Statement of Intent
Through our provision of excellent Catholic education, our aim is to ensure that we deliver a high-quality design and technology curriculum that inspires children to design and make products for real life problems. They will consider the values, wants and needs of the users and tailor the products they make to suit them. Pupils will draw on knowledge from maths, science, engineering, computing and art in order to build a secure knowledge of design and technology. The evaluation of current and past design and technology, pupils will develop a critical understanding of the impact on the wider world.
Our school curriculum for design and technology ensures 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, and understand and apply the principles of nutrition and learn how to cook.
Design & Technology Curriculum Overview
Useful Information (please click on links below)
https://designmuseum.org/designs-and-designers
A great place to access information on key designers.
https://www.deliaonline.com/cookery-school
This takes you to the cookery school section which has a skills section and various lessons required for good, home cooked food.
Rob Ives is a designer from nearby Harrogate. He creates paper animations and has written several books. Lots of ideas for mechanisms (some are charged) though in the ‘Learn’ section there’s lots of useful step by step instructions with photos and moving images. He is also on Instagram.
https://www.littleinventors.org/
Daily challenges for little inventors.
Five exciting engineering challenges to try at home!
This is a great website for STEM activities suited to KS1 and KS2 children.
