Design and Technology

 At St Teresa's Catholic Primary School we follow the Kapow Primary Combined Art and Design and Design and Technology scheme of work. 

Intent

Kapow’s Design and technology scheme of work aims to inspire pupils to be innovative and creative thinkers who have an appreciation for the product design cycle through ideation, creation, and evaluation. Pupils will develop confidence to take risks, through drafting design concepts, modelling and testing and to be reflective learners who evaluate their work and the work of others.

Kapow’s scheme of work enables pupils to meet the end of key stage attainment targets in the national curriculum and the aims align with those in the national curriculum.

Implementation

The Design and technology National Curriculum outline three main stages of the design process: design, make and evaluate. Each stage is underpinned by technical knowledge which encompasses the contextual, historical and technical understanding required for each strand. Design and technology attainment targets are organised under five subheadings:

• Design
• Make
• Evaluate
• Technical Knowledge
• Cooking and Nutrition

Kapow Primary Design and technology has a clear progression of skills and how these skills develop to ensure that attainment targets are met by the end of each key stage. Over each two year cycle the  children develop skills in  key areas:

• Mechanisms
• Structures
• Textiles
• Cooking and Nutrition (Food)
• Electrical systems (KS2)
• Digital World (KS2)

Kapow Primary is a spiral curriculum, with key areas revisited again and again with increasing complexity, allowing pupils to revisit and build on their previous learning. 

• Lessons incorporate independent tasks, paired and group work including practical hands on, computer based and inventive tasks. 
• Art and design and Design technology units alternate throughout the year, covering all the National Curriculum objectives. Lessons generally take place weekly or in blocks and are practical in nature and encourage experimental and exploratory learning.