Design Technology
What the knowledge will be:
Design Technology is a discipline at Neroche that allows pupils to draw upon their wide range of knowledge and skills in other subjects such as science, maths, computing and art. Evaluation plays a key part in DT, therefore, it is at the heart of all units of learning. Our pupils are given the opportunity to evaluate products from the past and present, considering how design technology can be used to impact daily life and the wider world – how it has already changed our history and how it will change our future. Pupils evaluate their own designs and products, seeing design in school as a process of: evaluating others’ designs and products; researching other people’s needs and wants; sketching designs; constructing; and evaluating their own products.
The skills this curriculum area will develop:
Design and Technology encompasses cooking and nutrition, and as part of their DT curriculum, pupils learn about the principles of healthy eating and nutrition. They learn how to cook meals for a healthy and balanced lifestyle in engaging ways that help instil a love of cooking and an understanding of the creativity of food technology.
Why we have chosen to do it this way:
Each year, skills in each area of the DT curriculum are covered: Mechanical systems, Textiles, Mechanisms, Structure and Cooking and Nutrition, are built upon. Where possible, units of the same discipline have been spread out between year groups (e.g. not all year groups engage in a textiles unit at the same time) to ensure, where possible, that there is not a pressure on resource sharing. By linking DT teaching and learning to other curriculum areas, children benefit from exploring each curriculum focus in more detail.
