Design & Technology
We really enjoy our Design and Technology (DT) lessons at Stonebow! We follow planning from the Design and Technology Association (Projects on a Page) to ensure coverage of the curriculum. When undertaking a design task, we encourage the children to think about a product’s user and purpose. We want our children to respond creatively to design tasks while also developing the necessary skills and technical experience so that they can make informed design decisions. We revisit and improve on skills as pupils move up through the school.
Design and Technology is an inspiring and practical subject that encourages the children to use creativity and imagination to solve real life problems. Pupils learn through trial and error, they take risks and develop a variety of skills. Product design is all around us and our DT sessions encourage our children to reflect upon its impact on daily life and the wider world. During DT lessons, our children draw on their prior learning from other areas of the curriculum including mathematics, science, computing and art.
Aims
The national curriculum for Design and Technology aims to ensure that all pupils:
- Develop the 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 and understanding and skills in order to design and make high quality prototypes and products for a wide range of users
- Critique, evaluate and test their ideas and product and the work of others
- Understand and apply the principles of nutrition and learn how to cook
We have created curriculum maps, to ensure coverage of the DT curriculum across the school: 2022/23 is Cycle A
Years 1 & 2 |
Autumn Term |
Spring Term |
Summer term |
Cycle A |
Preparing Fruit and Vegetables |
Templates and Joining (textiles) Making Animal Puppets |
Free Standing Structures Making Kites |
Cycle B |
Sliders and Levers Dinosaur moving parts |
Wheels and Axels Making moving vehicles |
Preparing Fruit and Vegetables
|
Years 3 & 4 |
Autumn Term |
Spring Term |
Summer Term |
Cycle A |
Rainforests Food Tech
|
The Vikings Shell Structures |
South American Culture (Mayans) 2D shape to 3D product-textiles |
Cycle B |
Incredible India Simple Circuits |
The Stone Age Levers and Linkages |
Local Study-Loughborough and the environment Pneumatics |
Years 5 & 6 |
Autumn Term |
Spring Term |
Summer Term |
Cycle A |
Electrical Systems- Design and make an alarm system Link to Storm breaker |
Mechanical Systems-Pulleys or Gears- design and make a Victorian toy car that moves |
Food-Celebrating Culture and seasonality- design, grow a healthy snack-link to science |
Cycle B |
CAMS/Food Technology
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Textiles- Combining different fabric shapes Make do and mend (link to WW2) Make a bag or toy |
Frame Structures- Create a structure for a coastal location (wind shelter, adventure playground, gazebo, bird hide) |