Design Technology
“There are three responses to a piece of design - yes, no and WOW!
Wow is the one to aim for.”
Design Technology - Where creativity and orderly process meet.
In Design Technology at Loxley Primary School, children have opportunities to develop their knowledge and understanding in a fun, practical and creative way. From Reception to Year 6, children build on previous skills, learn how to use resources and tools safely, make links with other areas of the curriculum, work in a range of contexts e.g. home, school, enterprise and learn about how significant individuals have influenced the world of technology.
Investigate
Children explore and evaluate a range of existing products e.g. photo frames, books with moving parts, ready made sandwiches. If possible, the children disassemble the product and look at it’s parts/ how it is made/ how it works/ what it tastes like.
Health Week
During Health Week the whole school use their food tech skills e.g. peeling, grating, slicing to create some healthy salads. The children find out where the ingredients have come from and think about seasonality. Everyone then enjoys eating their creations!
Technical Knowledge
Children are able to develop their knowledge and understanding of structures, mechanisms (levers, wheels and axles, textiles, pneumatics, electrical and computer control), food nutrition and cooking.
Children develop their DT skills through short, teacher directed, focussed tasks e.g. measuring, cutting, different joining techniques, making a pneumatic mechanism.
Design, Make and Evaluate
Children learn to design (using annotated sketches, exploded diagrams, prototypes) a product for themselves or another user based on their own design criteria.
Children select a range of materials, components (including construction kits) and tools to make a high quality end product.
Children evaluate their product against their design criteria