Upton St Leonards C of E Primary School

Upton St Leonards CofE
Primary School
Building foundations for a love of life,
a love of learning and a love of one another

Design & Technology

 

Subject Intent

  • To increase pupils’ prospects by:

“Enabling children to become resilient and responsible risk-takers. Try, fail, succeed.”

Design and Technology is an inspiring, rigorous and practical subject. Design and Technology encourages children to learn to think and intervene creatively to solve problems both as individuals and as members of a team. At Upton St Leonards, we encourage children to use their creativity and imagination, to design and make products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts, considering their own and others’ needs, wants and values. We aim to, wherever possible, link work to other disciplines such as mathematics, science, engineering, computing and art. The children are also given opportunities to reflect upon and evaluate past and present design technology, its uses and its effectiveness and are encouraged to become innovators and risk-takers.

Key Documents 

DT at USL

Curriculum Progression - Design & Technology

Upton St Leonards DT Policy

USL Action Plan DT (24-25)

Scaffolding in DT

SMSC in DT

British Values in DT at USL

Long Term Planning Documents 

Y1 Autumn Term - Mechanisms, Sliders & Levers Y2 Autumn Term - Textiles, Templates & Joining Y3 Autumn Term - Food - Healthy & Varied Diet Y4 Autumn Term - Textiles, 2D shape to 3D Product Y5 Autumn Term - Food - Celebrating Culture & Seasonality Y6 Autumn Term - Textiles, Combining Different Fabric Shapes
Y1 Spring Term -  Structures, Freestanding Structures Y2 Spring Term - Mechanisms, Wheels & Axles Y3 Spring Term - Structures, Shell Structures Y4 Spring Term - Food, Healthy & Varied Diet Y5 Spring Term - Structures - Frame Structures Y6 Spring Term - Electrical Systems, More Complex Switches
Reception - Introduction to Food Hygiene & Safety Y1 Summer Term - Preparing Fruit & Vegetables Y2 Summer Term - Preparing Fruit and Vegetables Y3 Summer Term - Mechanical Systems, Levers & Linkages Y4 Summer Term - Electrical Systems, Simple Circuits & Switches Y5 Summer Term - Mechanical Systems - Pulleys & Gears Y6 Summer Term - Food, Celebrating Culture & Seasonality

Knowledge Organisers

Knowledge Organisers for unit 2 and unit 3 are currently being improved.

Why we don't teach D&T as part of any 'topic'.

The document below is a link to what Amanda Spielman (Ofsted Chief Inspector) discussed at a conference. When creating our D&T curriculum here at USL, this discussion formed the starting point and the need to ensure children were taking part in purposeful design and technology activities and not 'craft' activities. 

Amanda Spielman - What is D&T?