Design and Technology

Curriculum Overview - Design and Technology 24-25 v2.docx

	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	Term 4	Terms 5 & 6
Year Group	Change For The Better?	What Have they taught Us?	Where Would We Be Without Water?	Healthy Body, Healthy Minds	Our Beautiful World
EYFS		Structures - Construction	Joining- gluing, weaving, taping	Food Stirring and mixing
Year 1			Structures Freestanding structures Whose Home? The creation of a structure - knowing how to make structures stronger, stiffer and more stable	Food Preparing fruit and vegetables (including cooking and nutrition requirements for KS1) ‘Designing, making and evaluating a fruit snack for a class picnic	Mechanisms Sliders and levers Moving Pictures Design, create and evaluate ‘A Book’ - learning how to use mechanisms in our products – levers and sliders
Year 2		Mechanisms Wheels and axles Let’s look at Vehicles Design, create and evaluate ‘A Car for the alien’ selecting from everyday materials –learning how to use mechanisms in our products; wheels and axles		Food Sandwich Snacks Preparing fruit and vegetables (including cooking and nutrition requirements for KS1) Design, create and evaluate a ‘Healthy Lunch Box’	Textiles Templates and joining techniques Joining Fabrics Purse/ Pouch for summer vacation
Key skills	Design purposeful, functional, appealing products for ourselves or others based upon design criteria Generate, develop, model and communicate ideas through talking, drawing, templates, mock-ups and ICT Be able to select from and use a wide range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their characteristics Know how to use and be able to select from a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks Be able to explore and evaluate a range of existing products Evaluate our ideas and products against design criteria Be able to use the basic principles of a healthy and varied diet to prepare dishes

LKS2	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	Term 4	Terms 5 & 6
	Change For The Better?	What Have they taught Us?	Where Would We Be Without Water?	Healthy Body, Healthy Minds	Our Beautiful World
Year 3	Structures Shell structures Design and construct a Roman aqueduct that really carries water – use of materials according to their functional properties	Structures Shell structures (including computer-aided design) Project- Nets for packaging to sell at the Winter Fayre- See Structures – Shell Structures Planning- computed aided design		Food Dips and Dippers Healthy and varied diet (including cooking and nutrition requirements for KS2) Using melting and cooling to prepare healthy snacks
Year 4		Textiles 2-D shape to 3-D product Bendy Bags Design and making of a bendy bag decoration from textiles – how do we sew buttons on?		Food Bread Celebrating culture and seasonality (including cooking and nutrition requirements for KS2) Baking – prepare and cook a healthy savoury dish that involves baking	Electrical Systems Simple circuits and switches (including programming and control) A pocket torch – design and construction understanding the use of circuits, switches and bulbs in products
Key skills	Develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose Generate, develop, model and communicate our ideas through discussion, annotated sketches, cross sectional and exploded diagrams Be able to select from a wide range of materials and components including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities Know how to use and be able to select from a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks accurately Evaluate our ideas and products against our own design criteria and consider the views of others to improve our work Apply the principles of a healthy and varied diet understanding seasonality
UKS2	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	Term 4	Terms 5 & 6
	Change For The Better?	What Have they taught Us?	Where Would We Be Without Water?	Healthy Body, Healthy Minds	Our Beautiful World
Year 5		Mechanical Systems Pulleys or gears Researching, developing and designing a playground ride for disabled children – How can mechanical systems ie. Gears, pulleys, cams levers, linkages help us? Focus on cross sectional and exploded diagrams and use of prototypes	Food Healthy and varied diet (including cooking and nutrition requirements for KS2) Cooking with water – prepare and cook a savoury dish using water - boiling, steaming (soup)		Textiles Combining different fabric shapes (including computer-aided design) Research, design and construction of a textile project representing the 4 elements earth, fire, air and water – a focus upon aesthetic qualities linked to the Ancient Greek Philosophers
Year 6	Electrical Systems Alarming Vehicles More complex switches and circuits (including programming, monitoring and control) Design, create and evaluate a ‘wire loop game’ – understand the use of circuits and buzzers and/or motors in products.			Food Celebrating culture and seasonality (including cooking and nutrition requirements for KS2) Grilling – prepare and cook a healthy savoury dish that involves grilling	Structures Frame structures Rainforest layers
Key skills	Use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose and aimed at particular groups or individuals Generate, develop, model and communicate our ideas through the use of prototypes, pattern pieces and computer aided design as well as discussion, annotated sketches, cross sectional and exploded diagrams Be able to select from a wide range of materials and components including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities Know how to use and be able to select from a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks accurately Investigate and analyse a range of existing products Apply the principles of a healthy and varied diet knowing how and where a variety of ingredients are grown, reared, caught and processed