Design and Technology
D&T AT BOURNVILLE VILLAGE PRIMARY SCHOOL
The National Curriculum for design and technology aims to ensure that all pupils:
- develop the creative, technical and practical expertise needed to perform everyday tasks confidently and to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world
- 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
- critique, evaluate and test their ideas and products and the work of others
- understand and apply the principles of nutrition and learn how to cook.
Rationale: It is our aim at BVPS for pupils to work towards the National Curriculum aims above to the highest possible standard. Pupils will develop subject knowledge and skills across a range of units from Years 1 – 6, which focus on the following areas:
- Food
- Structures
- Textiles
- Mechanisms and mechanical systems
- Electrical systems
3 units of D&T are delivered each year in Years 1 – 6. Our D&T Overview sets out the units to be studied, each unit’s place within pupils’ learning journey and the intended outcome for each unit. The overview also makes reference to cross-curricular links and relevant books kept in school and provides an equipment list for each unit.
Delivery of D&T will involve time spent on the following:
- Investigative and Evaluative Activities to explore ideas and gain insight
- Focused Tasks to develop specific skills or to solve particular problems
- Design, Make and Evaluate Assignments to apply skills to a finished product with a relevant user in mind
DT overview 2021
DT in action
