To build a Design and Technology curriculum that meets the interests of all the children and enables them to develop their talents. At St John’s we aim to develop creative, curious learners who have the ability to embrace an ever-changing environment. Through the teaching of DT, we will provide the opportunity to develop the capacity to problem solve by stimulating creativity and imagination through the production of quality products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts, considering their own and others’ needs. We aim to, wherever possible, to link work to other subjects such as Mathematics, English, Science, Computing and Art.
The National Curriculum for Design and Technology aims to ensure that all children:
• Develop the creative, technical and practical expertise needed to perform everyday tasks confidently and to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world.
• Build and apply a repertoire of knowledge, understanding and skills in order to design and make high-quality prototypes and products for a wide range of uses
• Critique, evaluate and test their ideas and products and the work of others.
• understand and apply the principles of nutrition and learn how to cook.
Children will follow a broad and balanced Design and Technology curriculum that builds on previous learning and provides both support and challenge for all learners. Children will be given the opportunity to design, make and evaluate work using engaging projects through detailed lesson plans (Twinkl DT Scheme) which ensures progression of skills across all year groups and covers all the Design and Technology curriculum. DT is taught in the second half of each term, so that each year group covers three different topics each year.
Each year we plan a Design and Technology enrichment week, ensuring progression across all Key Stages. Where possible, links are made with other subjects, for example pupils in Year 4 learning about electricity in Science may then apply this knowledge when working on the ‘Battery Operated Lights’ Unit designing and making a light.
We aim for the children to express their creativity through designing, as they have been given the opportunity to carefully select tools and materials appropriate to the purpose and needs of an audience. Children will learn to be self-critical designers who are confident to self-evaluate their final product, discussing its strengths and weaknesses and offering ways in which their work can be improved. They will gain skills for the future, by developing their ability to collaborate, investigate, design and evaluate. By the time pupils move on to secondary school they should be fully equipped with transferable skills needed to succeed in future life.
Design and Technology in the Early Years
Children will have access to a variety of resources within their continuous provision which helps to both develop and consolidate knowledge, skills and understanding when designing and making within their own play. They will begin to develop investigative skills and ask and answer questions, for example when learning about the story of The Three Little Pigs, the children will choose appropriate materials to construct the houses, then test their solidity and evaluate the outcomes.
Children will have access to a wide variety of construction materials where they can build, join, stack, balance and adapt their own constructions. They will have the opportunity to use a variety of tools, techniques and processes and select and combine using a variety of materials. Through these opportunities, children will learn to handle and use tools and equipment effectively and safely, for example, using scissors safely and accurately to cut out monster masks. This includes developing an
understanding of how to transport and store equipment safely and with increasing control.
Outside, the children will have access to a wide variety of large-scale resources such as crates, drain pipes, tubes and planks providing them with the opportunity to design, make, adapt, problem solve and put structures to the test alongside their peers.
Children will be provided with the opportunity to select and use technology for particular purposes, for example, leading Goldilocks through the woods using ’beebot’ technology. They will learn to recognise that a range of technology is used in familiar places such as at home and school.
Kuunda mpango wa masomo wa Ubunifu na Teknolojia ambayo hukutana na maslahi ya watoto wote na kuwawezesha kuendeleza vipaji vyao. Katika St John's tunakusudia kuendeleza wajifunzaji wa ubunifu, wenye udadisi ambao wana uwezo wa kukumbatia mazingira yanayobadilika daima. Kupitia kufundisha DT, tutatoa fursa ya kuendeleza uwezo wa kutatua tatizo kwa kuchochea ubunifu na mawazo kupitia uzalishaji wa bidhaa bora ambazo kutatua matatizo halisi na muhimu ndani ya mazingira mbalimbali, kuzingatia mahitaji yao wenyewe na wengine. Lengo letu ni, pale inapowezekana, kuunganisha kazi na masomo mengine kama vile Hisabati, Kiingereza, Sayansi, Kompyuta na Sanaa. Mpango wa Kitaifa wa Mafunzo kwa Ubunifu na Teknolojia unakusudia kuhakikisha kwamba watoto wote: • Kuendeleza ubunifu, kiufundi na ujuzi wa vitendo unaohitajika kufanya kazi za kila siku kwa uhakika na kushiriki kwa mafanikio katika ulimwengu unaozidi kuwa wa teknolojia. • Kujenga na kutumia repertoire ya maarifa, uelewa na ujuzi ili kubuni na kufanya prototypes ya ubora wa juu na bidhaa kwa ajili ya mbalimbali ya matumizi; • Criticise, tathmini na mtihani mawazo yao na bidhaa na kazi ya wengine. • kuelewa na kutumia kanuni za lishe na kujifunza jinsi ya kupika. Watoto watafuata mtaala wa kubuni na teknolojia iliyo na usawa ambao unategemea kujifunza hapo awali na hutoa msaada na changamoto kwa wanafunzi wote. Watoto watapewa fursa ya kubuni, kutengeneza na kutathmini kazi kwa kutumia miradi ya kuvutia kupitia mipango ya masomo ya kina (Twinkl DT), ambayo inahakikisha maendeleo ya ujuzi katika vikundi vyote vya mwaka na inashughulikia mtaala wote wa Ubunifu na Teknolojia. DT hufundishwa katika nusu ya pili ya kila muhula, ili kila kikundi cha mwaka kifunikie mada tatu tofauti kila mwaka. Kila mwaka tunapanga wiki ya uboreshaji wa Ubunifu na Teknolojia, kuhakikisha maendeleo katika hatua zote muhimu. "Kama inavyotakiwa, kuna uhusiano na masomo mengine, kwa mfano, wanafunzi wa mwaka wa nne wanaofundisha kuhusu umeme katika Sayansi wanaweza kutumia ujuzi huu wakati wa kufanya kazi kwenye kitengo cha ""Battery Operated Lights"" kubuni na kutengeneza taa." """Tunataka watoto waonyeshe ubunifu wao kupitia kubuni, kwani wamepatiwa fursa ya kuchagua kwa uangalifu zana na vifaa vinavyofaa kwa kusudi na mahitaji ya watazamaji." Watoto watajifunza kuwa wabunifu wa kujikosoa ambao wana uhakika wa kujikosoa bidhaa yao ya mwisho, kujadili nguvu na udhaifu wake na kutoa njia ambazo kazi yao inaweza kuboreshwa. Wao kupata ujuzi kwa ajili ya siku zijazo, kwa kuendeleza uwezo wao wa kushirikiana, kuchunguza, kubuni na kutathmini. Wakati wanafunzi kuhamia shule ya sekondari wanapaswa kuwa kikamilifu vifaa na ujuzi transferable zinahitajika kufanikiwa katika maisha ya baadaye. Ubunifu na Teknolojia katika Miaka ya Mapema Watoto watakuwa na upatikanaji wa rasilimali mbalimbali ndani ya utoaji wao wa kuendelea ambao husaidia wote kuendeleza na kuimarisha maarifa, ujuzi na uelewa wakati wa kubuni na kufanya ndani ya mchezo wao wenyewe. "Kama vile, watoto wanaweza kujifunza ""The Three Little Pigs"" na kuchagua vifaa vya ujenzi, kisha kujaribu uthabiti wao na kutathmini matokeo." Watoto watakuwa na upatikanaji wa aina mbalimbali za vifaa vya ujenzi ambapo wanaweza kujenga, kujiunga, stack, usawa na kurekebisha ujenzi wao wenyewe. Wanaweza kutumia vifaa mbalimbali, mbinu na taratibu na kuchagua na kuchanganya kutumia vifaa mbalimbali. Kwa njia hii, watoto watajifunza kutumia vifaa kwa ufanisi na kwa usalama, kwa mfano, kutumia kisu kwa usalama na kwa usahihi kukata masks ya monster. Hii ni pamoja na kuendeleza uelewa wa jinsi ya kusafirisha na kuhifadhi vifaa salama na na kuongezeka udhibiti. Nje, watoto watakuwa na upatikanaji wa rasilimali mbalimbali za kiwango kikubwa kama vile masanduku, mabomba ya mifereji, mabomba na mbao, na kuwapa fursa ya kubuni, kutengeneza, kurekebisha, kutatua matatizo na kuweka miundo kwa mtihani pamoja na wenzao. Watoto watapewa fursa ya kuchagua na kutumia teknolojia kwa madhumuni maalum, kwa mfano, kuongoza Goldilocks kupitia misitu kwa kutumia teknolojia ya "beebot". Wanaweza kujifunza jinsi ya kutumia teknolojia katika maeneo ya kawaida kama vile nyumbani na shule.