How We Learn DT at EPS

How we Learn Design and Technology at Earith Primary School: Intent, Implementation & Impact Intent It is our intent for pupils:  To understand the important and integral role which design and the creation of designed products play in our society.  To develop the creative, technical and practical expertise needed to perform everyday tasks confidently and to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world.  To build and apply a repertoire of knowledge, understanding and skills in order to design and make high-quality prototypes and products; creating these for real and relevant purposes and for a wide range of users, considering their own and others’ needs, wants and values.  To critique, evaluate and test their ideas and products and the work of others.  To think and intervene creatively to solve problems both as individuals and as members of a team.  To innovate and take considered risks during the design process.  To carry out practical tasks safely. The school uses the Primary Knowledge Curriculum in order to support the delivery of the Earith Design Technology Curriculum. The principles of the PKC knowledge-rich curriculum are: Knowledge is valued and specified. Knowledge is well-sequenced. Knowledge is taught to be remembered. The content of the PKC DT curriculum has been carefully chosen by subject experts and has been sequenced in a meaningful way that enables children to make connections and progress from unit to unit, term to term and year to year. This means the knowledge children will gain has been carefully specified, ordered coherently and builds over time. The PKC DT curriculum meets the aims of the National Curriculum for DT. As the children work through the DT curriculum, they will know more, understand more and remember more about the processes of designing, making and evaluating products. They will demonstrate this knowledge when using tools or skills in other areas of the curriculum and in opportunities out of school.