The DT curriculum at our school has been designed to ensure children are presented with many opportunities to build upon skills relating to designing, making and evaluating products. This includes those that they have designed and made, as well as those produced by others. These skills are developed to include the presentation of work in varying ways of design, the use of a wider variety of materials and more in-depth evaluation of products. In order to achieve a high standard of product building, the children will develop their technical knowledge of how mechanical and electrical systems can support their work and how computing is strongly linked to DT in the wider world. Across their time at school, these skills will continuously be developed so that children have a high level of confidence in them in preparation for secondary school.

The teaching of food technology is incorporated into our DT curriculum and includes the teaching of features related to having a healthy school. Children have opportunities to taste different foods, create their own dishes and follow recipes. They gain an understanding of what a healthy diet is and learn about where food originates from. As the children progress through their education, they will handle a greater variety of foods and equipment necessary to produce it.

Our DT curriculum is taught through:

• High quality teaching - staff have high expectations of all children.
• The use of key learning and key vocabulary.
• Revisiting skills to allow for consolidation and mastery.
• Providing constructive feedback to children.

We also:

• Display and celebrate the pupils’ DT work in their class, around the school, and on the school website.
• Organise experts and outside visitors to lead workshops to inspire and motivate the children.