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Design and technology is an inspiring, rigorous and practical subject. Using creativity and imagination, pupils design and make products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts, considering their own and other’s needs, wants and values.
They acquire a broad range of subject knowledge and draw on disciplines such as mathematics, science, engineering, computing and art. Pupils learn how to take risks, becoming resourceful, innovative, enterprising and capable citizens. Through the evaluation of past and present design and technology, they develop a critical understanding of its impacts on daily life and the wider world. High-quality design and technology education makes and essential contribution to the creativity, culture, wealth and well-being of the nation.
At St Bartholomew’s, DT skills are taught across a two year cycle, meaning each skill is covered three times throughout school. Each year, children also complete a cookery unit to provide children with the skills to cook at home, including making healthy meals.
In each unit of DT, children will explore and investigate the project, learn the skills necessary to complete the project, plan, design, make and then evaluate the final piece.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Key Documents
Curriculum - Design Technology - Useful Links
Dyson - Engineering Challenges
IET (Institute of Engineering and Technology) - KS1 and KS2
Curriculum - Design Technology - Making Puppets
In DT this half term, class 4 are going to make puppets. We first learnt how to do the running stitch and overstitch and practised these. We will use these stitches to fasten our puppets together when we make them.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Running Stitch
Year 5 and year 6 first practised their running stitch and then sewed bookmarks using 2 pieces of fabric.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Punch & Judy Show
Class 4 loved watching a Punch and Judy puppet show and then learning all about how puppets work. They had a go using the puppets and are very excited to make their own puppets later on this term.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Fruit Sculptures
Class 7 completed their design technology as part of seaside day. They used their cutting skills, making a bridge or a claw to cut fruit to make the fruit sculptures and used their spreading skills when making their wraps. I was so impressed with the pupils knife skills and how safe they were and how they had remembered skills from earlier in the year. Very proud.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Seaside Snacks
Class 6 have started our Seaside Day by making some seaside snacks! As part of our DT topic, we have designed wraps and fruit sculptures. We had to use the claw and bridge cut to prepare our fruit and veg.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Greek Salads
Class 14 have been showing us their cutting skills today. We have made a Greek salad today with a dressing of choice. The children have enjoyed making their food although olives weren’t a favourite in the class.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Greek Food
Class 15 have taken part in their 2nd Greek food lesson. Today we made Tzatiki and tasted olive oil with lemon and oregano along with some hummus. The children worked well as a team following the instructions and dividing up the work.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Tasting Greek Food
Class 17 have been tasting Greek food, we tried; grapes, pitta, pomegranate, olives, tomatoes and cucumbers. Some of the food was more popular than others.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Making Fruit Kebabs
The children in 'Stellar' really enjoyed making fruity kebabs.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Ancient Egyptians
Class 11 have been looking at the Ancient Egyptians this half term. After our visit to the Leeds Museum, and seeing a primary source of information with the mummy, we have decided to try and make our own (using tomatoes). We scooped out the insides, but decided not to put them in canopic jars, and covered them in natron, a mix of salt and bicarbonate odd soda. We have left one half to the elements and leaving one half for a week to compare the results.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Tasting Fruit Kebabs
After talking about the different types of fruit and where they grow we made our own fruit kebabs! We made sure our hands were clean and we cut the fruit carefully thinking about how we hold the tools. We enjoyed tasting new fruit and describing it to our friend.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Making Pizza Planets
Starship children enjoyed making pizza planets for their friends in the Stellar provision. The children learnt many skills ranging from turn taking, sharing of equipment and talking about what they were doing. The children also learnt that is fun to make planet pizzas but it's important to wash and tidy up too!
Curriculum - Design Technology - Tasting Food
Last term, class 12 enjoyed making feijoada and there were mixed reactions to the tasting.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Fruit Kebabs
This we have loved making fruit kebabs, the children (with help) chopped the fruit and put them on the kebab sticks. It was a fun experience for some children to try fruit that they haven't tried before.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Bridges
Class 17 were working on bridges last half term. In our final week the children worked in groups to build the longest strongest bridge they could.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Building Bridges (Class 16)
Class 16 have been working on bridges this half term. In our final week the children have worked in groups to build the longest strongest bridge they could, that the fire truck could drive over and the pirate ship could go under. Well done class 16.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Different Fruits
This half term, we have been sampling different fruit smoothies and different fruits. We have practised our cutting skills and then designed a fruit smoothie by choosing some of our favourite fruits. We put all our skills into practise and created our own fruit smoothies.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Designing & Making Fire Engines
Year 2 have designed and made fire engines in design technology. The children joined the wheels and axils to the chassis, before creating the fire engines body. They then made hoses, ladders and sirens to make their engines complete. They did a fantastic job working independently, problem solving and building their resilience in the process.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Making Feojoada
Today we made our Feojoada. We used all the cutting skills we had learnt and put all our chosen vegetables in the pressure cooker. We can’t wait to taste it tomorrow!
Curriculum - Design Technology - Truss Bridges
Class 15 have built truss bridges today. They worked really well as table groups to build their bridges which we then tested for weight along with road worthiness. Well done class 15.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Chopping Skills
Years 3 and 4 have been practising chopping skills in DT. We used the bridge and claw method to chop potatoes. We also learned about food hygiene and how to stay safe around food in the kitchen.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Straws & Structure
This week in DT class 17 learnt how to join art straws together to make a strong structure. We also made a truss bridge in table teams. The results were excellent the children worked well as team and produced some wonderful bridges that took at least 500g of weight.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Building Bridges
Year 5 and year 6 have learnt how to join straws together to make a strong join ready to make a truss bridge next week.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Simple Bridges
Great work in class 14, researching and designing simple bridges. Really looking forward to seeing their work later in the project as they build bigger and bigger! Well done class 14.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Cutting Fruit
We have been practising our cutting skills in DT, by chopping different fruits.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Types of Bridge
In DT this week, year 6 had a go at making different types of bridges: arch, beam and pillar. They worked together to make bridges that they thought would be strong enough for toy cars to get across.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Fruit Smoothies
In DT this half term we are going to be making fruit smoothies. Before we thought about making our own fruit smoothies, we did some product research and tasted some smoothies from the super market. We tried to guess what fruit we could taste in it and then we gave it a rating out of ten.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Feijoada Project
This week, year 3 and year 4 have been conducting market research for their feijoada project finding out what ingredients our classmates like and dislike. We will use this information to decide what ingredients to include when we make our own feijoada.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Classroom Kitchen
Children in year 2 really enjoyed a visit from the 'Classroom Kitchen'. They learned about the different food groups and the importance of healthy eating. The children used the claw and bridge strategies for cutting different fruits to make a healthy yoghurt. They made yoghurt pots with grapes, banana, strawberries, blueberries, oats, yoghurt, honey and crushed ginger biscuits. They all tried them and most finished them off. They really enjoyed themselves and can now start helping at home.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Completed Light Boxes
Class 12 have worked hard over the past few weeks designing and making their light boxes. Well done.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Castles
Year 2 have been making castles in DT. They designed them, practised the skills they required before hand, like cutting and joining, before making their castles. They worked very hard and had lots of fun!
Curriculum - Design Technology - Moving Pictures (Class 4)
The children used the skills they learned in their design and technology lessons to make their own moving picture in order to retell part of a story.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Moving Toys (Class 14)
Curriculum - Design Technology - Moving Toys
Class 17 have worked really hard on their moving toys this half term. They have learnt how different shaped cams can change the movement of their toy. They planned and made their toys independently and showed great resilience and problem solving skills to iron out any small problems they had.
Curriculum - Design Technology - Cams, Cogs & Levers
Class 16 have been looking at cams, cogs and levers. With this knowledge, we built small rotating toys that showed the principles of them. When they were finished, year 2, class 5, came to play with them give a review.
