Design Technology at St Thomas'
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” - Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs was an American businessman most famous for his co-founding of Apple. This quote references that design isn’t just a tactile or aesthetic thing, but actually functional.
Take a look at our learning in DT
Every year group, participate in making healthy foods through DT. Year 5 children plan, design and make seasonal soups. They build on their food preparation skills, work hygienically and cook independently on our hobs. They love to taste what they have made and evaluate it too.
Year 2 children explore how they can make a structure stronger and more stable by designing, planning and making a beach hut. They start by looking at the beach huts near our school on St Annes promenade. The children independently learn to cut and join wood.
Year 6 children use their knowledge about structures and the work of famous bridge designers when they design, plan and make their own bridge structures. They work co-operatively and select their materials.
As part of our extra curricular provision we invite Year 5 and 6 pupils to a Cooking Club. The children learn to make easy and healthy meals that they can make at home such as black bean quesadillas, pasta sauce and halloumi.
As part of their Making it Move topic, Year 3 use cams and axles to create automaton toys to move up and down.
Year 5 use a simple pneumatic system to design and create an animal with a moving mouth.
In our school...
Design and technology learning allows pupils to use creativity and imagination. Our pupils will design and make products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts, considering their own and others’ needs, wants and values. They will acquire a broad range of subject knowledge and draw on disciplines such as mathematics, science, engineering, computing and art. Children will learn about a number of designers, engineers and architects and our children will reflect on their work, their techniques and use these within their own designs.
Our Design Technology work in school is based around the Schemes of Work from Curriculum Maestro (Cornerstones Curriculum). All our design and technology projects are well sequenced to provide a coherent subject scheme that develops children’s designing, planning, making and evaluating skills. Each project is based around a design and technology subject focus of structures, mechanisms, cooking and nutrition or textiles. These projects allow for the sequential development of subject specific knowledge and practical knowledge. The design and technology curriculum’s electronic systems and IT monitoring and control elements are explicitly taught in our science lessons to ensure the links between subjects are highlighted.
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