Design and Technology
Design and Technology prepares children to take part in the development of tomorrow’s rapidly changing world. Creative thinking encourages children to make positive changes to their quality of life. The subject encourages children to become autonomous and creative problem-solvers, both as individuals and as part of a team. It enables them to identify needs and opportunities and to respond by developing ideas and eventually making products and systems.
Through the study of Design and Technology they combine practical skills with an understanding of aesthetic, social and environmental issues, as well as functions and industrial practises. This allows them to reflect on and evaluate present and past design and technology, its uses and its impacts. Design and Technology helps all children to be discriminating and informed consumers and potential innovators.
At Cookley Sebright Primary School, our Design and Technology curriculum is based on the Design and Technology Association's Projects on a Page. Click on a year group to find out more details of the knowledge, skills and techniques taught in each unit.
Design Technology Overview
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Year 1 | Structures - Freestanding structures
| Food - Preparing fruit and vegetables | Mechanisms – Sliders and levers |
Year 2 | Mechanisms - Wheels and axles | Food – Balanced diet | Textiles - Templates and joining techniques
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Year 3 | Mechanical Systems - Levers and linkages | Textiles - 2-D shape to 3-D product | Structures - Shell structures using computer-aided design
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Year 4 | Mechanical Systems – Pneumatics
| Food - Healthy and varied diet | Electrical Systems - Simple circuits and switches |
Year 5 | Textiles - Combining different fabric shapes | Structures - Frame structures | Mechanical Systems - Pulleys or gears |
Year 6 | Electrical Systems - More complex switches and circuits | Food - Celebrating culture and seasonality | Mechanical Systems – Cams |