Design and Technology

Our amazing subject ambassadors...

These students are or Design and Technology experts, they will help Mrs Colley in providing support in this subject to any teachrs or children who need it.

At St Peter’s we believe that Design and Technology prepares children to take part in the development of the rapidly changing world. Creative thinking encourages children to make positive changes to their quality of life. The subject encourages children to become innovative and creative thinkers and problem-solvers, both as individuals and as part of a team. 

We encourage our children to use their creativity and imagination, to design and make products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts and also consider their own and others’ needs, wants and values.

Through the study of Design and Technology, children combine practical skills with an understanding of aesthetic, social and environmental issues. This allows children to analyse and evaluate past and present designs, its uses and its impacts. Design and Technology helps all children to become discriminating and informed consumers and potential innovators.

Through DT lessons, children learn to produce practical solutions to real problems and develop technical understanding and making skills, they learn about design methods and investigate their environment and the materials around them.

Communication is vital in DT; children are encouraged to listen to the ideas of others, and treat them with respect, to critically evaluate existing products, both their own work and those of others. They have the opportunity to use a wide range of materials and resources, including ICT.

At St Peter's, our design and technology curriculum combines skills and knowledge to enable our children to tackle real problems. We aim to improve our children's analysis, problem solving, practical capability and evaluation skills. We also aim to, wherever possible, link work to other disciplines such as mathematics, science, engineering, computing and art.

We follow the Kapow scheme of work.

For each unit the children follow the  design, make and evaluate process. A  Knowlege Mat is shared with the chioldren at the beginning of each unit. A knowledge organiser sets out the key, useful and important knowledge  which pupils need to know. This is shared on a single page where it is usually broken down into key vocabulary, significant knowledge and includes images to support pupils with their understanding. Knowledge organisers are not only a valuable tool for pupils but also for parents in supporting your child to help them review and revise their learning. All the knowledge oragnisers can be found in the files section below.

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