Skip to content
  • 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

    Castles

    Textiles

    (Christmas Decorations)

    Rockets 

     

    Clay - Farm animals

    Royal Crowns

    Food Nutrition

    (Rainbow Salads / Fruit Kebabs)

    Year 2

    Making Pirate Ships / Cannons

    Sculptures / Modelling – Clay

    Food Nutrition – Victorian Treats

    Construction – Victorian Toys

     

    Food Nutrition

    Setting up an Allotment – food produce and harvest

    Construction – Sea Defences

    Year 3

    Food Nutrition / Stone Age Bread Rolls, Fruit Muffins

    Volcano Models (mouldable materials)

    Pop-up Christmas Cards

    Mouldable Materials (Canopic Jars) / Egyptian Jewellery

     

    Stiff/Flexible Materials (Construction)

    Photography Project

    Textiles – Puppets

    Year 4

    Food Nutrition

    Roman Shields

    Textiles

    Poisonous Dart Frogs

    Royal DT

    European Food

    Woodwork Trains

    Year 5

    Cooking – Nutrition / Food (Greek links) / Clay Work – Materials

     

    Sewing Textiles / Making Christmas Decorations

    Making a Moving Boat Scene

    Cooking and Nutrition / Food Inspired by Oceania

    Constructing a Mayan Temple

    Green Intervention Enterprise

    Year 6

    Plan and Create an Earthquake-proof Building

    Make Anderson Shelters

    Brazil food

    Carnival costume making

    Food Hygiene

    Making a Globe Theatre Model