DT

At Clapgate, the children carry out a Design and Technology project each term, thus covering 3 projects throughout the school year. This allows the children time to research, plan, design, make and evaluate their products over time. The key areas of the Design and Technology curriculum are: mechanisms, structures, food, textiles, mechanical systems and electrical systems. At every opportunity, the children are encouraged to create functional products with users and purpose in mind. We offer cross-curricular links to other National Curriculum subjects and foster an iterative process. We endeavour to create designers of the future and want our children to move on to secondary school with a strong Design and Technology skills set and knowledge.

Overview of Subject Approach

Please see the document below which clearly outlines our approach to Design and Technology.

• Design Technology at Clapgate Overview

Learner Profile of a Designer

Here you will find our subject learner profile for Design and Technology.

• Learner Profile – DT

Long Term Plan

Please see the document below which clearly outlines our approach to teaching Design and Technology.

• DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY LTP

Medium Term Plans

Please see the documents below, which provide examples of the medium-term plans for each year group. At Clapgate, we use ‘Projects On A Page’.

Y1 Sliders and leversDownload

Y2 Templates and joiningDownload

Y4- Simple circuits and switchesDownload

Skills Progression

Below you will find our skills progression for Design and Technology.

• D.T. – Year group progression grids

Useful Links

• http://www.data.org.uk – information and ideas for design technology and projects on a page.
• http://www.stem.org.uk – great ideas for design and technology
• http://www.gov.uk   – national curriculum for design technology KS1 and KS2