Intent of our Design and Technology Curriculum
Design and Technology is an opportunity to provide our children with a real life context for learning. Our curriculum encourages children to design and make products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts, whilst considering their own and others’ needs, wants and values. The children should be inspired by engineers, designers, chefs and architects, to enable them to create a range of structures, mechanisms, textiles, electrical systems and food products. Through revisiting and consolidating skills, our curriculum helps children build on prior knowledge alongside introducing new skills, knowledge and challenge.
Implementation of our Design and Technology Curriculum
All teaching of Design and Technology follows the design, make and evaluate cycle with technical knowledge explored within each stage. Throughout each topic, the design process is rooted in real life, relevant contexts to give meaning and purpose to learning.
We teach children key skills linked to:
- sewing and textiles
- cooking and nutrition
- electrical and mechanical components
- using materials
- living in a digital world
Impact of our Design and Technology Curriculum
Our children will be exposed to a wide range of media including textiles, electrical systems, structures and woodwork; through this, children will develop their skills, vocabulary and resilience. Food technology is implemented across the school with children developing an understanding of where food comes from (including locally), the importance of a varied and healthy diet and how to prepare this.
Through these lessons, we aim to inspire pupils and staff to develop a love of Design and Technology and see how it has helped shaped the ever-evolving technological world they live in.
D & T Long Term Plan 2024