Design and Technology

‘Design is not just what it looks like and what it feels like. Design is how it works.’ Steve Jobs

The Design Technology curriculum at Carlyle & Nursery school uses the National Curriculum (2014) as its core.

The national curriculum for Design and Technology aims to ensure that all pupils:

•Are inspired, engaged  and challenged  to equip then with knowledge & skills  to experiment, invent and  create their  own work

•Will design purposeful, functional, appealing products for themselves based on design criteria.

•Can  select from and use a range of tools and equipment to perform practical  tasks, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing.

•Will develop  frequent opportunities to practice and develop their  skills.

•Explore and evaluate a range of existing products and to evaluate their ideas and products against design criteria.

•To give the opportunities  for children to cook and apply the principles of nutrition and healthy eating.

•Understand where food comes from.

•Understand  basic subject specific vocabulary relating to DT.

The DT curriculum at Carlyle encourages children to be creative, innovative and take risks as they become designers and makers of purposeful products. Whether its’s  cooking, construction, or  textiles our selection of products bring learning to life as the lessons are engaging, practical and full of challenge.  Pupils will be encouraged to use skills across the curriculum such as Maths, Science, Art and Literacy and apply them in real life context  which makes learning meaningful, memorable and relevant.

DT lessons will promote life skills such as problem solving, teamwork and creativity. The lessons will ensure that as well as learning new skills , the children will have will also have opportunities to revisit their knowledge and build on their abilities as they progress throughout each year group.

Each module  covers a Design and technology technique and is focused on specific  element  of Design and Technology.

Vocabulary

Within their Design and Technology  lessons, children have a myriad of opportunities to build upon and develop the language and vocabulary that they are practicing on a daily basis. With the belief that 'every lesson is a language lesson' underpinning our teaching philosophy the progression of  vocabulary is developed through the children discussing their learning . Through Design and Technology lessons we provide all children with the opportunity to improve oracy skills. Technical vocabulary is taught in all year groups and children are encouraged to use this language in their independent work.

The use of high-quality resources, such as communication in print and visuals to support SEND and EAL children . There is also a bank of topic specific vocabulary to ensure consistency across the school