Intent

At St Mary’s, we aim to give children engaging opportunities to develop a broad range of skills, knowledge and understanding in a wide variety of activities. Our pupils will design, make and evaluate products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts. Our Design and Technology curriculum aims to enable our child to be resourceful, innovative, enterprising and capable members of the community.

Implementation

The teaching of Design Technology ensures our children develop a range of skills and create high quality outcomes. Pupils design products with a purpose and an intended user in mind. They are taught key knowledge and skills within a spiralling curriculum which focuses on textiles, mechanisms, structures, electrical systems and food. Food technology is implemented across the school with pupils developing an understanding of where food comes from, the importance of a varied and healthy diet and how to prepare this. Design and technology is taught as part of an integrated curriculum and care is taken to ensure that, where appropriate, strong cross–curricular links are made.

Impact

When pupils leave St Mary’s, their learning in design and technology will have enabled them to become confident at designing, making and evaluating products with a specific purpose and user in mind. They will have good knowledge and skills of working with textiles, mechanisms, structures, electrical systems and food. Pupils will have a secure understanding of how other subjects e.g. science, maths and computing link with design and technology and will be able to apply this knowledge and understanding when designing, making and evaluating products.