DT at Hamstel Junior School:

 

At Hamstel Junior School, our design and technology lessons prepare our children to take part in the development of our rapidly changing world. Creative thinking encourages children to make positive changes to their quality of life. The subject encourages children to become autonomous and creative problem-solvers, both as individuals and as part of a team. It enables them to identify needs and opportunities and to respond by developing ideas and eventually making products and systems. Through the study of design and technology, the children combine practical skills with an understanding of aesthetic, social and environmental issues, as well as different functions and industrial practices.  This allows the children to reflect on and evaluate present and past design and technology, its uses and impact. Design and technology helps all children to become discriminating and informed consumers and potential innovators. Our children are the designers of our future and so it is important that they are given the creative opportunities to express themselves.

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Year 3

 

In Year 3 children will learn:

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• to name food groups

• to understand that food can be seasonal and has to be grown, farmed or caught

• to safety follow recipes to prepare and combine a variety of ingredients

• to use knowledge of existing products to design a functional product

• to create annotated designs

• to safely measure, mark out, cut, assemble and join with some accuracy

• to choose suitable tools and materials and plan stage of use

• to investigate and analyse products

• to strengthen frames using diagonal struts

• to understand how mechanical systems create movements

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Year 4

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In Year 4 children will learn:

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• to use prior knowledge to design a functional and appealing product

• to create designs using exploded diagrams

• to use techniques which require more accuracy to cut, shape, join and finish work

• to use knowledge of material's functional and aesthetic qualities to select and plan

• to consider how products might be improved and how well they meet the needs of the user

• to apply learnt techniques to strengthen structures and explore ideas

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Year 5

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In Year 5 children will learn:

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• to understand to main food groups and nutrients

• to understand how ingredients are safely grown, reared, caught

• to select and combine appropriate ingredients and techniques

• to research existing products to inform and design of an innovative product

• to create prototypes to show ideas

• to make careful and precise measurements

• to produce plans including materials, tools and techniques to guide making

• to make detailed evaluations about products considering the views of others to improve work

 

Year 6

 

In Year 6 children will learn:

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• to generate, develop, model and communicate ideas through discussion, annotated sketches, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams, prototypes, pattern pieces and computer-aided design

• to apply knowledge of materials and techniques to refine and rework product

• to use technical knowledge and accurate skills to problem solve during the making process

• to use knowledge of well established designs to further explain the effectiveness of products

• to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce complex structures accurately and appropriately

• to apply understanding of computing to program, monitor and control the product