Design Technology

Intent

through our rainbow values Design Technology at Radcliffe on Trent infant school enables our children to solve practical problems and reflect on their solutions.

Teaching aims and progression

As they move through school, the children will plan their own ideas with increasing thought, detail and description. They will use an ever growing range of materials, ingredients and equipment thoughtfully in order to design and make products. Our children will also develop their ability to evaluate and reflect upon their ideas and the work of famous designers, looking for ways in which to evolve and refine the design process in order to deliver a high-quality product. Key areas of learning including mechanisms, structures, materials and food technology are returned to regularly. This is to ensure design knowledge and skills are built upon and embedded into each child’s schema of learning.

Aspirations for our learners

 Design & Technology at our school will help our children to deal with a rapidly changing world. It will encourage children to become considered, independent thinkers with the ability to work creatively in order to fulfil a specific design brief. The curriculum will provide opportunities to solve problems, thus allowing them to develop their knowledge and apply this in order to design and plan products, recipes and systems. The curriculum enables all of our children to make informed decisions as consumers and Design Technology innovators of the future.