I'm in North Dorset, the bit the sun skips in favor of the south! Welcome Jon. With any luck your students will be able to see some model engineering in the flesh soon to get the inspiration flowing.

Hello Jon

I'm in south Dorset and a retired Technology teacher. It's good to see that engineering is appearing on the curriculum after years of national curriculum D&T, that effectively destroyed the subject. As the well known acronym for GCSE D&T went – Glue Guns Can Solve Everything.

Fortunately there were many teachers of Technology who tried hard to keep the subject meaningful and inspiring.

If you need any advice then please message me.

Paul

WELCOME!

You will find lots of advice and help, on here.

If possible, find a local Model Engineering Club and join.

You will see the work of others and can ask questions about how ikt was made.

You'll soon pick things up.

Learn the basics first of all, and then start studying the more complicated procedures.

But remember that different folk will have different ways of dealing with a problem, depending on their experience, skill and the equipment available.

Howard

Welcome to the party ! South Dorset – where ? Grew up in the north of the county, and schooled in Weymouth. You may be able to have a look at Bridport Foundry, that may prove interesting. Good Luck Noel.

And there is an ME club in Weymouth!

Also , if you are nearer them, one in Bournemouth and I think another in Wimborne.