Design & Technology
Intention
Design and technology at St Thomas’ is engaging and inspiring, promoting an emphasis on children problem solving and developing their creativity. Plentiful opportunities are given to consider and create items that are meaningful and relevant to the child, their learning and real life current issues.
Children are encouraged to promote a deeper level of thinking by discussing their focus and developing steps and strategies on how to influence this. They consider problems that they may encounter and offer solutions to these making additions to plans or creations when needed.
A range of resources are used to portray their design and skills are developed.
Implementation
- Children receive a half termly focus on Design and Technology projects, with two hour lessons each week to build upon.
- Teachers lead and support students to consider problems and encourage them to call upon their skills to solve these.
- Children are at the forefront of their projects through discussion and planning of steps to take to design their own pieces of work.
- Reflective practise aids opportunities to consider what went well or how the object could be changed to better suit the needs of the learning aim. Children will share ideas and try different techniques to find and demonstrate different outcomes.
Impact
Children display a willingness and excitement to participate in Design Technology topics. They become more confident to share their ideas with their peers and consider different ways to find a solution. Pupils work as part of a team to encourage one another to complete specific skills and to also reflect on their creations. As a result, they develop resilience and perseverance.
EYFS
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Year 1
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Washing hands and making sure surfaces are clean |
Year 2
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| Winding Mechanisms:
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Year 3
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Year 4
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Through our learning of the Anglo-Saxons, we will be learning to:
| We will learn about food technology linked to our theme of France, learning the following skills:
| Through our topic of Africa, we will take inspiration from books and historical events, using the following skills:
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Year 5
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Through a diorama based design process linked to our topic on space.
| Through a Victorian puppet theatre based design process linked to our topic on Victorians. New skills to be learned: scoring, reinforcing, detailed diagram drawing.
| Mayan Printing (cross over with art) Making Mayan food)
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Year 6
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