Design & Technology Statement of Intent:

"To design, make and evaluate creative, purposeful products through selecting appropriate materials and developing technical expertise to solve real problems."

Our Design and Technology Curriculum

We aim to provide children with a DT education that is relevant in our rapidly changing world and a curriculum that embodies our school intent: we intend to provide a wide range of inclusive opportunities, that ensure our children have a secure body of knowledge and effective critical thinking skills, which enable them to lead life with the highest of aspirations and contribute to life in modern Britain and the global community. Through our design and technology curriculum we aspire for our pupils to be unusually brave and think critically. We aim to provide opportunities for pupils to discover what is possible through designing and making innovative products. We strive to push the limits and ask children to use their research to design and make innovative, creative products and want our pupils to be problems solvers. Through our DT curriculum we ensure that pupils will have opportunities to work with a wide range of mediums: textiles, food, woodwork and mechanisms. We have a knowledge rich scheme of work guided by the National Curriculum.

Our Design and Technology Curriculum will enable pupils to:

• Conduct research and look at similar models.
• Research and find out about designers, chefs, engineers
• Acquire skills of cutting, making, constructing, gluing and making
• Create detailed designs with annotations for products they will make
• Review designs and create final designs
• Use Computer Aided Design
• Evaluate their products
• Develop their knowledge of products and designers
• Consider the impact of products on the environment
• Explore audience, purpose and function
• Understand the importance of aesthetics when designing products

Design & Technology Showcase

Year 3/4

Year 3 and 4 had an exciting and delicious day learning all about food, teamwork and helping others. Using fresh and long-lasting ingredients, the children worked together to make their very own pizzas, carefully choosing toppings and learning how meals can be planned and prepared.

A local chef came to visit and shared what it’s like to work as a chef, answering lots of curious questions. He even tasted the pizzas the children made and gave them helpful feedback on what worked really well.

To finish the day, the children sold their pizzas after school to raise money for the British Red Cross. Thanks to their hard work and kindness, they raised an amazing £79 for charity — proving that a little teamwork (and a lot of pizza!) can make a big difference.

Year 5/6