Design and Technology

At Goodrich it is our intent for DT to offer children the chance to use critical thinking skills and creativity within a defined purpose and tangible outcome. The children in our school are provided with the opportunity to work with a range of materials both individually and collaboratively. Through a variety of creative and practical activities, pupils are taught the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to engage in a process of designing and making, and its real life applications. They work in a range of contexts through our termly focuses which allows for cross curricular links to be made. We aim to, wherever possible, link work to other disciplines such as mathematics, science, engineering, computing and art.

In our design projects, pupils are encouraged to design for themselves, use research and sketches as aides and make using a variety of tools and materials.

Furthermore, as part of their work with food, pupils eagerly explore how to cook and will apply the principles of nutrition and healthy eating in what they create.

At Goodrich children in:  

Key stage 1

o   use the basic principles of a healthy and varied diet to prepare dishes

o   understand where food comes from.

Key stage 2

o   understand and apply the principles of a healthy and varied diet

o   prepare and cook a variety of predominantly savoury dishes using a range of cooking techniques

o   understand seasonality, and know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown, reared, caught and processed.

Aims
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 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.

Curriculum Overview