Design and Technology

Year 1 Design and Technology Medium Term Planning – Structure

Year 2 Design and Technology Medium Term Planning – Cooking and Nutrition

Year 3 Design and Technology Medium Term Planning – Cooking and Nutrition

Year 4 Design and Technology Medium Term Planning – Cooking and Nutrition 

Year 5 Design and Technology Medium Term Planning – Mechanism 

Year 6 Design and Technology Medium Term Planning – Cooking and Nutrition

Year 1 Design and Technology Medium Term Planning – Mechanisms

Year 2 Design and Technology Medium Term Planning – Mechanisms

Year 3 Design and Technology Medium Term Planning – Structure

Year 4 Design and Technology Medium Term Planning – Textiles

Year 5 Design and Technology Medium Term Planning – Food and Nutrition

Year 6 Design and Technology Medium Term Planning – Structure and Mechanisms

Year 1 Design And Technology Medium Term Planning – Cooking And Nutrition

Year 2 Design And Technology Medium Term Planning – Textiles

Year 3 Design And Technology Medium Term Planning –  Mechanisms

Year 4 Design And Technology Medium Term Planning – Structure And Mechanisms

Year 5 Design And Technology Medium Term Planning – Structures

Year 6 Design And Technology Medium Term Planning – Textiles

Design and Technology Long Term Plan

Design and Technology Skills Progression

Advent Term

Year 1 enjoyed shelter spotting around school and identifying the material e.g. wood, plastic or felt of each shelter. They then assessed its strength and how water and wind proof it was, if it was transparent or opaque and finally if it provide shade-protection from hot sun. Great work designing our pet shelters in our second lesson ensuring they offer protection from the weather and danger; they all labelled the different materials for different parts of the shelter. Our next lesson, Year 1 designed and labelled our Bug Hotels, ready to start collecting materials next week. They used a variety of different resources to attract different bugs. Great work scavenging for resources for our Bug Hotel; We managed to find lots of different materials fit for different purposes ready for building the following lesson. Our next lesson we used all the resources we found from the previous week and worked as a team to build our Bug Hotel. Their final lesson, Year 1 evaluated their Bug Hotel looking at the strengths/positives and weaknesses/negatives that they built last week.

Lent Term

Year 1 have been learning about mechanisms; their first lesson they learnt that moving objects is much easier and more efficient if you have a vehicle with wheels on. They labelled the parts of a basic vehicle learning there are 3 main components; wheels, chassis and axles. The second lesson consisted in the making a small car with 2 fixed axles, 4 wheels and a chassis. The children’s learning continued as they worked in groups to create 1 of  4 different options of attaching axles to the chassis of a vehicle they then assessed each car’s performance. The next lesson the children planned and drew out their design of a London taxi using features from the different vehicles they have made over the last few weeks whilst ensuring the design criteria had been met. Our next lesson the children used different tools and followed their plan according to the design criteria to make their final vehicle, a London Taxi. Their final lesson, the children completed making their London Taxis and completed an evaluation against their design criteria.

Pentecost Term

The children in Year 1 have first looked at where food has come from plant, animals or both. We completed a group activity grouping items. The next part we got to look at a variety of different fruit by touching, smelling and tasting. The important learning factor was that all fruits have flesh and seeds. Our second lesson looked at practising some practical preparation skills; mashing, grating, peeling, cutting and slicing. The third lesson the children practiced their preparation skills from the previous week and followed instructions with measuring to make fruit ice lollies. The fourth lesson the children had to design a watermelon pizza ensuring the design criteria was met of different coloured fruits and preparation skills along with being beautifully appeasing to the eye. The final double lesson consisted of the children making, tasting and evaluating the watermelon fruit pizza.

Advent Term

The children in Year 2 have begun their topic on cooking and nutrition by looking at a variety of different food items and identifying the source- animal, plant or both. The children’s next lesson looked initially at good hygiene practices and how imperative this is at the start and throughout our food preparation lessons. The children got hands on looking at how to peel, slice, dice and grate carrots. The third week, the children practiced their preparation skills of peeling, slicing and dicing to compare the differences in appearance, taste and texture between raw and cooked food; they worked with lentils, carrots, parsnips and onions. Their next lesson consisted of practicing their preparation skills and following the recipe for Eton Mess. The children made their puddings look attractive and sampled their creation. The next lesson Y2 displayed great prepping skills making vegetable casserole this week; peeling chopping, slicing and dicing. The children had to follow the recipe exactly and will be tasting next week. Year 2 defrosted and reheated the Vegetable Casserole from the previous week ensuring it was cooked thoroughly for safety reasons. We then looked at 3 recipes and picked which one we would make the following week to ensure it met the design criteria best to an healthy Eatwell plate. Their final lesson the children made Banana and Blueberry baked oats following the recipe and using all the preparation skills they had practiced this term. They provide verbal feedback to each other looking at the positives and negatives of this dessert.

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Lent Term

Year 2’s first lesson looked at mechanisms to create movement; they all created horizontal and vertical sliders. Their second lesson consisted of looking at a different mechanism which was levers. The children all created up to two different levers that worked through a fixed point (fulcrum). The third lesson the children made a linkage mechanism which incorporates a combination of sliders and levers from the two previous lessons. In our next lesson, we looked back on the different mechanisms that we had made and we sketched, labelled and planned out our model following the design criteria of making Corporation Bridge. The next lesson the children began using their resources and tools to make their bridges following their plan and design criteria. In their final lesson they continued to assemble and decorate and self evaluate against the design criteria.

Pentecost Term

Year 2 began their textile topic by learning to thread a needle, loop knot and complete a row of running stitch. Their next lesson looked at some home products and exploring different questions that evaluated their purpose, function, improvements and source material. Our third lesson we created a paper model of a bag tag cutting different parts and joining together in different ways. our fourth lesson the children had to design their own bag tag that would incorporate a running stitch, key ring attachment and an embellishment for decoration. Their final double lesson the children made their design following their plan and evaluated their final piece.

Advent Term

Year 3 had a great first design and technology lesson looking at the 5 main food groups that we eat and how to eat a healthy balanced diet. They worked at identifying which items belonged to which group. Our next lesson,  Year 3 have been practising their food and cooking skills. Firstly, they used good hygiene by washing and drying their hands thoroughly; followed by peeling their potatoes on the chopping boards. The children practiced safe knife skills by chopping, slicing and dicing their potatoes. As a class we washed our potatoes and added them to boiling water with a pinch of salt and cooked for 20 minutes. The potatoes were drained and once cooled stored in freezer bags or freezer containers with cooking dates recorded on the packaging. We will defrost and reheat these next week to try. The first part of the lesson the children got to try our precooked potatoes from last week that had been frozen, defrosted and reheated. They then prepared all the whole ingredients following a recipe for Ratatouille, this was fried slightly then added to our slow cooker. I will take this home and cook for several hours then freeze in which we will defrost and reheat for tasting next week. Great work evaluating our Ratatouille in the next week looking at taste, texture and flavours. All the children understood the importance of cooling, freezing, defrosting and reheating thoroughly. Their next lesson the children prepared, cooked and tasted Red Pepper and Onion Chicken Tacos following all safety and cooking procedures correctly. Our final lesson, the children relied upon their five senses to provide feedback as a class looking at the strengths and weaknesses of this meal.

Lent Term

Their first lesson was to look at a variety of different mechanisms and how the movement is a different direction with each one. As a class we studied a vehicle and saw that it has wheels, axles, shaft and a chassis, the children then made 3 different mechanisms to create movement levers, sliders and linkages. Year 3’s second lesson saw them make their own cam mechanism using an egg-shaped cam to create movement that allowed their flags to move up and down. Our next lesson we planned out our final automata mechanism choosing which type of cam we wanted to using, we ensured our sketch of our toy met the design criteria set out. The final lesson the children created the automata on card and attached their background to the wooden box and selected their specific shaped cam from their design. They then completed an evaluation to ensure it met the design criteria.

Advent Term

Year 4 began their new topic for Design and Technology first looking at different products and their packaging. They identified the type of packaging, the storage instructions and whether it was a use by or best before date and understood the difference between the two. They also discussed if storage conditions needed to change once a product was opened. After this they completed an activity looking at different types of preservation methods; when and where they originated and how they worked. The next lesson we saw great work looking at different packaging in teams; great detectives finding and identifying packaging material, country of origin, use by/best before dates, storage instructions, air, water and temperature protection and finding out if it was recyclable. Their third lesson, year 4 worked on creating their own net packaging for a healthy snack. They had to ensure that it met the design criteria of packaging requirements and build their net accordingly to ensure the product would be sealed and protected. The following week Year 4 began making and evaluating their first healthy snack. They prepared vegetable sticks (carrot and celery) with bread sticks for the homemade hummus. They used peeling and slicing skills. Some children used a can opener, blender and squeezed lemon and added spices to the hummus mix; The children used fat-free Greek yoghurt a great source of calcium, chickpeas a good source of protein, cumin, paprika, garlic and lemon juice for flavouring. A very healthy vegetarian snack! Our next lesson we used our peeling and slicing skills to make vegetable slices. we then oven cooked the crisps to create a healthy vegetable snack, that were very popular by all! Our next lesson we made fruity popcorn with honey and blueberries whilst these were popping we made our healthy fruit kebabs using a variety of different fruits. The children then evaluated their final snacks providing feedback according to taste and knowledge.

Lent Term

The first lesson the children looked at a variety of different fabrics (synthetic, natural and mixed) and evaluated and compared their properties and features using key terminology. Year 4’s second lesson looked at block printing and how fabrics can have these patterns added to them. They children experimented with different block prints and designed their own feature in the style of William Motif using nature as the theme. The next lesson the children began learning and recapping their sewing techniques; they learnt to estimate and double up their thread, then they learnt to thread a needle and tie off the loose end to aid them not to keep slipping the thread. The next task was to knot loop our first stitch and to practice our running stitch and knot loop the end before cutting the excess thread. The fourth lesson incorporated practising 3 different stitches; back stitch, scatter stitch and satin stitch. Their next lesson the children learnt how to cross stitch following a pattern and then choose extra designs if time permitted to add nature embellishments. Their final lesson the children continued with their embellishments and self evaluated their work.

Pentecost Term

The children in Year 4 have begun the new topic on mechanisms. The first lesson they learnt about pulleys as mechanisms that use force to help lift heavy weights. Each child tried to lift a bucket to their shoulders of sand then they lifted with a pulley system making the task less difficult using physics of force. The second lesson the children created their own mechanism of an inclined plane that would enable heavy objects to move to higher levels by using force in a pull or push motion. The third lesson the children followed instructions to create a stable compound pulley which will form the base of the pyramid building machine. Their fourth lesson the children had to plan and incorporate the two types of mechanism to make a prototype which would allow the Ancient Egyptians to move huge boulders up the pyramid levels ensuring they met the design criteria. The final double lesson allowed the children to complete assembling their prototypes and evaluate the compound mechanism.

Advent Term

The children in Year 5 have begun the new topic on mechanisms. They created and experimented with pneumatic systems and learned that air is used to exert a force. The next lesson looked at using stored energy to exert a force using pneumatic machines. Great work in teams creating stable frameworks and created a pneumatic system that lifts a weight like a crane in their third lesson and fourth lessons. Great work the next week by Year 5, who were looking at two different pneumatic air system prototypes; the children then drew their sketches of their design using annotated designs and exploded diagrams. Year 5 had a great, fun lesson creating their pneumatic toys that they planned and designed themselves. Some of the children opted for a balloon and bottle and the rest decided to use a syringe and plunger system-both a type of pneumatic air system. They provided verbal positive and constructive feedback to their peers looking at their different models.

Lent Term

Year 5’s first lesson was looking at different seasonal fruit and vegetables and the benefits of these; they then tasted raw and cooked varieties of mixed peppers, carrots and apples comparing and evaluating their features. Their second lesson looked at analysing four different soup recipes and deciding which was the most nutritious in the terms of a balanced diet. The next lesson the children learnt and put into practice good hygiene procedures and followed all the health and safety rules when working in a kitchen; then they practiced various preparation techniques to prepare the vegetables for next week’s lesson. Next, they peeled, sliced, chopped and diced their vegetables and froze these in labelled freezer bags to maintain quality and nutritional benefits. Our fourth lesson we cooked and blended our ingredients from last weeks lesson that had been preserved through freezing making our versatile vegetable soup. Our second batch of the soup we added some spices of paprika and cumin to change the taste, flavour and appearance. Finally we designed and adapted the recipe with our own choice of seasonal vegetables and spices. Their next lesson they made honeyed carrot soup by using a variety of preparation skills. They separated into groups to add a different spice to see if it enhanced the taste and appearance. This was frozen cooked to show that as well as freezing raw vegetables meals can be frozen to extend shelf life. Their final lesson saw the children reheat their soup with their individual added spice, they topped with crème fraiche and tasted with bread. They then evaluated their final soup.

Pentecost Term

Year 5’s first lesson looked at structures and how a strong, stable, support system is required to help support mass and keep buildings in place. The children conducted a number of experiments that showed that triangular shapes create strong frameworks and columns to support roofs. Our second lesson the children looked at Greek architecture and buildings that are inspired by Greek architecture today. As a class, they individual labelled and identified features associated with this from pediment, entablature, frieze, columns- in particular the type Ionic, Doric and Corinthian. The third lesson the children sketched and built some different types of brick formations looking at stability. As a class they walked around the school grounds trying to identify different brick patterns. Their fourth lesson the children used CAD programmes to create a 3D design of their Ancient Greek Structure ensuring it met the design criteria. Their final double lesson allowed them to create their design and evaluate its strengths and areas of improvement.

Advent Term

The children in Year 6 had a great first lesson looking at 3 different types of bread for comparison in nutritional value, ingredients, taste and texture. Their next lesson Year 6 looked at creating organic tomato pasta sauce using whole foods. They used preparation skills of peeling, chopping and dicing. They then cooked and blended the ingredients and sampled a healthier option in comparison to processed pasta sauce with breadsticks. The following week, Year 6 prepared and made Pesto with whole foods; they used their preparation skills of chopping, peeling, slicing and crushing and tasted their dip with breadsticks, carrot and celery sticks. The dip was cooked and blended together and prepared as a sample. We discussed other uses of pesto for example in pasta, on chicken or pizza but as it is a strong taste they learned that less is more as it would overcome other tastes and flavours. Great work using democracy to decide a healthy, balanced meal plan for a full day for an 11 year old in their next lesson. The children had to ensure that they created a breakfast, lunch, dinner, selected drinks and snacks to meet a healthy balanced Eatwell Plate in every meal and to avoid any ultra processed foods. Our last lesson Year 6 had their ingredients and recipes are ready for them to make their own daily food plan for an 11 year old that they created last week; Scrambled egg with bacon and asparagus with strawberry and banana almond milk smoothie for breakfast. For lunch they made chicken and vegetable soup with garlic flatbreads and a fruit yoghurt dessert with water or squash for drink; for dinner beef, onion and pepper tacos with salad with fruity popcorn for pudding and water or squash for drink. They all followed great hygiene and safety procedures well. Used a variety of different food preparation techniques, followed and cooked all of the recipes. They sampled everything on the menu and gave positive and constructive feedback to each other.

Lent Term

Their first lesson the children researched and evaluated questions about bridge designs, innovations and inventors and displayed the information in their own creative way. Year 6’s second lesson looked at different shapes and thickness to making paper bridges. They tested each bridge using fair scientific procedures and learnt that a triangle structure provides more stability and strength. In their third lesson they worked in groups to create the strongest bridge out of the class. Each group had the same resources: 8 crafting straws, 1m of masking tape and 1 sheet of paper. Each bridge was tested to see the maximum mass capacity it could hold before collapsing. The fourth lesson, the children had to design a bridge using the design criteria set out for the final task. The goal is to build the bridge in groups that supports the most marbles. They used a variety of images to plan their work out: cross-sectional, annotated and exploded diagrams. Their next lesson they worked in groups to build their next bridge challenge that they planned out from the previous week. Once again the winners were the bridge that could hold the heaviest mass before collapsing. Their final lesson the children looked and thought about each individual bridge and evaluated on how it could be improved on in design.

Pentecost Term

Their first lesson the children deconstructed old garments using seam rippers to separate different sections.. They then repurposed the outfits to create their own unique design. their second lesson enabled them to recap over previous skills of threading a needle, loop knot and running stitch, they then learnt to complete a blanket stitch and whip stitch. The third lesson the children were able to practice the skills they learnt in the last lesson and learnt how to attach a button as an embellishment. The fourth lesson the children planned out their own repurposed bookmarks and began gathering the resources they would need to meet the design criteria. Their last ever double lesson allowed them to make their bookmarks and evaluate the positives and areas of improvement.