Design Technology

 

Statement of Intent

Our intent is that through the teaching of design technology, our children will learn how to: manage and control risks, work safely with a variety of tools and materials and become resourceful, innovative, enterprising and capable citizens. By taking part in this practical subject, we hope that our children will use their creativity, imagination and social interaction skills to design and make products to solve relevant problems in a variety of contexts- understanding the processes involved through, planning, making, evaluating and refinement.

Our school bases the core work in design technology around the National Curriculum which aims to ensure that all pupils:

  • Develop creative, technical and practical expertise needed to perform everyday tasks confidently and to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world.
  • Build and apply a repertoire of knowledge, understanding and skills in order to design and make high- quality products for a whole range of users.
  • Critique, evaluate and test their ideas and products, as well as the work of others.
  • Understand and apply the principles of nutrition and learn how to cook.

Design Technology National Curriculum

Design Technology Long Term Plan

Design Technology Policy

 

Perfect Puppets

Look at the amazing puppets Year 2 have designed and made! They had to follow a brief set by a toy shop to make an animal puppet for younger children. After looking at a range of puppet features and ideas they set to work. They showcased super sewing and creativity...

Brilliant Bridges

In their DT lessons, the children in Year 5 have tested and analysed various types of bridge (beam, arch and truss) to determine their strength and stability. They then explored material properties and sources, before marking, cutting and assembling a wooden truss...

Christmas in Nursery!

Nursery have worked extremely hard over the Christmas period! We started off by learning about the Christmas story and how it started in Bethlehem. We loved retelling the story during our play using small world figures. This helped us to understand our Christmas...

Moving Mechanisms

In our DT lessons this half term, we have been learning how to make different moving mechanisms. We looked at a range of pop-up books and different ways mechanisms can be used. We went on to learn how to make a lever, a concertina, a turning wheel and a pop-out...

Nursery Stay and Play

What a brilliant morning we have had in nursery! First we all came in wearing our beautiful Christmas jumpers. Then all the adults came into nursery to complete Christmas activities at our stay and play. We enjoyed painting and designing a decoration for our tree at...

Super at sewing!

Year 2 have been practising sewing techniques in preparation for making puppets. They used a needle, some thread and a special fabric called binca. Sewing is very tricky, especially for beginners, but with hard work and determination the children showcased some...

People who help us!

Over the last two weeks we have been learning all about people who help us in our community. The children have had a lot of fun making ambulances and fire engines in the art area, giving poorly ted plasters in the maths area and making get well soon cards. Reception...

Road to RIAT Glider Challenge

The children in Year 5 have enjoyed taking part in the RAF glider challenge. They were tasked with designing and building three prototype gliders. Once the gliders were built, the children them tested them and evaluated their performance. The children were able to...

Celebrations.

Reception have had a very busy week learning all about different celebrations. We started exploring Bonfire night and why we use fireworks and bonfires to remember a man called Guy Fawkes, who lived hundreds of years ago and attempted to blow up a very important...

Pumpkin Soup!

This week in nursery we have reading the story ‘pumpkin soup’. This was a new story for us, we enjoyed using our predicting skills to discuss what might happen next in the story. We used this story to inspire a cooking activity and we made our own soup! We discussed...