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    Curriculum Long Term Plan for Design & Technology

    1. 2024-25 Curriculum long Term Plan for Art and Design and Design and Technology.pdf
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    1. DT Skills and vocab key stage 1.pdf
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    1. DT Skills and Vocab Lower Key stage 2.pdf
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    1. DT Skills and vocab Upper key stage 2 (1).pdf
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    Knowledge and Skills Progression

    1. Skills and Knowledge Progression DT.pdf
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    What the national curriculum

    requires in design and technology at key stage 1

    When designing and making, pupils should be taught to:

    Design

    •Design purposeful, functional, appealing products for themselves and other users based on design criteria
    •Generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through talking, drawing, templates, mock-ups and, where appropriate, information and communication technology

    Make

    •Select from and use a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing]
    •Select from and use a wide range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their characteristics

    Evaluate

    •Explore and evaluate a range of existing products
    •Evaluate their ideas and products against design criteria

    Technical knowledge

    •Build structures, exploring how they can be made stronger, stiffer and more stable
    •Explore and use mechanisms [for example, levers, sliders, wheels and axles], in their products.

    What the national curriculum

    requires in design and technology at key stage 2

    When designing and making, pupils should be taught to:

    Design

    •Use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose, aimed at particular individuals or groups
    •Generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated sketches, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams, prototypes, pattern pieces and computer-aided design

    Make

    •Select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing], accurately
    •Select from and use a wider range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities

    Evaluate

    •Investigate and analyse a range of existing products
    •Evaluate their ideas and products against their own design criteria and consider the views of others to improve their work
    •Understand how key events and individuals in design and technology have helped shape the world

    Technical knowledge

    •Apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures
    •Understand and use mechanical systems in their products [for example, gears, pulleys, cams, levers and linkages]
    •Understand and use electrical systems in their products [for example, series circuits incorporating switches, bulbs, buzzers and motors]
    •Apply their understanding of computing to program, monitor and control their products.

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