Design and Technology
Intent
At Blakehill Primary School our vision is to build a Design Technology curriculum which develops learning, gaining of new skills and knowledge. We hope to teach and inspire our children to design and create products to fit real life situations. We believe each child should be given the opportunity to use their imagination and creativity to plan and create designs that fit the wider world, particularly for the product driven society of today.
Our goal is to ensure all children are provided with a curriculum that stimulates their enjoyment of the subject and their curiosity in finding out how things are made. We aim to design a Design Technology curriculum which follows the National Curriculum Design Technology Programmes of study. In order to do this, our schemes of work have been designed to provide a balanced and broadly-based curriculum which promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils and prepares them to be part of creating the next generation of product designers, architects and graphic designers along with many other design careers.
We want children to develop a love of learning Design Technology by providing engaging and exciting lessons. Through these lessons we will teach children to be resourceful and use subjects across the curriculum to support their learning in Design and Technology, as well as solving problems and reflecting on their work, to ensure they make progress.
Implementation
Our goal is to ensure all children are provided with a curriculum that stimulates their enjoyment of the subject and their curiosity in finding out how things are made. We aim to design a Design Technology curriculum which follows the National Curriculum Design Technology Programmes of study. In order to do this, our schemes of work have been designed to provide a balanced and broadly-based curriculum which promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils and prepares them to be part of creating the next generation of product designers, architects and graphic designers along with many other design careers.
We want children to develop a love of learning Design Technology by providing engaging and exciting lessons. Through these lessons we will teach children to be resourceful and use subjects across the curriculum to support their learning in Design and Technology, as well as solving problems and reflecting on their work, to ensure they make progress.
Implementation
At Blakehill Primary School we will implement a curriculum that:
Follows the National Curriculum Design Technology Programmes of study. The EYFS, KS1 and KS2 have been provided with a tailored scheme of work which links to the National Curriculum Design Technology Programmes of study. Each scheme of work has been designed with staff to ensure they have the appropriate knowledge and confidence to teach successfully. Through these schemes children build on prior learning.
Encourages children to look at existing products to gauge an idea of products that are already available and how they work. This then leads children to base their ideas on what they have seen but use their imagination to change the product by adding their own twist.
Enables our children to undertake projects with a focus on mechanisms, structures, textiles and cooking and nutrition.
Delivers a design process where each project has a clear design specification, allows research of current products, opportunity to design and innovate products for a target audience, develops making skills and evaluate their final design.
Teaches a range of skills, ensuring that children are aware of health and safety issues related to the tasks undertaken.
Includes clear and purposeful cross curricular links to underpin learning in areas across the curriculum, giving the children opportunities to learn life-long skills and apply these in ‘hands on’ learning.
Allows our children to record their design technology learning journey by presenting their work appropriately for their age. This is through research, design brief, instructions, diagrams and written evaluations.
Celebrates the creations of the children by displaying them in school.
Allows for collaborative learning as this enables the children to work as part of a team, with peers and parents, learning to support and help one another and achieve their goal of creating their final product.
Impact
By providing our children with an exciting design and technology curriculum we hope that our children will:
Be engaged and motivated to do well in their design and technology learning.
Build upon their prior learning and develop their skills which will turn our pupils into confident design and technology learners.
Achieve age related expectations in Design Technology.
Have a clear understanding of why Design and Technology is important and relevant in the world today
Develop skills and knowledge they can use beyond school and into adulthood.
Pursue careers within the design and food industries creating the future architects, engineers, project and product designers as well as many more careers within these fields.
The impact of implementation of our Design and technology curriculum will be monitored through teacher assessment. This will be done through conversations and monitoring of children’s skills and knowledge. Assessment will be reviewed by the subject leader after each unit has been completed each term. EYFS pupils' progress and attainment is tracked using the statements from the ELG objectives.
Design Technology is also monitored by the subject leader throughout the year in the form of book monitoring, looking at outcomes and pupil interviews to discuss their learning and understanding and establish the impact of the teaching taking place. Their work, which is displayed in their topic books, floor books, displays, classrooms and the school website will show a progression of skills and knowledge.