Our intent
At Sandown Primary School, our design and technology lessons encourage pupils to become creative and innovative problem solvers. Pupils follow a cycle of researching, designing, making and evaluating to solve real and relevant problems within a variety of real-life contexts. Pupils, working individually and as a team, apply their knowledge and skills from across the curriculum to develop skills such as risk taking and resourcefulness. These skills are taught progressively throughout their school journey to build on previous knowledge.
Implementation
The Design and Technology curriculum covers structures, mechanisms, electrical circuits & components as well as cooking & nutrition. Children will use a variety of skills from other curriculum areas such as maths, science, computing and art to aid with some DT lessons.
Children will develop their skills and knowledge through the following 4 areas of DT:
Research
- Explore and evaluate a range of existing products
- Generate a design criteria
Design
- Generate and develop ideas through discussion, annotated sketches and other various drawing.
Make:
- Use a range of materials and components
- Use range of tools and techniques to cut, shape and join materials
- Finish products with consideration for their aesthetic qualities
Evaluate:
- Evaluate their ideas and products against design criteria
- Consider the views of others to improve their work.
To read our Design Technology curriculum map please click here.
For additional information about this subject, please contact the school office and ask to speak to the subject leader.
