Design and Technology 2023 - 2024

‘Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works’ - Steve Jobs

Design & Technology provides practical learning experiences, which make it accessible to all pupils. Pupils use knowledge and understanding from across the curriculum and apply them in practical activities. D&T gives pupils the opportunity to make choices within a practical learning environment and focuses them on problems that are meaningful to them focusing on keeping experiences real and relevant. It encourages communication using a range of methods avoiding over reliance on the written word. Pupils are able to work within a flexible range of contexts and topics that can be adopted to suit individual interests and motivations.

Through D&T, pupils are given the opportunity to design, make, evaluate and improve; as well as explore and experience the wider world. Designing, taking apart products to explore their components or making products can give pupils a sense of achievement and improve their self-esteem. Pupils benefit from seeing their own progress and taking greater responsibility for their own learning as they begin to evaluate the quality of their work.

 

Throughout the Design & Tecnhology curriculum we also explore careers within the subject and different areas from designers to creators to inspire the children there is jobs within this area of the curriculum after School life. 

Design and Technology Curriculum At a Glance

  Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2
EYFS

Expressive Arts and Design

Year 1  



Mechanisms
Levers and Sliders

Food
Fruit Salads

  Structures
Playground Structures
 
Year 2

Textiles
Animal Puppets

  Food
Fruit Snacks
Mechanisms
Moving Vehicles
   
Year 3

Textiles
Pillow Cases

  Food
Balanced Diet
Structures
Shell Structures
   
Year 4 Mechanical Systems
Levers and Linkages
  Food
Balanced Diet
    Electrical Systems
Simple Switches and Circuits
Year 5    

Food
Celebrating Culture and Seasonality

Structures
Frame Structures

  Electrical Systems
Complex Switches and Circuits
 
Year 6   Textiles
Phone Cases
Food
Celebrating Culture and Seasonality
    Mechanical Systems
Gears and Pulleys

 

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