Design & Technology at St Patrick's RC Primary School
Design Technology (DT) has links with all aspects of the curriculum, especially science, maths and ICT. It aims to integrate the learning in many subjects into a practical form while developing innovative design decisions to produce functional, authentic products with a clear purpose and user.
Our curriculum aims to develop the process of design-make-evaluate with progressively more challenging technical skills. It ensures children use practical skills such as creating structures and mechanisms, choosing and using appropriate tools and materials, adding electronic components to models, and safe and healthy cooking techniques.
Design and Technology is a subject that encourages children to think creatively and solve practical problems, both as individuals and as part of a team. Through a process of research, planning, making and evaluating, children apply their learning to solving a meaningful task.
We follow the EYFS framework and National Curriculum which set out what children should know by the end of each key stage.
Children will learn a range of skills in Design & Technology during their time in Key Stage One and Two, at St Patrick’s. You can find a “Curriculum Map” in the Downloads Section below.
We teach these skills through Design & Technology topics per year. Design & Technology topics for each year group can be found below.