Design and Technology

INTENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPACT

CULTURAL CAPITAL

· Pupils will develop key knowledge, language and an understanding of its meaning which they can readily apply to their work in DT and across the wider curriculum.

· Pupils will understand the expectations and the outcomes for each unit of work.

· Pupils will develop their perseverance to design, make, test, evaluate and amend their creations, seeing the rewards of sticking at something for its entirety.

· Pupils will develop core, analytical, problem solving and reasoning skills that can be used across the wider curriculum.

· Pupils will develop key life skills such as what makes a balanced diet as well as how to cook healthy staple meals for themselves.

They will also have the opportunity to:

· Visit buildings and places of interest, for example Durham Cathedral, to look at the architecture.

· Take part in an engineering project to develop a Go cart in Year 6.

· Take part in young engineer projects.

· Become increasingly familiar with Design career opportunities available in the workplace through visits and visitors.

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DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRESSION OVERVIEW