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Design and Technology

The Design and Technology curriculum offer follows the national curriculum in KS1 and KS2 and the EYFS Statutory Framework and Development Matters in the early years. The Design and Technology curriculum is ambitious and designed to give all learners, particularly the most disadvantaged and those with special educational needs, the knowledge and cultural capital they need to succeed in life. Where required, pedagogy is adapted so that all pupils including disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND are on the same knowledge journey towards the same endpoints.

We have built our own scheme of work which builds in complexity so that pupils can build their skills and knowledge. Knowledge and skills are constantly revisited and refreshed to ensure that they become embedded. To aid understanding subject specific vocabulary is taught explicitly within every lesson. We have created end points for each topic and milestones for the end of each year to show what pupils should know and can do. As the children move to the next year group, the next teacher then knows where to start. 

Pupils come from a mixed urban area of Wirral. We have selected designers, architects and chefs to study, male and female, who share the context of the pupils. To build pupils’ cultural capital, they also study the work of designers who are nationally important. 

 

See below the Design and Technology curriculum overview for KS1 and KS2

 

The Design and Technology curriculum is set out in the Design and Technology End Points document. 

 

Autumn Term

Nursery

In this topic, children will: 

• Know how to make imaginative and complex ‘small worlds’ with blocks and construction kits
• Name materials such as cardboard boxes, wall paper, cardboard, sequins, paper, tissue paper, felt
• Name different tools for cutting and  joining e.g.scissors, masking tape, sellotape, pva glue, pritt stick, and use these in their work
• Explore scale when making
• Know how to use tools safely e.g. scissors, hole punch, pencil

   

Reception

In this topic, children will: 

• Name materials such as cardboard boxes, wall paper, cardboard, sequins, paper, tissue paper and decide which ones to use in their work
• Know different techniques for joining materials and use them in their work e.g. adhesive tape, different types of glue
• Know how to use a range of tools with increasing care and precision e.g. scissors, hole punches, glue sticks, sellotape
• Know what crafts people do e.g. potter or bushcraft and use ideas from what they have learnt in their work
• Know why tools need to be used safely and how to transport and store them
• Create collaboratively, sharing ideas, resources and skills

 

 

In woodland learning, the children learn how to wrap string around wood. 

 

Year 1: Make a card

In this topic, the children will:

• Know that mechanisms produce different types of movement
• Know that sliders and levers are mechanisms
• Know the movement of a slider and a lever and demonstrate how one is constructed
• Know how to follow their design to make a card with a lever and/or slider mechanism

 

In woodland learning, children learn how to tie an over hand knot. 

 

 

Year 2: Make a wheeled toy

In this topic, children will:

• Know the terms wheel, axle and axle holder
• Know the purpose of a wheel, axle and axle holder and demonstrate how these are used
• Know the difference between fixed and freely moving axles
• Know how to apply their knowledge of wheels and axels to make a wheeled toy

In woodland learning, children learn how to tie a bow knot.

 

Year 3: Make sandwiches

In this topic, children will:

• Know that a healthy diet is made up from a variety and balance of different food and drink, as depicted in ‘The Eat well plate’
• Know how to use a range of techniques such as chopping (claw & bridge) peeling, grating and spreading
• Know that food can be grown, reared, caught and processed
• Know where the ingredients come from (e.g. ham from a pig)
• Know how to apply their knowledge of food preparation and healthy eating to make a sandwich

In woodland learning, children learn how to tie a figure of eight lashing. 

 

Year 4: Make a gift box

In this topic, children will:

• Know what a shell structure is
• Know what a net is and use knowledge of nets of cubes and cuboids and, where appropriate, more complex 3D shapes
• Know how to construct strong, stiff shell structures
• Know how to manufacture a shell structure based on their generated design

 

In woodland learning , the children learn how to tie a reef knot. 

 

Year 5: Make bread

In this topic, children will:

• Know how to use and select appropriate equipment and utensils to prepare and combine food
• Know the origins of the ingredients needed e.g. flour
• Know the term seasonality and demonstrate through their ingredient choices
• Know how make bread, based on their design following a recipe

In woodland learning, children learn how to tie a timber hitch knot. 

 

Year 6: Make a phone case

In this topic, children will:

• Know that a  3-D textile product can be made from a combination of accurately made pattern pieces, fabric shapes and different fabrics
• Know how fabrics can be strengthened, stiffened and reinforced
• Know how to use blanket stitch and back stitch
• Know how to make a phone case based on their generated design

 

In woodland learning, children learn how to tie a siberian hitch knot. 

 

Spring Term

Nursery

In this topic, children will:

 

Reception

In this topic, children will: 

• Name materials such as cardboard boxes, wall paper, cardboard, sequins, paper, tissue paper
• Know different techniques for joining materials and use them in their work e.g. adhesive tape, different types of glue.
• Know how to use a range of tools with increasing care and precision e.g. scissors, hole punches, glue sticks, sellotape.
• Know why tools need to be used safely and how to transport and store them.

 

In woodland learning, children learn all about fire safety.

Year 1: Make a fruit smoothie

In this topic, children will:

• Know simple preparation techniques e.g. bridge and claw grip to cut  and demonstrate them in your work
• Know where a range of fruit and vegetables come from e.g. farmed or grown at home
• Know that fruit is part of a healthy diet
• Know ways to work hygienically when preparing food
• Know how to apply their knowledge of food preparation and healthy eating to make a fruit smoothie

In woodland learning, children learn how to be safe around a fire.

 

 

Year 2: Make a vegetable kebab

In this topic, children will:

• Know and select appropriate simple preparation techniques e.g. claw and bridge grip to cut and  peeling and demonstrate them in your work
• Know that fruit and vegetables can be farmed or grown at home
• Know that fruit and vegetables are part of a healthy diet
• Know  that everyone should eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables every day
• Know what a varied diet is
• Know how to apply their knowledge of food preparation and healthy eating to make a vegetable kebab

In woodland learning, children learn how to create a spark using flint and steel.

Year 3: Make a pencil case/purse

In this topic, children will:

• Know how to securely join two pieces of fabric together
• Know what a seam allowance is
• Know how to do running stitch and whip stitch
• Know the need for patterns and seam allowances
• Know what a pattern piece is and use them in the making of the final product
• Know different ways to fasten e.g. button and button hole, velcro and zip
• Know how how to apply their knowledge of stitches, patterns and finishing techniques to make a pencil

In woodland learning, children learn about the 3 elements that keep a fire lit.

Year 4: Healthy Pizzas

In this topic, children will:

• Know how to use a range of techniques such as chopping (claw & bridge) peeling, grating and spreading. Use sharp knives
• know that to be active and healthy, food and drink are needed to provide energy for the body
• Know that a healthy diet is made up from a variety and balance of different food and drink, as depicted in ‘The Eat well plate’
• Know that food can be grown, reared, caught and processed
• Know where the ingredients come from (e.g. cheese from dairy)

 In woodland learning, children learn how to make a small fire.

Year 5: Make a doorbell

In this topic, children will:

• Know how to program, monitor and control a product through computing
• Apply their understanding of computing to program, monitor and control their products
• Know how to draw an electrical circuit
• Know how to draw a circuit diagram
• Know how environment change can be an input

Year 6: Make a toy vehicle

In this topic, children will:

• Know that mechanical systems have an input, process and an output
• Know what a gear and pulley is and demonstrate their use in their design
• Know how gears and pulleys can be used to speed up, slow down or change the direction of movement
• Know how to use gears or cams to make a moving toy

In woodland learning, children learn how to build and maintain a fire.

Summer Term

Nursery

Reception

In this topic, children will

In woodland learning, children learn how to use a mallet

 

Year 1: Make a freestanding structure

In this topic, children will:

• Know what a structure is
• Know how to make structures stronger, stiffer and more stable and demonstrate this in their work
• Know how to join materials purposefully using a variety of temporary methods e.g. masking tape, glue, sello tape, staples
• Know how to apply their knowledge of structures to make a freestanding structure

 

Year 2: Make a finger/hand puppet

In this topic, children will:

• Know how simple 3-D textile products are made
• Know what a template is and use templates to create two identical shapes
• Know how to join fabrics using different techniques e.g. running stitch, glue and stapling and demonstrate this
• Know how to do running stitch
• Know different finishing techniques that can be used e.g. using painting, fabric crayons, stitching, sequins, buttons and ribbons  and demonstrate in their work
• Know how to apply their knowledge of stitches and finishing techniques to make a puppet

 

Year 3: Make a moving picture

In this topic, children will:

• Know the purpose of a lever and a linkage  and demonstrate how they are used to create movement in their design
• Know the difference between fixed and loose pivots
• Know how to apply their knowledge of levers, linkages and pivots to make a moving picture

Year 4: Make a night light

In this topic, children will:

• Know how electrical systems are used in their products
• Know what a series circuit is and demonstrate how to make a successful circuit
• Know the press to make the switch, press to break switch, toggle switch
• Know what a buzzer is
• Know what a bulb is
• Apply their understanding of computing to program and control their products

 

Year 5: Make a bird box

In this topic, children will:

• Know how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce 3-D frameworks
• Know how to use a junior hack saw, g clamp and bench hook to accurately cut wood
• Know how to join 2 pieces of wood e.g. with wood glue, PVA glue, glue gun, hammers and nails
• Know how triangulation strengthens structures
• Know how to make a bird box based on their generated design

 

Year 6: Make soup

In this topic, children will:

• Know how to use and select appropriate equipment and utensils to prepare and combine food (blenders)
• Know how to research the origins of the ingredients needed
• Know the term seasonality and demonstrate through their ingredient choices
• Know how to adapt a recipe and measure ingredients to make soup

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