Design & Technology

Our Objectives

D&T prepares students for living and working in an ever-changing world by helping them recognise the need for new or modified products/systems. It gives students the capacity and confidence to design, make and evaluate the products/systems independently.

The objectives of the D&T curriculum are as follow:

To engage the creative and inquisitive instinct of students by using design in problem-solving,
To develop basic design thinking and communication skills,
To allow students to realise their design through prototype making and
To develop autonomous decision-makers.

Our Approach

The students embark on their design journey through projects during the two- year course. Students advance their knowledge and skills by working side by side with their teachers who facilitate the process of designing solutions to a challenge or problem.

Our Achievement

In SJC, Lower Secondary students learn Design and Technology over the course of one semester in each year. They embark on the following projects over two years:

Year	Projects
Sec 1	Designed and prototyped a Pencil Holder incorporating 3D printing and principles of sustainability. Developed and prototyped a Toy Car integrating an electrical circuit, sensor, and coding. Participated in the Engineering Challenge (Design Category) organized by Singapore Polytechnic.
Sec 2	Conceptualized and developed a Tealight Holder using Design Thinking approach Designed and built a Pull Toy with functional mechanical linkage through Inquiry based learning approach Participated in the Engineering Challenge (Automata Category) organized by Singapore Polytechnic.

Our Achievement

Interested Secondary 2 students are selected to take part in design and engineering competitions, giving them an opportunity to explore and apply their learning.

In 2023, a team of Secondary 2 students clinched the 1st Prize in the Automata Category in the Toy Design Competition organised by the Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Department of the Singapore Polytechnic with their unique ideas on Urban Farming!

In 2025, a group of Secondary students transformed their VIA idea to award-winning innovation! Their self-sustaining watering system clinched first prize in the Design Category at Singapore Polytechnic’s Engineering Challenge Competition.

Our Secondary 2 team continued to win the 1st Prize in the Automata Category at Singapore Polytechnic in 2025, turning learning into practical innovation through creativity and teamwork.