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. 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.
Design and Technology Curriculum At a Glance
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EYFS |
Expressive Arts and Design |
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Year 1 |
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Mechanisms Food |
Structures Playground Structures |
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Year 2 |
Textiles |
Food Fruit Snacks |
Mechanisms Moving Vehicles |
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Year 3 |
Textiles |
Food Balanced Diet |
Structures Shell Structures |
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Year 4 | Mechanical Systems Levers and Linkages |
Food Balanced Diet |
Electrical Systems Simple Switches and Circuits |
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Year 5 |
Food Structures |
Electrical Systems Complex Switches and Circuits |
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Year 6 | Textiles Phone Cases |
Food Celebrating Culture and Seasonality |
Mechanical Systems Gears and Pulleys |