Design and Technology

At Rhodes Green CE Primary School, Design and Technology gives children the opportunity to imagine, design, create and evaluate, turning their ideas into purposeful products.

Our Design and Technology curriculum is supported by Grammarsaurus and is carefully sequenced so that children’s knowledge and practical skills develop progressively as they move through school.

Children are encouraged to think like designers and engineers, beginning with a problem, purpose or user and considering how they might create a successful solution. They learn to research existing products, develop and communicate their ideas, select appropriate tools and materials, make their designs and evaluate how effectively their finished product meets its purpose.

Across the curriculum, children develop experience of areas including structures, mechanisms, textiles, electrical systems and food and nutrition, with increasing levels of challenge and independence.

We want children to understand that successful designs do not always happen first time. Testing, evaluating, adapting and improving are an important part of the design process, helping our pupils develop creativity, resilience and problem-solving skills.

Through practical, purposeful projects, children have opportunities to apply learning from other areas of the curriculum, particularly mathematics, science, computing and art.

Our aim is for Rhodes Green children to become creative and resourceful problem-solvers who are confident to experiment, learn from mistakes and turn their ideas into reality.