DT
Design and Technology
Intent
At Greasby Infant School, our Design and Technology curriculum is planned and delivered with cross curricular links to other subjects taught. This is to encourage our children to carefully consider the purpose behind their design and who they are making it for. This also allows our children to draw on their subject knowledge from other areas of our curriculum to improve their designs. Our children are encouraged to design a product with a purpose, choose their materials carefully, make their product for an intended user and evaluate their product once completed. By the end of Key Stage One, our children will have a secure knowledge of the impact of Design and Technology on our daily lives and the importance of it. They will also develop a good understanding of where their food comes from and what it means to have a healthy diet.
Implement
In EYFS, Design and Technology is taught using the ‘Expressive Arts and Design’ strand of Development Matters with the aim of all children meeting the Early Learning Goal in ‘Bring Imaginative’ and ‘Exploring and using Media and Materials’. In Key Stage One Design and Technology is taught using the National Curriculum. Please see our Design and Technology Progression Map for further details.
As our children progress through our school, they build on their prior learning and knowledge to design, make and evaluate increasingly challenging products. Teachers model designing a product for a purpose with a user in mind, carefully selecting appropriate tools and materials to make their product. Teachers also model how to effectively evaluate a product. Our children are encouraged and supported to practise using appropriate tools and techniques that they will be using to make their product.
Once our children have made their final product they are encouraged and supported to evaluate their product and make any necessary adjustments to improve it. Our children are encouraged to develop their resilience and a growth mindset when creating and evaluating their designs. They are also encouraged to collaborate and support one another when making their products as well as work independently.
Cross curricular links are made where possible throughout our Design and Technology curriculum to enable our children to use their subject knowledge from other areas of the curriculum to improve their designs.
Impact
Our Design and Technology curriculum enables all of our children to make good progress from their starting points to the end of Key Stage One. It supports our children to develop a strong understanding of the impact of Design and Technology on our daily lives whilst developing their skills and knowledge about a variety of tools and techniques. As a result of this, our children are well prepared for their next step in their learning journey in Design and Technology when they move up to Key Stage Two.