Curriculum

Design & Technology

Design & Technology Vision Statement

The Design and Technology curriculum at St Nicholas Priory aims to prepare pupils for an ever changing world increasingly reliant on technology. It is impossible to predict the advances of the future, therefore we endeavour to equip our children with the transferable   skills necessary to thrive in life; such as critical thinking, problem solving and having a sense of what is methodical. We aim to foster exploration of the existing and of new ideas, imagination, innovation and curiosity. We hope to develop children who are knowledgeable of materials, making techniques and who understand the importance of those who have developed the field so far. We hope that children leave Priory with an understanding of  the place that Design and Technology has in the economy, society and everyday life.

The CUSP Design and Technology curriculum is organised into blocks with each block covering a particular set of disciplines, including mechanisms, textiles, food and nutrition, systems, understanding materials and structures.

CUSP Design & Technology Long Term Sequence

Block A

Block B

Block C

Block D

Block E

Block F

Year 1

Mechanisms

Structures

Food & Nutrition

Understanding Materials

Textiles

Food & Nutrition

Year 2

Textiles

Food & Nutrition

Mechanisms

Understanding Materials

Food & Nutrition

Structures

Year 3

Textiles

Food & Nutrition

Mechanisms

Food & Nutrition

Structures

Structures

Year 4

Food & Nutrition

Mechanisms

Textiles

Structures

Electrical Systems

Food & Nutrition

Year 5

Food & Nutrition

Systems

Textiles

Food & Nutrition

Structures

Mechanisms

Year 6

Food & Nutrition

Mechanisms

Food & Nutrition

Structures

Electrical Systems

Textiles

 

In addition to the core knowledge required to be successful within each discipline, the curriculum outlines key aspects of development in the Working as a Designer section.

 

Working as a Designer

Design

Make

Evaluate

Apply

The art or process of deciding how something will look or work.

Create something by combining materials or putting parts together.

Form an opinion of the value or quality of something after careful thought.

Use something or make something work in a particular situation.

 

Manufacturing is more than just putting partstogether. It’s coming up with ideas, testing principles and perfecting the engineering, as well as its final assembly.
James Dyson