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St Philip Howard
Catholic Primary School
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At St Philip Howard, Design and Technology provides children with the opportunities to solve real issues within different contexts. ‘Catholic Social Teaching is based on the belief that God has a plan for creation, a plan to build his kingdom of peace, love and justice.’ Through our scheme, children are encouraged to be creative and develop their skills throughout the D&T curriculum and build upon knowledge each year. D&T starts early within St Phillip Howard and is interwoven throughout other areas of the national curriculum, including Early Years.
There are four key aspects that the children will focus upon;
Design and Technology Curriculum Overview | |||
Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | |
Nursery | Taught through the characteristics of effective learning. Children will explore D&T throughout play and different topics relating to the world around them. They will also explore different textures and materials. | ||
Reception | |||
Year 1 | Title of project: Shade and Shelter Aspects of DT: Construction | Title of project: Taxi! Aspects of DT: Mechanisms – wheels, axles and chassis | Title of project: Chop, Slice and Mash Aspects of DT: Food and nutrition |
Year 2 | Title of project: Remarkable Recipes Aspects of DT: Food and Nutrition | Title of project: Beach Hut Aspects of DT: Construction | Title of project: Towers, Tunnels and Turrets Aspects of DT: Mechanisms |
Year 3 | Title of project: Tacos Aspects of DT: Food | Title of project: Making it Move Aspects of DT: Mechanisms | Title of project: Greenhouse Aspects of DT: Construction |
Year 4 | Title of project: Warp and Weft. Aspects of DT: Textiles | Title of project: Fresh food, good food. Aspects of DT: Food and nutrition / Construction. | Title of project: Functional and fancy fabrics. Aspects of DT: Textiles |
Year 5 | Title of project: Beast Creator Aspects of DT: Construction | Title of project: Moving Mechanisms Aspects of DT: mechanisms | Title of project: Architecture Aspects of DT Construction |
Year 6 | Title of project: Food for Life Skill covered: Food & Nutrition | Title of project: Engineer - building bridges Skill covered: Construction & mechanisms | Title of project: Make Do & Mend Skill covered: Textiles Anderson Shelters WW2 Construction |
Throughout each area, children have the opportunities to design, make and evaluate their chosen product of choice. They are encouraged to show resilience through each task and problem solve if their product does not go to plan. Children are exposed to different engineers, designers and chefs and use this inspiration to create their own adapted product.
Implementation
All DT follows the National Curriculum guidance of Design, Make and Evaluate. Children create for a purpose. At St Philip Howard, children are exposed to the 4 key aspects of D&T throughout each key stage. During the designing process, children are encouraged to look for inspiration from other products or ideas around them. They must design with a purpose in mind. They are provided with the option of a variety of tools to work with. Children then make and evaluate their product. They pinpoint where the task went well and where it could have been improved.
D&T is interwoven throughout various curriculum areas in St Philip Howard. Children are taught D&T once a term. Teachers use current topics and inspirations from other areas of the curriculum to adapt and change their products, so that it fits the needs of the children. This also ensures that it is relevant for them, and creates a purpose.
It is especially apparent within R.E teaching. Children are encouraged to show creativity through their religious studies and use their design knowledge to support this. Examples may include the children creating their props for their productions or creating a cross in Forest School.
Forest School is another example of D&T being used outside of the classroom. Children use nature found around them to design and create products for habitats, such as bird nests.
Cooking in St Philip Howard is taught each year but is also provided as an after school club. This gives children the opportunity to extend their knowledge and skills taught within lessons and provides them with a deeper understanding of why cooking and nutrients are important.
Key Stage 1-
Design
Make
Evaluate
Technical knowledge
Cooking and Nutrition
Key Stage 2
Design
Make
Technical knowledge
Cooking and Nutrition
Impact
Children are assessed through the outcome of their final product. They are encouraged to notice and reflect on how well their project went and how they could overcome their issue next time. They focus on the skills that they need to improve on and then ones that went well.
Through these repeated evaluations of themselves and their projects, by year 6, children are skilled in overcoming challenging situations in the Design and Technology curriculum.
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