Letter to Parents and Carers: Year 10 Product Design GCSE

Tue 02 Sep 2025
Dear Parent/Carer,

As part of the Technology curriculum at Outwood Academy Shafton, students have to create their own products for the Product Design GCSE.  Outwood Academy Shafton will provide the materials required to produce the individual products; however, this will incur a cost and we are therefore asking for a contribution of £20 which will cover of the cost of 5 mini projects including : alien wire wrap, swivel box, chinese puzzle, wooden toy and a lego brick keyring.

This can be paid as a one-off payment or by weekly instalments throughout the year until the payment is complete. Payment should be made via IPayImpact, our online payment system.

We realise that our families lead very busy lives and have therefore designed our payment system to enable your son or daughter to participate in a practical learning experience whilst preventing the need for you to purchase the materials at a greater cost.

Thank you for your support.

Yours sincerely, 


Mrs D Wragg
Head of Technology