Design and Technology

Technology provides pupils with the opportunity to develop logical thinking alongside practical construction skills. A wide variety of activities enable the children to design, make and evaluate a product. They will work with a range of materials and components and learn to use various tools, materials and techniques. Tasks may include making a fruit salad, designing and making a puppet or making a scale model. Children in Upper KS2 have the opportunity to go to a technology day at Robert Smyth Academy.

Design and Technology Curriculum Overview

	AUTUMN 1	AUTUMN 2	SPRING 1	SPRING 2	SUMMER 1	SUMMER 2
Year 6				MECHANISMS – Pulleys and Gears OR Cams	ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS – More complex switches and circuits (and computer monitoring and control)	FOOD – Celebrating culture and seasonality
Year 5	STRUCTURES – Frame structures			TEXTILES – Combining different fabric shapes		FOOD – Celebrating culture and seasonality
Year 4	FOOD – Healthy and balanced diet		ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS –Simple circuits and switches (and simple programming and control)		TEXTILES – 2-D shape to 3-D product
Year 3	STRUCTURES – Shell structures (and CAD)		MECHANISMS – Levers and linkages ORPneumatics		FOOD – Healthy and balanced diet
Year 2	STRUCTURES – Freestanding structures			MECHANISMS – Wheels and axles		FOOD – preparing fruit and vegetables
Year 1	FOOD – Preparing fruit and vegetables			TEXTILES – Templates and joining techniques		MECHANISMS – Sliders and levers
FS		TEXTILES - Templates and joining techniques		FOOD – Preparing fruit and vegetables		STRUCTURES – Sliders and leavers
FS	Throughout the year, Foundation Stage will participate in a number of planned focused tasks (teacher led, guided and independent) which will prepare the children for the units that they will do within Key Stage 1. This may include activities such as junk modelling, crafts, cutting activities and construction equipment play. The children will participate in a number of Design, Make, Evaluate projects throughout the year which will explicitly focus on the prior learning skills required for the units taught in Year 1.