin Goldie = 97% Hayden de Kock was the top EGD student in the country. He is the 4th Kearsney boy to score 100% in EGD, after Edward Yeo (2018), David Comrie (2017) and Cameron Tiegs (2016).
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