Subjects

Design Technology Intent:

At Broadmere Primary School, our Design & Technology curriculum is constructed to inspire children to think innovatively and inquisitively. We provide varied learning opportunities which aim to develop not only children’s technical skill in design & technology; but also to develop their wider knowledge of product design and their ability to apply vocabulary accurately. Children will also focus on cooking and the principles of nutrition and healthy eating. Design & technology links well with many other subjects, such as art, maths and science and teachers carefully plan these links to ensure they are meaningful.

Our Design & Technology curriculum covers the skills outlined in the National curriculum through broad, challenging and inspiring units of work. This ensures that by the end of Year 6, pupils have a wealth of knowledge and skills to aid in their future studies.

Thrive:

At Broadmere and New Monument Primary School we aim to provide children with a DT education that is relevant in our rapidly changing world. We want to encourage our children to become problem solvers who can work creatively on a shared project. We believe that high-quality DT lessons will inspire children

to think independently, innovatively and develop creative, procedural, and technical understanding. Our DT curriculum provides children with opportunities to research, represent their ideas, explore, and investigate, develop their ideas, make a product, and evaluate their work. Children will be exposed to a wide range of media including textiles, food, and woodwork; through this, children will develop their skills, vocabulary and resilience.

Aspire:

We have a clear and comprehensive scheme of work in line with the National Curriculum. Whilst the EYFS and National Curriculum forms the foundation of our curriculum, we make sure that children learn additional skills, knowledge and understanding and enhance our curriculum as and when necessary. Children have access to key knowledge, our golden thread is to be language and vocabulary rich to give meanings to understand Design Technology and to use these skills across the curriculum. In Design Technology children are asked to solve problems and develop their learning independently. This allows the children to have more ownership over their curriculum and lead their own learning in Design Technology. English, Maths and ICT skills are taught during discrete lessons but are revisited in Design Technology so children can apply and embed the skills they have learnt in a purposeful context. Key skills and key knowledge for D and T have been mapped across the school to ensure progression between year groups. The context for the children’s work in Design and Technology is also well considered and children learn about real life structures and the purpose of specific examples, as well as developing their skills throughout the programme of study. Design and technology lessons are also taught as a block so that children’s learning is focused throughout each unit of work.

Achieve:

Children will have clear enjoyment and confidence in design and technology that they will then apply to other areas of the curriculum. Children will ultimately know more, remember more and understand more about Design Technology, demonstrating this knowledge when using tools or skills in other areas of the curriculum and in opportunities out of school. The large majority of children will achieve age related expectations in Design Technology. As designers children will develop skills and attributes they can use beyond school and into adulthood

DT Progression Map