Design and Technology

Design Technology at Orchard Primary School

Design and Technology is an inspiring and practical subject. Through Design Technology, we encourage children to learn to think and intervene creatively to solve problems both as individuals and as members of a team. At Orchard Primary School, we encourage children to use their creativity and imagination, to design and make products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts, considering their own and others’ needs, wants and values. We provide pupils with the opportunities to design and make products with a purpose in mind.

At Orchard Primary, there is a focus on developing language which enables children to fully express their ideas with the use of subject specific vocabulary; children are able to critique and evaluate both their own and the work of others. Children learn to take risks, be reflective, innovative, enterprising and resilient. Through the evaluation of past and present technology, they can reflect upon the impact of Design Technology on everyday life and the wider world. We want children to be inspired to be designers, chefs, engineers, animators and architects of the future.

DT Curriculum Planning Overview

	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Reception	Food Nutrition – new meal each half-term / Cutting Skills / Malleable Materials	Food Nutrition – new meal each half-term / Cutting Skills / Malleable Materials	Food Nutrition – new meal each half-term / Cutting Skills / Malleable Materials	Food Nutrition – new meal each half-term / Cutting Skills / Malleable Materials	Food Nutrition – new meal each half-term / Cutting Skills / Malleable Materials	Food Nutrition – new meal each half-term / Cutting Skills / Malleable Materials
Year 1	Structures - stable structures (building a house for the three little pigs)	Cooking and nutrition: smoothies	Mechanisms: making a moving storybook/matching slider game	Mechanisms: wheels and axles, Cinderella's carriage	Textiles: puppets	Textiles: puppets
Year 2	Textiles: penguins	Textiles: cutlasses	Food Nutrition – Victorian treats	Food Nutrition - Victorian treats	Systems and structures	Systems and structures
Year 3	Textiles	Electrical systems	Mechanical system - pneumatic toys	Digital world	Cooking and nutrition	Structures
Year 4	Cooking and nutrition: adapting a recipe	Textiles: fastenings	Mechanical cars	Electrical systems: torches	Digital world: mindful moment timers	Structures: helmets
Year 5	Textiles: Greek tote bags	Cooking and nutrition: developing a recipe (WW1)	Systems and structures : boat	Systems and structures: boat	Constructing a Tudor House	Green Intervention Enterprise
Year 6	Systems and structures: carousels	Systems and structures: carousels	Food and nutrition	Food and nutrition	Textiles