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    Foston Church of England VC Primary School

    Love, Learn and Grow Together

    Design and Technology

    Intent:

    • Children to use creativity to design and make products within a variety of contexts and act as responsible designers 
    • We aim to create strong cross-curricular links with other subjects, such as, maths, science, computing and art 
    • We want Design and Technology to prepare our children, give them equal opportunities, responsibilities, and experiences to build upon in later life 
    • Children to critically evaluate their own products and suggest improvements for future, considering their own and others’ responses 

    Implementation:

    • Each project from Year One to Year Six addresses the principles of designing, making and evaluating, including technical knowledge and understanding in relevant contexts
    • Well planned and resourced projects providing children with hands-on and enriching experiences
    • A range of skills are taught, with focus on developing the children's awareness of health and safety issues related to the tasks undertaken
    • Careful planning subject specific vocabulary is taught to the children, providing them with a rich and extensive vocabulary by the end of KS2

    Knowledge and Understanding:

    The children’s understanding and knowledge of Design and Technology will be broadened through the teaching of the following key concepts.

    • Mechanisms
    • Construction
    • Textiles
    • Food
    • Computing
    • Electronics

    Impact:

    • Children will acquire a rich and extensive vocabulary through well planned and sequenced teaching
    • Children know more, and remember more, by building upon their knowledge of key concepts over time, helping them to make good or better progress
    • Children will obtain a strong foundation of knowledge and skills to see them equipped to build upon in Secondary Education
    • Children will gain creative, technical and practical expertise needed to perform everyday tasks confidently

    Knowledge progression