Design and Technology
At Stockton Wood Primary School, we value and encourage creative learning. Design and Technology is a foundation subject in the National Curriculum and is found in many forms: clothes, food, home wear, sportswear – products which have been designed to help people with their needs. Design and Technology connects children to their immediate lives and the design processes which surround them in their everyday environments. The subject supports problem solving and creative thinking through a variety of independent and collaborative experiences.
Children develop their ability to create ideas, and eventually make a range of products, meeting a design brief. Through the study of design and technology, they combine practical skills with an understanding of aesthetic, social and environmental issues, as well as of the products functions. They are encouraged to draw inspiration from past and present designs through research and become innovative creators through the design, make and evaluate process.
In Key Stage 1 children will develop their design skills by considering the design criteria. They will use a wide range of materials and tools for a range of purposes. Children will evaluate products and suggest improvements to make designs stronger, more stable or better suited to their purpose. In food technology, pupils will learn to make simple healthy foods linking to different cultures and seasonality.
In Key Stage 2, children will design with increasing purpose and skill. Their designs will be aimed at particular individuals or groups for a specific function. They will develop their ideas through detailed planning, including the exploration of materials, existing products and prototypes. Pupils will build on their skills from Key Stage 1, consolidating their understanding of a wide range of tools as well as learning to use electrical and mechanical components. They will learn to cook foods from a variety of cultures with an emphasis on savoury dishes.
Assessment in DT consists of sketch book work, displays and photographic evidence.
Design and Technology Chatter
The Iron Man
We have been the Iron Man by Ted Hughes. Class 3CM have made some fabulous iron men as part of their homework. We are very impressed with the imagination and creativity of these designs!
DT Week 🌳
In DT this week, we have been learning about different ways to join materials together. We linked our learning to our literacy texts and created our own autumn trees. The children collected autumn-coloured leaves and used them to decorate their trees, exploring the beautiful colours of the season while developing their design and making skills.
Year 4 Big Friday Quiz
Year 4’s Big Friday Quiz is a hit!
We love earning dojos when we successfully retrieve and recall our previous learning.
5D Science experiment 🧪🪂
This term, 5D have been learning about air resistance in Science. Yesterday, we put all of our knowledge to the test by experimenting with parachutes that we had made. The children worked so hard, and our results were very accurate! Well done, 5D!
DT Week
For DT week Year 3 have explored mechanisms by designing and making their own moving picture using pivots and levers. Inspired by The Iron Man by Ted Hughes, Year 3 have designed, made and evaluated their own mechanism.
Year 6 DT week- Sewing
Last week, Year 6 planned, researched, designed, made and evaluated a sewing project. They made a variety of different bags which all had different purposes.
DT – A moving picture with levers and sliders
In Year 3, we explored picture books with moving parts. We then designed and made our own.
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DT WEEK – FOOD
Last week, Year 5 successfully researched, planned and made samosas for a Diwali celebration.
5D – DT week! 🥘🧑🍳
We had the best time making samosas for DT Week! We planned our ingredients, learnt how to work with pastry, and made some wonderfully tasty samosas!
Year 4 DT – Lighthouses
Year 4 designed and made their own lighthouses that lights up! Their designs needed to include a simple circuit with a switch.
After exploring a range of different switches, many of the children were able to design and create their own homemade switches. A fantastic combination of determination and creativity.
DT week Y2
2D had so much fun researching, designing, making and evaluating their smoothies which were healthy enough for an athlete!
DT week – the final product
After our research and planning/designing, it was time to create our final product! We worked from our original design, and created our moving picture. Some of us even took our final product to show Mrs Clovis – she was very impressed!
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Y4 DT: Electrical systems
We’ve researched, planned and are now almost finished making our lighthouses. Next we”ll put our electrical systems into action and light them up!
Y4 – DT: Let there be light!
With a little bit of problem solving and a lot of perseverance, we created simple circuits and then successfully added switches to control the light for our lighthouses.
Year 1 DT
1B have been busy over the past two days, practicing making their sliders and levers to make fairy tales come to life. Now it’s time for 1B to take what they have learnt and create their own moving picture, using the mechanisms they have learnt this week.
Design Technology – Y4 Electrical Systems
4J have thoroughly enjoyed exploring circuits and adding switches to them.
DT Week
DT week is in full flow, and today we have been experimenting with split pins to make a lever! Look how proud we are! We have also now planned and designed our final product, ready to continue with our work tomorrow and Friday. We can’t wait to share our final product!
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Imagine That
Reception had a great time at Imagine That, we made our own slime, snow and fridge magnets.
