Design Technology
Our vision at Norwood...
We believe that through the Design and Technology curriculum, children should:
* have the opportunity to explore creativity, innovation, independence and reflection
* take part in motivating projects with challenging goals that will allow all children to flourish
* develop key technical competency and vocabulary
* develop key skills, such as teamwork, resilience and resourcefulness
* have the opportunity to develop different factors that affect design conditions
By the end of their primary years, children will be able to independently set design criteria, research a project, evaluate and use a wide range of tools, equipment and materials and reflect on the design process and their learning journey.
The 5 key strands of D&T:
Our Design and Technology programme of study links closely with our cross curricular topic themes. The children have the opportunity to design, construct and evaluate products connected with their learning - from vehicles to puppets to smoothies - while learning to use a range of tools and techniques. There are 5 key strands of learning: Materials and Structures, Mechanisms, Textiles, Food and Nutrition and Electrical Systems.
Mechanisms
With strong links to our Science curriculum, in our Mechanism units, children will study levers, sliders, wheels and axels - in Key Stage One - leading onto work on pulleys, gears and cams in Key Stage Two.