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Vision Statement

All who teach Design and Technology at St Peter’s have a shared understanding and vision and recognise that all children have creative potential and are capable of creative expression. With our support children understand creative processes and how every day and exceptional creativity and design can shape the world we live in. Our staff endeavor to equip children at St Peter’s with the skills to take ownership of their learning which in turn enables them to think their way around any problem.

Intent 

Kapow Primary’s Design and technology scheme of work aims to inspire pupils to become curious, creative and innovative thinkers with a broad understanding of how products are designed and made, in other words, to think like designers and engineers. The intention is for pupils to develop the confidence to identify problems, generate ideas, plan and create products and evaluate their outcomes. The scheme aims to raise pupils’ awareness of how design and technology shape the way they live, work and interact with the world. It encourages pupils to become resourceful, enterprising individuals who have the skills to contribute to and improve the world around them. The scheme supports teachers in developing their subject knowledge and skills, enabling the delivery of engaging, well-informed lessons with confidence. The curriculum is designed to be both accessible and ambitious, ensuring all learners’ full participation and potential achievement.

Implementation 

The required coverage of the national curriculum is then broken down into long term plans, which is further divided into medium term plans by teachers. A curriculum coverage document maps out when each year group is completing a specific unit of work and reflects how each element of design & technology is covered throughout the year groups. Progression frameworks are used in order to ensure knowledge and skills build year on year. This ensures that by the end of Year 6 pupils have a wealth of knowledge and skills to aid in their future studies.

Children are able to explore the breadth and depth of the Design and Technology curriculum through the use of Kapow Primary's Design and Technology curriculum. This scheme enables and fosters children’s natural curiosity and promotes problem solving, creativity and communication. Our Design and Technology lessons excite, promote and sustain children’s interest where children design, make and evaluate products for a purpose and enables children to reflect on and evaluate their learning.

Impact 

Kapow Primary’s D&T lessons include ongoing assessment opportunities, such as questioning, retrieval practice and interactive activities. These enable teachers to assess understanding in real time and adapt their teaching accordingly. Every lesson begins with a ‘Recap and recall’ section, which gives pupils the opportunity to practice retrieving key knowledge relevant to the forthcoming lesson. This section allows teachers to make informal judgements about whether pupils have retained prior learning and are ready to progress. The ‘Assessing progress and understanding’ section in each lesson helps teachers to identify those pupils who are secure in their learning or working at a greater depth. Each unit of work assesses children’s understanding and retention of key knowledge using an Assessment quiz with multiple-choice and open-ended questions. Design Technology is also monitored by the subject leader throughout the year in the form of book monitoring, looking at outcomes and pupil interviews to discuss their learning and understanding and establish the impact of the teaching taking place. Our children’s creations and achievements are celebrated in class and whole school displays.