Design Technology
Intent
As designers and engineers, children at Beacon View are provided with a wide range of practical tools that will help them bring their ideas to life in fun and creative ways. They will be able to design and produce something using different tools and materials in the full range of DT areas including food, textiles, structures, mechanical systems and electrical systems. They will be able to apply skills from other areas of the curriculum such as maths and science and understand the use of these skills.
They will have the confidence to have a go at something and learn that errors are not a negative thing but a vital step in the design process.
They will learn that they are capable of making positive changes to their own lives and those of the people around them through making healthy food choices and through understanding and following the principles of the 5 Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle, refuse, repurpose).
Whole School Overview
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EYFS
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Year 1
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Year 2
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Year 3
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Year 4
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Year 5
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Year 6
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Autumn
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Cooking and Nutrition – Making Gruffalo paws (with support)
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Cooking and Nutrition – Making Gruffalo paws (with support)
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Cooking and Nutrition – fruit kebabs
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Textiles – Marking out and joining fabric
Finger puppets of animals
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Free standing structures
Photo frames as Christmas presents
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Linkage type mechanisms
A guide to the rainforest with moving parts – e.g pop ups, spinners, levers, tabs etc
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Static Structure: Musical Instruments- consider appearance and use in musical composition (Rainmaker)
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Structures: Techniques for reinforcing and strengthening structures
Design and make an aqueduct
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Spring
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Structures – To build a chair for baby bear (with support)
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Structures – To build a chair for baby bear (with support)
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Static Structures - Castle
Create models from sheet and reclaimed materials
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Mechanisms- Vehicles using mechanisms ( wheels, axels, pulleys and levers)
Design and made a fire engine
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Mechanisms and Control (Pneumatics)
Design and make a moving monster
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Textiles- reinforce fabrics ( over stitching), create and use a pattern, develop decorative techniques (applique)
Create a purse for the Rio Carnival
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Mechanisms: Moving toys using Cams, wheels and axels to produce movement
Roman Siege Machines
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Mechanisms: Controllable vehicles using a motor to control direction and speed of movement
Viking Longship
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Summer
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Mechanisms – To create a moving mini beast (with support)
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Mechanisms – To create a moving mini beast (with support)
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Moving pictures - Create a book with moving parts
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Textiles- use a paper pattern and a range of ways of joining fabric
Design a suit for Tim Peake
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Cooking and Nutrition
Food preparation techniques, combining flavours and textures
Make a Greek salad
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Electrical Control
Design an alarm to protect a valuable painting/artefact
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Cooking and nutrition: Bread
Function and properties of materials, use of food tools and techniques, safety and hygiene
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Textiles:
Design for a range of needs -warmth, size
Pattern making and finishing skills
T shirt project
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