Our Intent
The intent of our curriculum for Design and Technology at Lacock Primary School is to provide our children with opportunities which enable them to exercise their creativity through designing and making. We strive to teach skills progressively to ensure that all children are able to learn and practice in order to develop as they move through the school.
The aims of Design and Technology teaching and learning at Lacock School are:
Evaluation is an integral part of the design process and allows children to adapt and improve their product, this is a key skill which they need throughout their life. Design and Technology (DT) allows children to apply the knowledge and skills learned in other subjects, particularly Maths, Science and Art. Children’s interests are captured through theme learning, ensuring that links are made in a cross-curricular way, giving children motivation and meaning for their learning.
Implementation
We teach DT across three mixed aged classes, supported by a clear skills and knowledge progression. This ensures that skills and knowledge are built on year by year and sequenced appropriately to maximise learning for all children. Through a variety of creative and practical activities, pupils are taught how to engage in an iterative process of designing and making. They work in a range of relevant contexts [for example, the home and school, gardens and playgrounds, Lacock village, industry and the wider environment].
All teaching of DT follows the design, make and evaluate cycle. The design process is rooted in real life, relevant contexts to give meaning to learning. While making, children will be given a range of tools to choose freely from. To evaluate, children will be able to evaluate their own products against design criteria.
When designing and making, our pupils are taught to:
Design
Make
Evaluate
Technical knowledge
Cooking and nutrition
As part of their work with food, pupils will be taught how to cook and apply the principles of nutrition and healthy eating. Instilling a love of cooking in pupils will also open a door to one of the great expressions of human creativity. Learning how to cook is a crucial life skill that enables pupils to feed themselves and others affordably and well, now and in later life.
Impact
The intent of our curriculum for Design and Technology at Lacock Primary School is to provide our children with opportunities which enable them to exercise their creativity through designing and making. We strive to teach skills progressively to ensure that all children are able to learn and practice in order to develop as they move through the school.
The aims of Design and Technology teaching and learning at Lacock School are:
- To promote Design and Technology and to nurture the children’s imagination and creativity
- To ensure a broad and balanced curriculum
- To ensure that skills are built on and developed over the years.
- To relate DT with other subjects combining skills from other parts of the curriculum.
- To relate what they do to the real world opening their eyes to possibilities for DT beyond the classroom.
- To teach cooking and nutrition to promote healthy eating as well as creativity in the subject.
Evaluation is an integral part of the design process and allows children to adapt and improve their product, this is a key skill which they need throughout their life. Design and Technology (DT) allows children to apply the knowledge and skills learned in other subjects, particularly Maths, Science and Art. Children’s interests are captured through theme learning, ensuring that links are made in a cross-curricular way, giving children motivation and meaning for their learning.
Implementation
We teach DT across three mixed aged classes, supported by a clear skills and knowledge progression. This ensures that skills and knowledge are built on year by year and sequenced appropriately to maximise learning for all children. Through a variety of creative and practical activities, pupils are taught how to engage in an iterative process of designing and making. They work in a range of relevant contexts [for example, the home and school, gardens and playgrounds, Lacock village, industry and the wider environment].
All teaching of DT follows the design, make and evaluate cycle. The design process is rooted in real life, relevant contexts to give meaning to learning. While making, children will be given a range of tools to choose freely from. To evaluate, children will be able to evaluate their own products against design criteria.
When designing and making, our pupils are taught to:
Design
- design purposeful, functional, appealing products for themselves and other users based on design criteria
- generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through talking, drawing, templates, mock-ups and, where appropriate, information and communication technology.
Make
- select from and use a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing]
- select from and use a wide range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their characteristics
Evaluate
- explore and evaluate a range of existing products
- evaluate their ideas and products against design criteria
- understand how key events and individuals in design and technology have helped shape the world
Technical knowledge
- build structures, exploring how they can be made stronger, stiffer and more stable
- explore and use mechanisms [for example, levers, sliders, wheels and axles] in their products
- apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures
- understand and use mechanical systems in their products [for example, gears, pulleys, cams, levers and linkages]
- understand and use electrical systems in their products [for example, series circuits incorporating switches, bulbs, buzzers and motors]
- apply their understanding of computing to program, monitor and control their products
Cooking and nutrition
As part of their work with food, pupils will be taught how to cook and apply the principles of nutrition and healthy eating. Instilling a love of cooking in pupils will also open a door to one of the great expressions of human creativity. Learning how to cook is a crucial life skill that enables pupils to feed themselves and others affordably and well, now and in later life.
- use the basic principles of a healthy and varied diet to prepare dishes
- understand where food comes from
- understand and apply the principles of a healthy and varied diet
- prepare and cook a variety of predominantly savoury dishes using a range of cooking techniques
- understand seasonality, and know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown, reared, caught and processed
Impact
- Our children have an excellent attitude to learning and independent working.
- Children can use time efficiently and work constructively and productively with others.
- Children have the ability to carry out thorough research, show initiative and ask questions to develop a detailed knowledge of users’ needs.
- Children have the ability to act as responsible designers and makers, working ethically, using finite materials carefully and working safely.
- Children have a thorough knowledge of which tools, equipment and materials to use to make their products.
- Children can apply mathematical knowledge and skills accurately.
- Children can manage risks exceptionally well to manufacture products safely and hygienically.
- Children are confident and enjoy cooking.
- Children understand about nutrition and healthy eating.
Our DT Knowledge Organisers
| eyfs_expressive_art_and_design_.docx |
| eyfs_expressive_arts_and_design_knowledge_organiser.docx |
| year_1_and_2_art_and_dt_model_making.docx |
| year_1_and_2_art_and_dt_textiles.docx |
| year_1_and_2_dt_plant_pot.docx |
| year_5_and_6_dt__knowledge_organsier.docx |
| year_5_and_6_dt_lacock__knowledge_organsier.docx |