Design Technology
Design Technology is a subject that allows children to be creative, show self-expression, develop techniques and create innovative designs. Children have the opportunity to use a variety of materials, develop motor skills, learn new vocabulary and processes to develop products based on a design brief. We encourage children to persevere, believe in their abilities and use time and effort to ensure that they learn from prototypes and develop new designs as well as supporting others in their creativity. It allows children to appreciate inventions and develop understanding of how things work.
Our curriculum is guided by the following academic fingerprint which is derived from the national curriculum and aims.
Children will:
- 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