Design and Technology

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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.

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We follow the Projects On A Page (DATA) scheme, choosing a relevant end product linked to time of year, a local theme or a product linked to our learning in other areas of the curriculum.

For each project thechildren complete a booklet to showcase the design, make and evaluate process involved. This booklet also includes a Knowlege Mat for each project. A knowledge organiser sets out the key, useful and important knowledge  which pupils need to know. This is shared on a double 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.

At St Peter's, 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.

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 want our children to become innovators and risk-takers.

 

  • To develop our children's creativity, technical and practical expertise needed to perform everyday tasks confidently and to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world.
  • For our children to build and apply a repertoire of skills in order to design and make high-quality prototypes and products for a wide range of users.
  • To develop our children's skills to critique, evaluate and test their ideas and products and the work of others.
  • For our children to develop an understanding of and apply the principles of nutrition and learn how to cook.
  • To provide a skills and vocabulary based design and technology curriculum which is progressive and sequenced.
  • To offer our children new and exciting opportunities and experiences.
  • To promote our school values which are closely linked to British Values.
  • To prepare our children for the next steps in their learning journey.

 

 

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St Peters C of E Primary School, Birley St, Newton-le-Willows, WA12 9UR