Design & Technology
Design & Technology Statement of Intent:
To design, make and evaluate creative, purposeful products through selecting appropriate materials and developing technical expertise to solve real problems
Aims of the Hockley Primary design and technology curriculum:
To ensure all children have access to a broad, creative and varied Design and Technology curriculum.
To develop the creative, technical and practical expertise needed to perform everyday tasks confidently and to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world.
To build and apply a repertoire of knowledge, understanding and skills in order to design and make high-quality prototypes and products for a wide range of users.
To critique, evaluate and test their ideas and products and the work of others.
To encourage children to use a range of materials and processes and to become creative problem solvers.
To understand and apply the principles of nutrition and learn how to cook.
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In EYFS, children will:
Explore, use and refine a variety of artistic effects to express their ideas and feelings.
Return to and build on their previous learning, refining ideas and developing their ability to represent them.
Create collaboratively sharing ideas, resources and skills
Develop their small motor skills so that they can use a range of tools competently, safely and confidently. Suggested tools: pencils for drawing and writing, paintbrushes, scissors, knives, forks and spoons.
Share their creations, explaining the process they have used.
Design and Technology (DT) at Hockley Primary prepares children for the developing technological world whilst encouraging them to think critically and creatively. The lessons taught help our children to consider the needs of individuals and of society within the context of a caring community. We aim for our children to use their growing knowledge to research, design, make and evaluate products that solve real world problems within a variety of contexts, whilst considering their own and others’ needs.
DT lessons are directly linked to phase group topics and are planned according to the needs of the age group. DT is taught as a subject in its own right, but can also be used as a medium for learning in other curriculum areas. We aim to, wherever possible, link work to other disciplines such as mathematics, science, engineering, computing and art.
Planning for Design and Technology is developed through weekly collaborative planning meetings and should focus on a progression of skills as well as a finished product.
In EYFS, DT is recorded in Learning Journeys and in Years 1-6, it is recorded in Creative Arts books, at the back. Finished projects are vastly put on display in classrooms or shared areas to promote creativity, self-reflection and to promote self-confidence within the subject.
At Hockley Primary School we have mixed-age classes. As a result of this we use a two year rolling programme (Year A and Year B). Mastery approaches, higher standards and depth (rather than coverage) agendas are paving way for greater conceptual understanding in foundation subjects for all.