Design Technology
At Broadstone Hall Primary School we use the National Curriculum for design & technology as the basis of our curriculum planning. This has been adapted to create our Priority Standards document outlining what is taught and when. This can be downloaded from the bottom of this page.
Our curriculum delivers the EYFS Framework and statutory National Curriculum in design and technology through a scheme of work called KAPOW. We ensure it meets the individual needs of our pupils and closes any gaps in their knowledge and skills.
Through Design and Technology we prepare pupils to deal with tomorrow’s rapidly changing world. We encourage pupils to become independent, creative problem-solvers and thinkers as individuals and as part of a team - making positive changes to their quality of life. Our curriculum enables the pupils to identify needs and opportunities and to respond to them by developing a range of ideas and by making products and systems. Through the study of design and technology, the pupils combine practical skills with an understanding of aesthetic, social and environmental issues, as well as functions and industrial practices. This allows them to reflect on and evaluate present and past design and technology, its uses and its impacts. Design and Technology helps all pupils to become astute and informed future consumers and potential innovators.
Through a variety of creative and practical activities, pupils are taught the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to engage in the process of designing, making and evaluating.
As part of their work with food, the pupils are taught how to cook and apply the principles of nutrition and healthy eating. Instilling a love of cooking in pupils will also open a door to one of the great expressions of human creativity. Learning how to cook is a crucial life skill that enables pupils to feed themselves and others affordably and well, now and in later life.
In the early years Foundation Stage, Design and Technology is delivered as part of the “Understanding the World” area of the curriculum. Design and Technology is planned in a cross curricular way and delivered through a variety of topic areas.
During Years 1-6 art and design and design and technology are taught in blocks, alternately. During the design and technology block, one lesson is taught per week. Links are made between other subjects, particularly literacy, maths, art, ICT and science.