INTENT

Design Technology used as a blocked focus for the term but We also strive to seamlessly weave the
skills and knowledge gained into various areas throughout the curriculum. Moreover, we collaborate
with external agencies to offer children additional opportunities for growth both within and outside the
classroom. We use the National curriculum to identify the key knowledge and skills required to be a
successful engineer and designer. Teaching should encourage children to build substantive
knowledge around the precision and efficiency of a product as well as empower children to develop
safe techniques when creating their vision. Children will be given the opportunity to evaluate existing
products as well as critiquing and adapting their own design. Opportunities to develop their product in-
line with real-life design requirements are scattered throughout the curriculum as well as the chance
to market their product to an audience.

IMPLEMENTATION

DT at Whiston is taught in blocks throughout the year covering three key concepts (Mechanisms,
Food and Nutrition, and Construction).  At the beginning of each unit, children are able to convey what they already know as we retrieve prior learning about the design process and working with similar
materials. In every DT unit, children experience working as part of a team but also get the chance to work alone at times preparing for careers in engineering and design. The experiences are also designed to keep up with the technologically advancing world. This allows us to apply the skills we have learnt in an exciting and meaningful way. All of our Curriculum Unit Plans have been carefully planned to ensure children are receiving high-quality lessons with meaningful learning opportunities which will stay with the children throughout their lives. The Big Ideas throughout our curriculum support children in many areas in order to develop the creative, technical and practical expertise,
build and apply a repertoire of knowledge, understanding and skills in order to design and make high-quality prototypes and products for a wide range of users and critique, evaluate and test their ideas
and products and the work of others.

IMPACT

By the end of their primary education at Whiston Worrygoose, our learners will have gained a rich
body of knowledge and a wide range of transferable skills, which they can apply to other subjects and
contexts. We want to support children in their learning journeys in not only the design aspect of DT
but to become critical thinkers and learners and evaluate their practice and models. We aspire for
children to leave our school as experts such as marketing, become more efficient in their ideologies,
to be safe. Therefore, design technology extends beyond the classroom, equipping them with
valuable skills, fostering creativity and innovation, and preparing them for future success in various
aspects of their lives. We assess children through this skills and their end products. This enables
teachers to set appropriate, progressive targets and challenge children in their thinking and learning..
We measure our impact based on pupils’ confidence to ask and explore questions to further their own
technological knowledge and understanding. They will be inquisitive young learners and citizens who
choose to understand the world around them.