At Hemlington Hall Academy, our children use their creativity and imagination to solve real-life problems, taking ideas from and evaluating existing products and solutions in addition to applying maths, science, engineering, computing and art skills. Our children use a wide range of media to design and make a finished product, including learning about nutrition and cooking, all whilst developing critical thinking skills.
Intent
- Children to recognise the result of design and technology in everyday life
- Children to know that DT is a subject – where they learn to make and evaluate things effectively
- Leave Primary with a firm grasp of the design, make, evaluate cycle
- Children to be confident and safe with a range of simple tools and to be able to choose and select appropriate tools to use safely and sensibly
- Food technology is weaved across wider learning opportunities within KS1 and KS2, alongside specific units of work. Children are also given the opportunity to work alongside the school chef to develop their understanding of healthy eating whist creating, experimenting with and tasting a range of dishes to promote healthy eating within the school dining hall.
Our Design Technology Curriculum
Subject Leader: Miss Williams
