Design & Technology (DT)
Subject Intent
At St Paul’s C of E Primary School, we encourage our pupils to use their creativity and imagination to design and make products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts. They are encouraged to undertake research and use this as inspiration for their own designs and creations.
In Design and Technology, pupils have the opportunity to experiment with their ideas and come up with solutions to fix problems both independently and collaboratively. Through the study of Design and Technology, they combine practical skills with an understanding of aesthetic, social and environmental issues, as well as functions and industrial practices.
Our curriculum is planned carefully planned to build on prior learning and to make links across diffenrt subject areas. For example, in Design Technology, pupils may make use of the learning about electricity and circuits when creating a steady hand game, of their work on programming in computing when using a microbit to create a monitoring device or of their knowledge of castles from history to support their design process. Emphasis is placed on the various stages: research, design, testing and evaluation, that take place when creating something new. Links are also be made to our school's positive learning behaviours and values.
Design and Technology is an important subject in the curriculum, which not only promotes all of our positive learning behaviours at St Paul’s, but also prepares children for a rapidly changing world.
Curriculum Overview and Further Information
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