Through a variety of creative and practical activities, pupils will be taught the

knowledge, understanding and skills needed to engage in an iterative process of designing and making. 

When designing and making, pupils will be taught to:

 

Design 

• Use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose, aimed at particular individuals or groups
• Generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated sketches, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams, prototypes, pattern pieces and computer-aided design

 

Make

• Select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing], accurately
• Select from and use a wider range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities

 

Evaluate

• Investigate and analyse a range of existing products
• Evaluate their ideas and products against their own design criteria and consider the views of others to improve their work
• Understand how key events and individuals in design and technology have helped shape the world

 

Technical knowledge

• Apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures
• Understand and use mechanical systems in their products [for example, gears, pulleys, cams, levers and linkages]
• Understand and use electrical systems in their products [for example, series circuits incorporating switches, bulbs, buzzers and motors]
• Apply their understanding of computing to program, monitor and control their products.

 

 

Cooking and Nutrition  

As part of their work with food, pupils will be taught how to cook and apply the

principles of nutrition and healthy eating. Instilling a love of cooking in pupils will also open

a door to one of the great expressions of human creativity. Learning how to cook is a

crucial life skill that enables pupils to feed themselves and others affordably and well, now

and in later life.

 

• Understand and apply the principles of a healthy and varied diet
• Prepare and cook a variety of predominantly savoury dishes using a range of cooking techniques
• Understand seasonality, and know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown, reared, caught and processed.

 

Taken from The Department for Education - Design and technology programmes of study: key stages 1 and 2 National curriculum in England.