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Welcome to Design and Technology

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Reception
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6

Primary Intent

Design and Technology is an inspiring, rigorous and practical subject. Using creativity and imagination, students design and make products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts, considering their own and others’ needs, wants and values. They acquire a broad range of subject knowledge and draw on disciplines such as mathematics, science, engineering, computing and art. Students learn how to take risks, becoming resourceful, innovative, enterprising and capable citizens. Through the evaluation of past and present design and technology, they develop a critical understanding of its impact on daily life and the wider world. High-quality design and technology education makes an essential contribution to the creativity, culture, wealth and well-being of the nation.

Ark Globe Primary’s Design and Technology curriculum develops our students’ skills and knowledge in design, structures, mechanisms, electrical control and a range of materials, including food. It encourages children's creativity and encourages them to think about important issues.  It 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.

We teach Design & Technology in specific themed days each term so that the subject gets a full weighting and that children experience the entire curriculum. By dedicating one day to DT rather than a weekly lesson, pupils can focus on designing, making and evaluating one product in depth rather than spreading the creative process across several weeks, making it easier to make connections across the different parts of the process.

Reception

Autumn
Cooking and Nutrition
Spring
Construction
Summer
Textiles

All Reception subjects Next Reception Subject - English

Year 1

Autumn
Cooking and Nutrition
Spring
Construction
Summer
Textiles

All Year 1 subjects Next Year 1 Subject - Maths

Year 2

Autumn
Cooking and Nutrition
Spring
Construction
Summer
Textiles

All Year 2 subjects Next Year 2 Subject - Maths

Year 3

Autumn
Cooking and Nutrition
Spring
Construction
Summer
Textiles

All Year 3 subjects Next Year 3 Subject - Maths

Year 4

Autumn
Cooking and Nutrition
Spring
Construction
Summer
Textiles

All Year 4 subjects Next Year 4 Subject - Maths

Year 5

Autumn
Cooking and Nutrition
Spring
Construction
Summer
Textiles

All Year 5 subjects Next Year 5 Subject - Maths

Year 6

Autumn
Cooking and Nutrition
Spring
Construction
Summer
Textiles

All Year 6 subjects Next Year 6 Subject - Maths

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