Home About us Parent’s Information Classes Our Curriculum Noticeboard Policies Contact us Design Technology DREAM BIG! Believe, Aspire, Achieve Design Technology at Carrwood Primary We aim to inspire children through a broad range of practical experiences to create innovative designs, which solve real and relevant problems within a variety of different contexts. Our Design and Technology curriculum prepares children for their future by ensuring they can deal with the ever-changing world around them and encourages them to become independent, creative problem solvers as individuals and as part of a team. Pupils learn how to take risks and will become resourceful, innovative and enterprising members of the future community. Our students will acquire a broad range of subject knowledge that draws upon skills from mathematics, science, computing and art. Opportunities to evaluate past and present design and technology will generate a critical understanding of the impact that products have on daily life and the wider world, and help inspire our students to become the next generation of successful innovators. Cultural Capital At Carrwood, our Design and Technology curriculum aims to improve the Cultural capital of every student. We encourage them to develop into responsible adults capable of having a positive impact in today’s ever-changing society whether it be voluntarily, in future employment or further training in higher education. Through our vision of ensuring every child is given the tools to ‘Dream Big’, we hope that the DT curriculum equips our students with the ability to constructively criticize the world around them and design and create things that will have a positive impact on their future, and others around them. DT in Key Stage 1 In Key Stage 1, our students are taught the knowledge and skills to be successful in the process of designing and making. We look at designing purposeful, functional and appealing products based on a set design criterion before selecting from a range of equipment and tools to meet the characteristics of the design. The main outcome for our students in Key Stage 1 is exploring how to make their structures stronger, whilst including a range of mechanics within their creations, such as levers, sliders and wheels and comparing their product against the outlined design criteria. DT in Key Stage 2 In Key Stage 2, the students build upon their previously acquired skills. When designing products, students include research to inform their designs and demonstrate their findings through discussions, sketches, and prototypes. When creating their products, a wider range of tools and materials are used, including textiles, construction materials and ingredients – depending on what they are creating. Key Stage 2 students will evaluate their products against their own design and work collaboratively to discuss how to improve each other’s work and the impact that designs have on the world. Outcomes in Key Stage 2 build upon the ones from the previous key stage, with more complex mechanical systems (e.g. pulleys, gears, linkages) as well as understanding the use of electrical systems in their products such as switches, bulbs, buzzers and motors. Useful websites: https://www.brainpop.com/technology/ https://www.robives.com/ https://inventivekids.com/ Downloads Design Technology Long Term Planning (34.14 KB pdf file - Click to download) Related Pages Our Curriculum English – Reading English – Writing English – Vocabulary Phonics Maths History Geography Science PSHE Computing Online Safety Design Technology Modern Foreign Languages PE EYFS Art Music RE Forest School Assessment Spiritual, Moral, Social, Cultural Development (SMSC) © 2021 Carrwood Primary School All Rights Reserved.