We alternate teaching design and technology with teaching art and design on a half termly basis.
Design and Technology
Early Years Foundation Stage – Expressive Arts and Design
The educational programme for expressive arts and design, set out in the EYFS Framework, is delivered in our preschool and reception classes in line with the Extend Nursery and Preschool Curriculum and the Extend Reception Curriculum.
Key Stage 1 and 2 – Design and technology
We follow the national curriculum.
In Year 1, we teach design and technology in line with our multi-academy trust’s ‘Extend Early Curriculum’.
We follow the Plan Bee scheme of work to teach design and technology in Year 2-6.
Design and Technology units 2025-2026
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Year group |
Term 1 |
Term 2 |
Term 3 |
Term 4 |
Term 5 |
Term 6 |
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Year 1 |
Developing cutting and joining skills Selecting seasonal vegetables to make soup |
Using cutting and joining skills to make rockets, poppies and Christmas decorations Building habitable structures |
Evaluating existing products Building a waterproof bird hide Developing cooking skills - making Scottish biscuits |
Using folding skills to make flip books Generating ideas and designs for alternative uses for toilet roll tubes |
Generate ideas and designing menus and sandwiches for a celebratory picnic Exploring and applying the mechanism of a slider to make an interactive page for a book |
Evaluating boat design for strength and stability Apply knowledge to design and build a small boat for water play. Generate ideas, design and make objects from recycled materials |
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Year 2 |
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Perfect Pizza |
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Stable Structures |
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Sewing Puppets |
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Year 3 |
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Seasonal Stockings |
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Sandwich Snack |
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Packages |
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Year 4 |
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Biscuits |
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Storybook |
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Light it up |
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Year 5 |
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Fashion and Textiles |
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Bread and seasonal food |
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Fair ground Rides |
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Year 6 |
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Program Pioneers |
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Burgers |
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Funky Furnishings |
