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
Making wraps!
Yesterday, we made our own wraps at snack time! We named smelt the ingredients first, and talked about whether we had already tried them before. We had the chance to taste each ingredient before deciding whether we would like them on our wrap. And then the fun part…we had to make our wrap! It was trickier than we expected 😉
Tiny Tasters !
This week was our first session with Tiny Tasters. Our reception families had lots of fun during the session. They spoke all about healthy eating, focusing on the correct and safe way to prepare their food. The children got to prepare and make their own wrap, which they even got to eat! Thank you Tiny Tasters we look forward to next week. 🥗
Summer 1 fun!
5H have had so much fun learning this half term! There’s been DT week, well-being and sports day! We also celebrated the Science week engineering projects, who won certificates. Well done for all your hard work! Have a lovely half term. See you on the 3rd June for the final half term of the year!!
DT Week
Last week for DT Week we used our scissor skills to make our own cars. We spoke about different ways we could make our car for it to go faster and slower.
Year 2 DT
After designing the cars we then got to create our toy. We painted and added design elements to make it stand out.
DT Week
Last week was DT week, we were tasked with making an eco friendly wheeled toy. We looked at real toys as part of our research.
Y2 DT Week… our finished products!
We have worked so hard during DT week to create our own vehicles with moving axles and wheels.
Y2 Science
Congratulations to the amazing members of 2D who have earned certificates as part of the “If you were an engineer what would you do?” engineering project.
Year 5 D&T week
This week in D&T, Year 5 designed and made a kite!
Testing them was great fun!
DT Week
We have been exploring materials this week in understanding the world. We use blocks and foam to create houses that were stable!
DT Week 🪚🖌️✂️
For DT week, reception designed and made their own cars! 🚘 We used scissors, card, tape and oil pastels to create our cars!
CREATING PICNIC
This week in DT, we have researched, planned and made a picnic for our reception classes.
4D really enjoyed putting together their picnic plates, thinking about appearance, texture and taste.
Y2 DT Week- wheels and axles
DT week in Y2 has been so much fun! We have researched and designed vehicles to collect rubbish on the beach- we have painted, used a saw and attached our axles and wheels to our vehicles using different methods to make our vehicles.
Preparing and tasting fruit 🍓
This week for DT week we prepared and tasted lots of different fruits. We focused on the importance of being safe when chopping the fruit. We had lots of fun! We tasted Kiwi, Mango, pineapple and strawberries, they were delicious.
After we tasted our fruit we filled in our Evaluation sheets with our favourite fruits 🍇
Design a picnic for our Reception friends
Today we made our picnic. We followed our plan from the other day. We used a range of skills: speak, cut, grate, garnish and mix. We thought about appearance, texture and taste.
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DT Week 🍓🥝🥭🍍
This week is DT week! Reception have explored preparing food and tasting different fruits. We have practiced our cutting and knife skills.
Design Technology – Year One
Good research skills displayed in class today. Good discussion work all about the difference between fruit and vegetables. We now know which fruit grows on trees, bushes and vines.
Year 4 DT
In Year 4, we are designing and making a picnic for our reception friends. Today we asked them a range of questions to find out what they like and dislike. We then went back to class to design them a perfect picnic.
Y2 DT Week- wheels and axles
Year 2 have been exploring wheeled toys and how their wheels and axles work, they have also been explaining what makes a good wheeled toy vehicle.
Rice crispy cakes!
This week we have been learning all about Easter. We had lots of fun and we made our own rice crispy cakes to take home. 🧁
Have a fun Easter Break!
5M had a lovely afternoon after working so hard all morning 🥳🤩
DT week
2S made puppets in DT week, first we tested out puppets as part of our research phase
5M Design and Technology
We had great fun designing these steady hand games and are looking forward to trying out each other’s to help evaluate them.
We love that we got to create an electrical circuit to test them out!
Kapla Blocks !
This week for DT Week, we used the Kapla Blocks to build the fire station which we had visited. 🚒
Design and Technology
Beginning to put our designs together.
Can you guess what we are making?
Year 6 DT- Making pizza
6B planned and created their own pizzas, using skills such as kneading, chopping and mixing.
DT Week
Year 3 throughly enjoyed tasting different foods in Design and Technology this week 🥬🌽🧄🧀🍗🍖 We then made a healthy salad 😋
Year 6 – DT week
This week we have had great fun comparing, designing and making pizza.
YEAR 4 DT WEEK
This week, we have been exploring structures in preparation for designing our own desk tidy. Today, we painted our final design. 4D created some very impressive structures.
5H Designing Buzzer Game
5H have designed their hand steady buzzer game, which they will be making tomorrow.
Year 6 DT Week- Making Pizza
6B enjoyed researching different types of pizzas, focusing on the nutritional values and of course the taste!
KAPLA
Year 3 enjoyed working together to build a selected structure with the KAPLA resources.
Fun with Kapla in 5H
5H have enjoyed building and designing creations using KAPLA blocks. There were some wonderful structures!
DT – Year 4
Today we’ve been painting our desk tidies. We created them yesterday using nets for 3D shapes.
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Year One – DT KAPLA
Wonderful creations from Year One whilst exploring the KAPLA resource. Look at the amazing chairs and train tracks that have been created.
Y2 Design Technology
We researched puppets and designed our own on the first day of DT week.
Exploring Nets – Year 4 DT
We’ve been exploring nets of 3D shapes ready to make our desk tidy.
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