HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC SCHOOL DESIGN TECHNOLOGY LONG TERM PLAN OVERVIEW Autumn Year 1
Holidays Aspect: Textiles Focus: Templates and joining techniques Outcome: Design and make a hand or finger puppet
Year 2
The Great Fire of London Aspect: Structures Focus: Shell structures Outcome: Design and make a model Tudor building
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Stone Age Aspect: Structures Focus: Shell structures Outcome: Design and make shell structure homes linked to the Stone Age topic Anglo Saxons and Vikings Aspect: Electrical Systems Focus: Simple circuits and switches Outcome: Design and make a product that lights up or makes a noise The Legacy of The Maya Aspect: Food and nutrition Focus: Celebrating culture and seasonality Outcome: Create meals linked to class topic World War II Aspect: Textiles Focus: Combining different fabric shapes Outcome: Recycling - Make do and mend project
Spring Space Aspect: Mechanism Focus: Sliders and simple levers Outcome: Design and make a moving picture for a book or card Our Local History of Chipping Norton Aspect: Food and nutrition Focus: Preparing fruit and vegetables Outcome: Design and make a healthy snack Mighty Mountains/ Extreme Earth Aspect: Mechanisms Focus: Levers and Linkages Outcome: Moving pictures linked to topic of Literacy text Ancient Greece Aspect: Food and nutrition Focus: Healthy and varied diet Outcome: Create a bread-based food product linked to their topic From Absolute Monarchy to Absolute Democracy Aspect: Mechanisms Focus: CAMS Outcome: Design and make a moving model linked to topic or Literacy text Romans Aspect: Multi-aspect project Focus: Free standing structure and leavers Outcome: Design and make catapults
Summer Africa/ Minibeasts Aspect: Structures Focus: Freestanding structures Outcome: Design and make a mini-beast home One World/ History of Flight Aspect: Mechanisms Focus: Wheels and axles Outcome: Make an explorer’s buggy Egyptians Aspect: Textiles Focus: 2D shape to 3D product Outcome: Design and make a bag Rainforests Aspect: Mechanisms Focus: Pneumatics Outcome: Design and make a moving rainforest animal for younger children as a toy Rivers Aspect: Multi-aspect project Focus: Frame structures, axles and wheels and simple electronic systems Outcome: Design and make a moving model of transport for tourism purposes using an electric circuit History of Exploration Aspect: Mechanisms Focus: Pulleys and Gears Outcome: Solve a given challenge using pulleys and gears