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Design Technology

At St Antony's school, our D.T curriculum is one of the head, the hands and the heart.

In the book of Exodus, the Bible tells us how God gives us the opportunity for our talents to shine through and fulfil our potential:

"He has filled them with the skill to perform every work of an engraver and of a designer and of an embroiderer...and of a weaver, as performers of every work and makers of designs."

Exodus 35:35

Our DT Ambassadors 

At St Antony's, we challenge our learners to design and create products that are of high quality and fit for the purpose. Our knowledge and skill acquisition is carefully sequenced to enable layers of previous learning to be applied and challenged as the child journeys through school.

Our D.T ambassadors 2023 - 2024. They help Mr O'Brien understand more about the learning in each class.  Quotes from some of the ambassadors:

Quotes from our ambassadors:

"I love being a D.T ambassador as I like helping other children work with tools and wood."

"I enjoy looking at other children's work and remembering when I did that."

 

  

Intent

At St Antony’s Roman Catholic Primary School, we believe that high-quality Design and Technology lessons will engage and inspire children to think innovatively and develop creative procedural understanding. 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, become 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

Design and Technology is taught through a topic approach alongside Art, History and Geography. Our Creative Curriculum is carefully planned to engage and excite all our learners. The activities in design and technology build upon the prior learning of children. Children in their designing and making will apply knowledge and skills of: textiles, food, mechanisms and structures. Electrical control is included at key stage 2.

Whilst we give children of all abilities the opportunity to develop their skills, knowledge and understanding. We have in place a skills continuum which ensures continuity and progression so that there is an increasing challenge for the children as they move up through school. As well as making its own distinctive contribution to the school curriculum, Design and Technology contributes to the wider aims of primary education by making links between all areas of learning.

Impact

Through the teaching of Design and Technology we enable all children to;

 

  • Develop creative, technical and imaginative thinking in children and to develop confidence to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world.
  • Enable children to talk about how things work and to develop their technical knowledge.
  • Apply a growing body of knowledge, understanding and skills in order to design and make prototypes and products for a wide range of users.
  • Encourage children to select appropriate tools and techniques when making a product, whilst following safe procedures.
  • Develop an understanding of technological processes and products, their manufacture and their contribution to our society.
  • Foster enjoyment, satisfaction and purpose in designing and making things,
  • Critique, evaluate and test their ideas and products, and the work of others.
  • Understand and apply the principles of nutrition and to learn how to cook.
  • Understand how key events and individuals in design and technology have helped shape the world.