
Design Technology is about children developing design and making skills that they can combine with specific knowledge and understanding in order to create and make quality products. The process should assist children in developing a greater awareness and understanding of how everyday products are designed and made. Children should also become increasingly aware of the technological contribution made to both our culture and quality of life.
At Sunnyfields we are teaching DT according to the New Curriculum (introduced in September 2014). We seek to provide our children with exciting cross-curricular opportunities that involve designing, investigating, making and evaluating products as well as focusing more on technical knowledge and cooking and nutrition.
The new scheme of work we use is underpinned by the six essentials of good practise in DT; User, purpose, functionality, design decisions, innovation and authenticity. Through embedding these DT essentials in planning, teaching and learning, we can ensure that children's learning is genuinely design and techonogical in nature.
Curriculum Map
DT Curriculum Map – Long term
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Autumn
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Spring
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Summer
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Year 1
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Mechanisms – moving pictures
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Structures - homes
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Food – Bring on breakfast
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Year 2
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Textiles – Christmas stocking
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Mechanisms - Vehicles – make a fire engine
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Food – Prepare to party
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Year 3
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Structures – Bird hide shelters
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Food – Be a baker (bread)
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Mechanism – cams
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Year 4
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Mechanism - Levers & Linkages mechanical posters
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Food: Lovely lunch (sandwiches)
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Structures - circuits
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Year 5
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Structures - Musical instruments
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Mechanism – Cams in moving toys
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Food - Bread/ serve a salad
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Year 6
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Structures - Build shelters
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Food – Grab and go
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Textiles - Anti-pickpocketing purses
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