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| 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 |
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Year 1 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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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?
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| 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
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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)
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| 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
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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. |
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| 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
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