Design Technology Subject Intent
At Overthorpe, we are guided by the National Curriculum for Design and Technology (2014). The National Curriculum for Design and Technology aims to ensure that all pupils:
- develop the creative, technical and practical expertise needed to perform everyday tasks confidently and to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world;
- build and apply a repertoire of knowledge, understanding and skills in order to design and make a range of high-quality prototypes and products for a wide range of users;
- critique, evaluate and test their ideas and products and the work of others;
- understand and apply the principles of nutrition and learn how to cook.
Our intent is that our teaching of Design and Technology will, through a variety of creative and practical activities, help pupils gain the skills needed to engage in the iterative process of designing and making. As part of their work with food we endeavour to teach children the principles of nutrition and healthy eating. We aim to instil a love of cooking in pupils and encourage them to express their creativity. By teaching children to cook we aim for our children to learn a valuable life skill that we enable them to feed themselves and others now and in later life.
To meet these objectives, we have planned a curriculum designed to challenge as well as teach children. Our curriculum is based upon the Kapow scheme of work. Design and Technology lessons focus on developing practical skills as well as giving the children the opportunity to explore existing products and evaluate their own work against a design criteria.
We intend for our children to have real life experiences and learn about Design and Technology in a range of relevant contexts. The planning of learning always begins with the skills and knowledge that needs to be taught and enrichment opportunities and opportunities to apply learning are carefully mapped.