Contact: Mrs. Mercer, Little Hoole Primary School, Dob Lane, Preston, Lancashire PR4 5QL

01772 613026

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Little Hoole Primary School

Believe, Grow, Achieve

Design & Technology

Our Design & Technology Champion: Mrs. Scott

 

Starting with the requirements from the National Curriculum, our Design & Technology curriculum uses the clear and respected Lancashire planning for Design & Technology in Years 1 and 2 and the excellent Design & Technology Association's (DATA) 'Projects on a Page' for Years 3,4,5 and 6. Using the Lancashire Progression Key Learning documents helps teachers to ensure they are providing opportunities that move children on in their learning in Design & Technology throughout our school. Our curriculum enables children to learn and experience different projects, using different tools and techniques helping them to feel 'Ten Feet Tall.' We aim for the children to plan their work, make their own choices about how their designs might look and to always consider who they are creating their work for, helping our children with the things they need to move them on to the next step.

Our Design & Technology Whole School Overview

Year Group Aut 1 Aut 2 Spr 1 Spr 2 Sum 1 Sum 2
Rec

In Reception the curriculum is based on an active learning approach that allows children to explore and develop their skills through continuous provision. 

Early Learning Goals:

  • Expressive Art and Design - Children safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.
  • Expressive Art and Design - Children represent their own ideas, thoughts and feelings through design and technology
  • Physical Development - Children handle equipment and tools effectively

Across the course of the year, the skills they will learn are:

  • Explore building materials and combining materials
  • Exploring colour mixing
  • Construction & Design
  • Junk modelling 
  • Evaluating and labelling designs
  • Joining methods 
  • Vocabulary relevant (using to reflect on methods)
  • Woodwork - bug hotel
  • Designing and planning
  • Cutting, chopping, grating techniques
  • Cooking using appropriate safety tools
  • Making recipes and instructions for cooking
Year 1
Mechanisms – Pop ups and simple card levers
Food – Preparing and combining foods - Fruit Kebabs
Structures – stability & strength
Year 2 Mechanisms – Wheels & axles Textiles – using a template, simple joining, choice of stitches, choice of materials Food – the Eatwell guide – where food comes from the principals of a healthy diet - Salad
Year 3
Food – simple dish – the Eatwell Plate
Textiles – seams, stiffening, strengthening,  materials and fastenings 
Year 4
IT and electrical systems – control and electrical components
Mechanisms – Mechanical systems – levers and linkages
Structures – shell/frame structures and strengthening
Year 5
Food – Food from another culture, variety of cooking techniques
3D Textiles – using gussets, using patterns, joining with seam allowance, combining fabrics Structures - Frame structures
Year 6 Mechanisms – Mechanical systems – cams, pulleys and gears
Combining learning from across the DT skills bases – structures, mechanical systems, electrical systems, IT programming, control
 

Galleries

Yr 1 - Ospreys Food

Food - Fruit Kebabs

Yr 1 - Mechanisms

Yr 2 - Nightingales

Textiles

Yr 3 - Goldcrests

Food - Sandwich Making

Yr 5 - Magpies

Food - Biscuit Making and Decorating

Yr 6 - Robins

Mechanical Systems


Evaluating

Yr 6 Mechanical Systems