Design and Technology at St Nicholas
We aim to…
- Give all learners the opportunity to enjoy being creative!
- Provide an opportunity for all children to learn the skills required to be a successful designer.
- Plan opportunities to create and evaluate a range of products.
- Encourage children to discover an interest in design technology.
- Enable learners to access a range of materials in order to understand their properties
- Widen children’s vocabulary and use of technical language.
- Encourage children to create products, considering their purpose and practically.
- Allow children to critically engage with design, sculpture and construction.
- Provide opportunities for children to show pride in their work and others’.
How we will achieve our aims…
- Ensuring DT is included in cross-curricular lessons in all year groups (such as science, topic, Forest Schools and RE).
- Providing a range of materials for children to explore.
- High quality teaching that is appropriately pitched to individuals.
- Inspiring children to enjoy DT lessons and the process from start to finish.
- Nurturing a resilient learning attitude towards product design, focusing on evaluation.
- Providing children with the opportunity to develop a range of design skills.
- Using displays in school to celebrate children’s achievements and progress.
- Having an annual Christmas DT day where the children use a variety of techniques to make Christmas decorations
How will we know we’ve achieved our aims?
- Children enjoy designing, making and evaluating products
- Children discover new interests and talents in DT.
- Children enjoy DT lessons and are confident to ‘have a go’ at applying their new skills.
- Children talk with increasing confidence about their learning in DT using a range of appropriate vocabulary.
- Pupils develop a wider technical vocabulary.
- Children confidently apply their knowledge to other contexts.
- Children consider how DT learning links to the wider world around them.
- Children can identify designs/products they appreciate and explain why.
- Children take pride in their DT projects.