Design Technology

At Belmore, our design and technology projects are well sequenced to develop children’s designing, planning, making and evaluating skills. Each project is based around a design and technology subject focus of structures, mechanisms, cooking and nutrition or textiles.

Where possible, meaningful links to other areas of the curriculum have been made. For example, the cooking and nutrition project Eat the Seasons is taught alongside the geography project Sow, Grow and Farm. All the projects follow a structure where children are introduced to key concepts and build up knowledge and skills over time, using a more comprehensive range of equipment and building, cutting, joining, finishing and cooking techniques as they progress through school.

All projects contain focused, practical tasks to help children gain the knowledge and skills needed to complete their tasks independently. Throughout Key Stages 1 and 2, children build up their knowledge and understanding of the iterative design process. They design, make, test and evaluate their products to match specific design criteria and ensure they fit their purpose. Throughout the projects, children are taught to work hygienically and safely.

Useful Design Technology links:

  1. KS1 Design and Technology - BBC Teach
  2. KS2 Design and Technology - BBC Teach
  3. KS2 D and T - 10 Enjoyable Quizzes for Children aged 7 to 11 (educationquizzes.com)

Useful Cooking & Nutrition links:

  1. Year 1 and Year 2 D and T - KS1 Quizzes to Help You Learn (educationquizzes.com)
  2. Cooking and Nutrition - Year 1/2 & P2/3 Design and Technology Topics - Home Learning with BBC Bitesize - BBC Bitesize
  3. Cooking and nutrition - Year 5/6 & P6/7 Design and Technology Topics - Home Learning with BBC Bitesize - BBC Bitesize
  4. KS2 Recipes - Food for Life

Useful Mechanisms links:

  1. Mechanisms – Year 5/6 & P6/7 Design and Technology Topics - Home Learning with BBC Bitesize - BBC Bitesize
  2. Mechanisms – Year 3/4 & P4/5 Design and Technology Topics - Home Learning with BBC Bitesize - BBC Bitesize