Design Technology
Leader: Vee Hopkins
Through Design-Technology children are encouraged to used intellectual and practical skills to solve problems for real-life situations. As part of lessons we focus on skills needed and give time to practise these.
During the design stage children are encouraged to make plans, list tools and materials needed and discuss these, highlighting problems they feel may arise. As projects progress, children evaluate their work in order not only to improve, but also to learn from mistakes made. Practical and intellectual skills are amalgamated as a design is finally completed and tested.
The role of Design-Technology in our everyday work is a central theme of the design projects. To aid us we use elements of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority scheme for Design-Technology, which covers the relevant parts of the programme with suggestions for associated activities.
Please have a look at some of our projects.
