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

1. DT at USL

2. Curriculum Progression - Design & Technology

3. Upton St Leonards DT Policy

4. USL Action Plan DT (24-25)

5. Scaffolding in DT

6. SMSC in DT

7. British Values in DT at USL

8. 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

9. Knowledge Organisers

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

10. 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?