South Wilford Endowed C of E Primary School
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DT
Intent
At South Wilford CE Endowed Primary School, 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 to explore the designed and made world in which we all live and work. Design and Technology prepares children to deal with tomorrow’s rapidly changing world and at South Wilford we encourage our children to “be at their best” whilst becoming independent, creative problem solvers and thinkers as individuals and as part of a team. We enable them to identify needs and opportunities and to respond to them by developing a range of ideas and by making products and systems whilst fostering a love of learning and technology.
Implementation
In EYFS, Design and Technology is part of “Expressive Arts and Design”. This consists of two strands: Exploring Media and Materials, and Being Imaginative. Most DT in EYFS is child-initiated (they decide what they want to build or make, inside or outside). They have continuous access to construction sets like Lego, k’nex, large building blocks and crates/planks/tyres outside, as well as a 'creative area' with staplers, tape, glue, scissors, hole punchers, string, safety fasteners, card, paper, boxes, tubes etc. One open ended creative challenge is set a week, with either an Art or DT focus.
Design and Technology is a compulsory subject at Key Stages 1 and 2. At South Wilford we ensure that five projects are completed for each academic phase (Key Stage 1, Lower Key Stage 2 and Upper Key Stage 2). These projects are linked to topics and may be taught weekly or in a block. The aspects of Design and Technology that are covered include: Cooking and Nutrition, Textiles, Structures, Electrical systems and Mechanical systems.
At South Wilford CE Endowed Primary School, children engage in Design and Technology with four core activities:
- Activities, which involve investigating and evaluating existing products. (IEAs)
- Focused tasks in which children develop particular aspects of knowledge and skills. (FTs)
- Designing and making activities in which children design and make ‘something’ for ‘somebody’ for ‘some purpose’. (DM)
- Evaluating their finished product, considering what went well and what could be improved. (EA)
These four activities are combined, in sequence to create a Design and Technology project.
Curriculum Overview DT
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 | |
EYFS | TOPIC | Super Me! | Let’s Celebrate! | Dress to Impress | Once upon a time… | Amazing Animals | All Aboard! |
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YR 1 | TOPIC | This old house People who help us | Where did the dinosaurs go? All creatures great and small | Happy Ever After How can I make a difference? | |||
Aspect of DT & Focus | Textiles Templates and Joining techniques |
| Mechanisms Sliders & Levers
| Cooking & Nutrition Preparing fruit and vegetables | |||
Outcome | Snowmen puppets |
| Moving picture linked to Jack and the Beanstalk | Fruit and vegetable salads | |||
YR 2 | TOPIC | Fire and Fever | What about us? Wildlife in Danger | World Party | |||
Aspect of DT & Focus |
| Structures Free standing structures | Mechanisms Wheels and axles | ||||
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| Arctic animal habitats | Carnival Float (vehicle) | ||||
| Autumn | Spring | Summer | |
YR 3 | TOPIC | Place Invaders | The Great Food Debate | Fashion Forward |
Aspect of DT & Focus |
| Cooking & Nutrition Healthy and varied diet | Textiles 2-D shape to 3-D product | |
Outcome |
| World Food | Reflective safety wear | |
YR 4
| TOPIC | Cities at War – Second World War | Story of a River – Trent and Mississippi | Breaking down barriers- Refugees |
Aspect of DT & Focus | Structures Shell Structures | Mechanical Systems Levers and linkages | Electrical Systems Simple circuits and switches
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Outcome | Anderson shelter | Moving poster to explain the water cycle | Torch / reading light | |
YR 5 | TOPIC | The Space Race | Fragile Earth | The Stereotype Challenge |
Aspect of DT & Focus | Mechanical Systems Pulleys or Gears
| Cooking & Nutrition Celebrating culture and seasonality
| Structures Frame Structures | |
Outcome | Transporting food | Create high energy snacks | Earthquake resistant religious buildings | |
YR 6 | TOPIC | Digging for Treasure – The Ancient Greeks | Oceans Apart | We all Matter |
Aspect of DT & Focus | Electrical Systems More complex switches and circuits |
| Textiles Combining different fabric shapes | |
Outcome | An electrical wire game (if you touch the wire it buzzes/flashes) |
| Bag for Life | |
DT Marble Run Competition
We had a whole school DT competition where children were set the challenge to create a marble run using recycled materials and household objects. We had lots of AMAZING entries, it was so hard to choose the winners! Well done to everyone that entered.
Impact
Here are some photos of our children learning and applying DT skills through the school.
EYFS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Curriculum leaders
Jacob and Mason are the curriculum leaders for DT. So far this year they have supported the Year 1 children when making their snowmen puppets. Jacob gave them tips on designing and making and they assisted children with the decorating process. They helped run the Year 1 puppet parade, introducing the project to the parents. They also assisted in Year 4 during their DT day where they designed and made Anderson Shelters.
