Design Technology

 

INTENT:

At St Breward Primary School we aim to teach our children how to achieve our school values of Respect; Responsibility, Compassion and Curiosity while inspiring pupils to be innovative and creative thinkers who have an appreciation for the product design cycle through ideation, creation, and evaluation.

We want pupils to develop the confidence to take risks, through drafting design concepts, modelling, and testing and to be reflective learners who evaluate their work and the work of others. Through our scheme of work, we aim to build an awareness of the impact of design and technology on our lives and encourage pupils to become resourceful, enterprising citizens who will have the skills to contribute to future design advancements. Our Design and technology scheme of work enables pupils to meet the end of key stage attainment targets in the National curriculum and the aims also align with those in the National curriculum. EYFS (Reception) units provide opportunities for pupils’ to work towards the Development matters statements and the Early Learning Goals.

 

IMPLEMENTATION:

The Design and technology National curriculum outlines the three main stages of the design process: design, make and evaluate. Each stage of the design process is underpinned by technical knowledge which encompasses the contextual, historical, and technical understanding required for each strand.

 

The National curriculum organises the Design and technology attainment targets under four subheadings: Design, Make, Evaluate, and Technical knowledge. We have taken these subheadings to be our Kapow Primary strands:

• Design
• Make
• Evaluate
• Technical knowledge

 

Cooking at nutrition is given a particular focus with 6 key areas that pupils revisit throughout their time at St Breward Primary:

 

• Cooking and nutrition
• Mechanisms/ Mechanical systems
• Structures
• Textiles
• Electrical systems (KS2 only)
• Digital world (KS2 only)

ST BREWARD SCHOOL UNITS OF STUDY

	Key Stage 1		Key Stage 2
Subject	Year A	Year B	Year A	Year B	Year C	Year D
DT   (KAPOW)   2nd HALF of TERM	Mechanisms: Making a moving storybook   Textiles:  Puppets   Mechanisms:  Wheels and axles   Cooking & Nut:  Smoothies	Mechanisms: Fairground Wheel   Cooking &Nut: Balanced Diet     Mechanisms: Making a moving monster    Textiles: Pouches	Textiles: Cross-stitch   Electrical systems:  Electric poster   Mechanisms: Pneumatic Toys   Cooking & Nut: Eating Seasonally	Electrical Systems:  Torches   Mechanical systems:  Making a slingshot car   Cooking & Nut:  Adapting a Recipe    Textiles:  Fastening	Digital world:  Monitoring devices   Cooking & Nut: Developing a recipe     Structures:  Bridges   Textiles: Stuffed Toys	Cooking &Nut: Come Dine with Me   Electrical:  Steady Hand Game      Structures:  Playgrounds   Mechanisms: Automata Toys

 

IMPACT:

The impact is constantly monitored through both formative and summative assessment opportunities.

 

The expected impact of the scheme of work is that children will:

➔ Understand the functional and aesthetic properties of a range of materials and resources.

➔ Understand how to use and combine tools to carry out different processes for shaping, decorating, and manufacturing products.

➔ Build and apply a repertoire of skills, knowledge and understanding to produce high quality, innovative outcomes, including models, prototypes, CAD, and products to fulfil the needs of users, clients, and scenarios.

➔ Understand and apply the principles of healthy eating, diets, and recipes, including key processes, food groups and cooking equipment.

➔ Have an appreciation for key individuals, inventions, and events in history and of today that impact our world.

➔ Recognise where our decisions can impact the wider world in terms of community, social and environmental issues.

➔ Self-evaluate and reflect on learning at different stages and identify areas to improve.

➔ Meet the end of key stage expectations outlined in the National curriculum for Design and technology.

➔ Meet the end of key stage expectations outlined in the National curriculum for Computing.

 

design and technology progression using the kapow scheme.pdf