D&T

Overview of Design & Technology

Intent

At Lavender Primary School, our D&T curriculum is designed to inspire pupils to be innovative and creative thinkers who have an appreciation for the product design cycle through ideation, creation, and evaluation. We want pupils to develop the confidence to take risks, through drafting design concepts, modelling, and testing and to be reflective learners who evaluate their work and the work of others. We follow Kapow's scheme of work to ensure students meet the National Curriculum's end-of-key-stage attainment targets while also build an awareness of the impact of design and technology on our lives and encourage pupils to become resourceful, enterprising citizens who will have the skills to contribute to future design advancements. 

Implementation

The revised Kapow D&T scheme of work is structured around four strands that are seamlessly woven into our BIG IDEAS at Lavender Primary School. These include:

• Design

• Make

• Evaluate

• Technical knowledge

Units of lessons are sequential, allowing children to build their skills and knowledge, applying them to a range of outcomes. The four strands of D&T, a key part of the National Curriculum, are also woven throughout units. Key skills are revisited again and again with increasing complexity in a spiral curriculum model. This allows pupils to revise and build on their previous learning. Units in each year group are organised into six core areas:

• Cooking and nutrition

• Mechanisms/ Mechanical systems

• Structures

• Textiles

• Electrical systems (KS2 only)

• Digital world (KS2 only)

Impact

The impact of Kapow Primary’s scheme can be constantly monitored through both formative and summative assessment opportunities. Each lesson includes guidance to support teachers in assessing pupils against the learning objectives. Furthermore, each unit has a unit quiz and knowledge catcher which can be used at the start and/ or end of the unit.

After the implementation of Kapow Primary Design and technology, pupils should leave school equipped with a range of skills to enable them to succeed in their secondary education and be innovative and resourceful members of society. The expected impact of following the Kapow Primary Design and technology scheme of work is that children will: 

➔ Understand the functional and aesthetic properties of a range of materials and resources. 

➔ Understand how to use and combine tools to carry out different processes for shaping, decorating, and manufacturing products. 

➔ Build and apply a repertoire of skills, knowledge and understanding to produce high quality, innovative outcomes, including models, prototypes, CAD, and products to fulfil the needs of users, clients, and scenarios. 

➔ Understand and apply the principles of healthy eating, diets, and recipes, including key processes, food groups and cooking equipment. 

➔ Have an appreciation for key individuals, inventions, and events in history and of today that impact our world. 

➔ Recognise where our decisions can impact the wider world in terms of community, social and environmental issues. 

➔ Self-evaluate and reflect on learning at different stages and identify areas to improve. 

➔ Meet the end of key stage expectations outlined in the National curriculum for Design and technology. 

➔ Meet the end of key stage expectations outlined in the National curriculum for Computing.

Yearly Overview

Big Ideas of Design & Technology

Progression of Knowledge and Skills