Design Technology
D.T. Subject Lead: Amy Day
To develop our children’s creative vision, we aim to do this in every possible way at Woodland through Design and Technology. We believe that the children’s understanding of key developments in history will broaden through researching important individuals and their inventions. Design and Technology gives our children the opportunity to be creative, solve problems and learn skills that they will use in their future careers. They learn about materials, processes and tools to be able to make different things with a variety of materials. Through this, the children develop practical skill to help themselves and apply their knowledge from other subjects.
The fundamental skills, knowledge and concepts of Design and Technology are set out in the following areas: Design, make, evaluate, technical knowledge and food including nutrition. It enables children to critique, assess and test their own ideas and products and the work of others. Encouraging children to problem-solve, make on-going changes and improvements during the design and make process, children find solutions that will teach them to deal with uncertainty while developing organisational and other life skills. They learn to appreciate the needs of others and build an environment that is likely to promote the impact of future technologies.
DT Display
Whole School Projects
Theme Week Summer 2024
Whole School Easter Competition 2025
Whole School - Theme Week.
Summer Term
EYFS D.T
Autumn Term.
Early Years have been very busy making their own creations from empty boxes and other junk modelling by using their imagination.
Spring Term.
Early Years making rice crispy cakes.
Early Years getting creative by building their on rockets and robots inside snd outside of the classroom.
Summer Term.
Year 1 D.T
Autumn Term.
Mechanism- Moving Cards
Year 1 had a lovely time creating moving Christmas cards. We looked at a variety of moving books which helped us to plan and design our cards. Then we decided if we wanted our Santa to move up and down or slide across the roof.
Spring Term.
Food - Vegetable Kebabs.
Year 1 enjoyed making Healthy Veggie Kebabs. They explored and identified different vegetables before designing a kebab using the vegetables they wanted. Then the children chopped and sliced the vegetables to make a tasty kebab!
Summer Term.
Structures - Freestanding Robots.
Coming soon
Year 2 D.T
Autumn Term.
Food - Preparing Fruit and Vegetables.
Year 2 put their cutting skills to the test by making a delicious looking salad.
Spring Term.
Mechanisms Wheels and Axles.
Summer Term.
Textiles - Templates and Joining Techniques.
Coming soon
Year 3 D.T
Autumn Term.
Food - Healthy and Varied Diet.
Year 3 made healthy snack bars by using oats and a variety of tasty fruit.
Spring Term.
Textiles - 2D Shape to 3D Product.
Year 3 made Roman Bullas. A Roman purse to keep coins, lucky charms or notes in.
Summer Term.
Mechanical Systems - Levers and Linkages.
Coming soon
Year 4 D.T
Autumn Term.
Structure.
Miniature Greenhouses
We explored different green houses, investigated different materials and designed and made our own green house using appropriate materials.
Spring Term.
Electrical Systems - Simple Circuits and Switches.
Year 4 used circuits and switches to make torches.
Summer Term.
Food - Healthy and Varied Diet.
Coming soon
Year 5 D.T
Autumn Term.
Electrical Systems - Complex Switches and Circuits.
Year 5 had a great DT day thinking about mining in Skelmersdale and making mine carts safer. We mined for chocolate chips, created circuits with buzzers to warn the miners and designed mine carts.
Spring Term.
Food - Celebrating Cultural and Seasonality.
Year 5 made Jollof Rice, a West African dish.
Summer Term.
Structure - Frame Structures.
Coming soon
Year 6 D.T
Autumn Term.
Complex Electrical Circuits - Crumble Boards.
Year 6 had so much fun exploring the new software 'Crumble' on the laptops and being able to program our own crumble boards with our own unique coding through the laptops, to create a special illumination for our modern trams. Blackpool trams were designed and built in 1885 (Victorian times) and the illuminations started in 1870.
Spring Term.
Food - Celebrating Culture and Seasonality.
Coming soon
Summer Term.
Mechanical Systems - Pulleys, Gears and Cams.
Coming soon
