Design & Technology

At Long Lawford Primary School, we believe that through Design & Technology (DT), children should develop skills and knowledge that prepare them for the wider world.

Children will complete a DT project each half term, focusing on a range of areas, including:

  • Textiles

  • Mechanisms

  • Structures

  • Cooking & Nutrition

  • Computer aided design

National Curriculum for DT

  • Children should use ‘creativity and imagination’ to ‘design and make products that solve real and relevant problems’.

  • In DT, children make links with ‘mathematics, science, engineering, computing and art”.

  • Can write at varying length, for different purposes and audiences

  • Pupils learn how to take risks, becoming resourceful, innovative, enterprising and capable citizens

Project Work

In each project, children will develop knowledge and skills in each of these stages: Design, Make and Evaluate

Project work includes: Baking & Decorating biscuits, Kite making, making cam toys using mechanisms, Practicing sewing skills

Here are some of the fantastic DT projects the children have created

  • “I love designing things.”

    George

  • “I love baking.”

    Amelia

  • “I liked doing the frosting on the biscuits because it made them more beautiful and it was so yummy.”

    Ram

  • “I’d like to do more with electrical circuits.”

    Scarlett

  • “I like making things out of wood.”

    Devon