Design & Technology
We are determined to stimulate the enthusiasm of every individual at St Thomas’, developing an enjoyment in learning about products and achieving success in their own creations. Design and Technology gives children the opportunity to develop skills, knowledge and understanding of designing and making functional products. We feel it is vital to nurture creativity and innovation through design, and by exploring the designed and made world in which we all live and work.
It is essential that children engage in DT projects that are relevant to their other curriculum learning in a meaningful way, enabling them to design and make products for purpose to meet a given design brief. Design and Technology at St Thomas’ is taught through: investigate and evaluate activities, focused tasks and design, make and evaluate projects supported by subject specific knowledge and vocabulary, all of which become increasingly challenging as pupil progress through the school.
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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