Design and Technology
Creating, Innovating and Problem-Solving
At Lanercost, we know that Design and Technology gives children the opportunity to develop skills, knowledge and understanding of designing and making functional products. We feel it is vital to nurture creativity and innovation through design, and by exploring the designed and made world in which we all live. Our Design and Technology curriculum allows children to build progressively on their skills, fosters each child's creativity and helps them understand how they can use these skills in their wider learning and wider world.
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Design and Technology at Lanercost
Design and Technology at Lanercost aims to give children the opportunity to develop skills, knowledge and understanding of designing and making functional products. At Lanercost, we feel it is vital to nurture creativity and innovation through design, and by exploring the designed and made world in which we all live.
Design and Technology education at Lanercost involves two important elements - learning about the designed and made world and how things work, and learning to design and make functional products for particular purposes and users. We aim to ensure that every child acquires and is able to apply their knowledge and understanding of materials and components, mechanisms and control systems, structures, existing products, quality and health and safety.
Our DT Curriculum
Our Design and Technology curriculum ensures all the skills are progressively learned and aids learning across the whole curriculum. Examples of this are. knowledge about the properties of materials supports science learning and the practice of measuring accurately helps in maths. These skills help in Computing through the children’s use of computer control and, naturally, our Design and Technology curriculum links to Art and Design.
Our Design and Technology curriculum serves to develop the whole child in many additional ways. This include, children’s life skills through collaborative working and problem-solving, knowledge and understanding of design, materials, structures, mechanisms, electrical control, as well as cooking and nutrition. All children are encouraged to be creative and innovative across the curriculum; however, this is further highlighted in our teaching of Design and Technology, and they are actively encouraged to think about important, development issues in the world, such as sustainability and enterprise.
Design and Technology: All the Information
Design & Technology: Curriculum Overview
Design & Technology: Action Plan
Design & Technology: Long Term Plan
Design & Technology: Concepts
Design & Technology Enrichment Information
Design & Technology: Intent, Implementation & Impact
Mrs. Wilkinson
DT Lead