Design and Technology is a way of thinking creatively to solve a problem.

 

Design and technology is an inspiring, rigorous and practical subject. That encourages children to design and make products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts, considering their own and others’ needs, wants and values.

- National Curriculum

 

We encourage children to identify a problem and work either individually or as part of a team to solve that problem. We encourage the children to take risks, be resourceful, resilient, creative and use logic to develop ideas.

 

 

We appreciate that DT is a problem solving-led subject and we seek to answer fundamental questions such as:

 

• What is the problem?
• How can it be solved?
• What is this product used for?
• What material is this  product made from?
• Why has the product been made from the material
• How has the product been made?

 

We have planned the curriculum based on the:

• National Curriculum requirements
• The essential knowledge we believe to be important
• DT skills and key concepts, which are progressive and transferable, and will be built upon each year.

 

• Following research we have purchased Kapow Primary DT to use for our skills progression, knowledge organisers and lesson plans.