Design Technology
Intent
At Rawdon St Peter’s Primary School design and technology is fully inclusive to every child, supporting them in achieving their full potential. Our aims are to: fulfil the requirements of the National Curriculum for design and technology, provide a broad and balanced curriculum, ensure the progressive development of knowledge and skills, to learn how to take risks, becoming resourceful, innovative, enterprising and capable citizens through evaluation of past and present design and technology, develop a critical understanding of its impact on daily life and the wider world, to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world using the language of design and technology.
Implementation
To ensure high standards of teaching and learning in Design Technology, we implement a curriculum that is progressive throughout the whole school, focusing on knowledge and skills stated in the National Curriculum. At Rawdon St Peter’s, we ensure that Design Technology enables all children to gain ‘real-life’ experiences through meaningful engaging topics through our big question. We also incorporate Design Technology into our school projects such as Uganda where the children can compare and contrast food technology and textile design form another culture. Our school links with Aireborough Air Conditioning provide opportunities to look at sustainability in the local environment.
In Design Technology children are taught to use tools correctly and safely to combine their designing and making skills alongside their knowledge and understanding in order to construct products that satisfy needs and challenges.
Impact
Within Design Technology, we strive to prepare children to take part in the development of tomorrow’s rapidly changing world. We aim to encourage children to become creative problem-solvers, both as individuals and as part of a team. Through the study of Design Technology, children combine practical skills with an understanding of aesthetic, social and environmental issues, as well as of functions and industrial practices. This allows them to reflect on and evaluate present and past design and technology, its uses and its impact. Our Design Technology curriculum is planned to focus on the progression of knowledge, skills and vocabulary.