Children at Hunwick Primary School engage in a good quality Design and Technology education from their entry in Reception until the end of KS2 in Year 6. We believe Design and Technology lessons engage and inspire children to think innovatively and develop creative procedural understanding. Children are encouraged to use their creativity and imagination to design and make products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts. We want our children to become independent, creative problem solvers and thinkers as individuals and as part of a team which will help them to deal with tomorrow’s rapidly changing world. Children learn how to take risks, becoming resourceful, innovative, enterprising and capable citizens.
Design and Technology in the Early Years
In the Early Years, Design plays a very important role in the children’s development. Children are taught to represent their own ideas, thoughts and feelings through their art work. They safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques such as scissors, glue, sellotape and string learning to combine different materials to construct a model.
Our aims are to fulfil the requirements of the National Curriculum for
Design and Technology for KS1 and KS2.
Design and Technology in KS1
The Long Term Plan for Design and Technology is covered in school sees Key Stage 1 being taught on a half termly cycle alongside Art and Design. “Through a variety of creative and practical activities, pupils should be taught the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to engage in an iterative process of designing and making.”
When designing and making, children should be taught to:
Design
Make
Evaluate
Technical knowledge
Design and Technology in KS2
The Long Term Plan for Design and Technology is covered in school sees Key Stage 2 being taught on a half termly cycle alongside Art and Design. “Children should be taught to develop their techniques, including their control and their use of materials, with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of different kinds of art, craft and design.”
Children should be taught:
Design
Make
Evaluate
Technical knowledge
National curriculum in England: design and technology programmes of study - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)