At Hamstel Infant School and Nursery we understand the importance of children becoming forward thinkers in designing and making, by gaining exciting key knowledge and skills, which prepares them for everyday problem solving.  Our Hamstel Headlines form part of our drive for quality first teaching in design and technology across the school.

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We aim:

• For all children to receive a broad, balanced design and technology curriculum that immerses children in learning that is memorable, engaging and meaningful. 

• To offer all children a curriculum that ensures the children develop their understanding, knowledge and skills in design and technology.

• To ensure all children have opportunities to take part in a practical design and technology curriculum

• For learners to develop some basic skills in cooking which supports their knowledge of food and nutrition

• To directly teach and develop subject specific vocabulary to children. 

• To create opportunities to enrich and secure learning, ensuring children remember more and can therefore do more.

• All children have opportunities to practice and develop their design, making and evaluating skills and develop key knowledge through carefully planned opportunities.

• To ensure all children can verbally articulate and express their knowledge and understanding of an age-appropriate, ambitious design and technology curriculum.

• That by the end of Key Stage One, all of our children will have participated in a range of learning opportunities and experiences, inside and outside the classroom that enhances their skills, knowledge and understanding of designing, making and evaluating mini projects.                                  

This will be achieved by:

• Design and Technology being taught through engaging learning opportunities so children can practice and apply skills and make connections 

• Teaching children how to stay to use equipment safely to make a simple product

• Using our local community and resources to enhance the children’s design and technology learning

• Teaching deliberate subject specific vocabulary to enhance vocabulary development

• Modelling key vocabulary and the use stem sentences support children’s articulation and oracy skills

• A carefully planned design and tecnology curriculum that shows progression and sequenced lessons from EYFS to end of KS1.

• Adapting outcomes, tasks and resources to meet the needs of all children

• Use of formative assessment to build on previous learning and move learning forward

• Having a range of resources and experiences to enhance the teaching and learning of design and technology

How will we know we have achieved our aims?

• Children will use vocabulary correctly to communicate their understanding of design and technology

• Children will begin to build on, make connections and apply fundamental knowledge and skills to other areas of the curriculum

• Children will develop their knowledge, skills, and curiosity through our design and technology curriculum

• The learning of design and technology is loved by teachers and children across the school.

• Teachers have high expectations and children make good progress across their design and technology lessons

• All children speak confidently and positively about their design and technology learning 

Our Design and Technology Curriculum Intent