Why is Design Technology important?
Design and Technology develops skills and knowledge in design, structures, mechanisms, electrical control and a range of materials, including food. It encourages children to be creative and encourages them to think about important issues.
D&T gives children the opportunity to develop skills, knowledge and understanding of designing and making functional products. We feel it is vital to nurture creativity and innovation through design, and by exploring the designed and made world in which we all live and work
Our Design and Technology curriculum allows children to exercise their creativity through designing and making. The subject develops children’s creativity, sets them challenges grounded in real-life situations that engage and inspire, and equips children with the knowledge and skills to be resilient and solve problems.
Through the evaluation of past and present design and technology, children develop a critical understanding of its impact on daily life and the wider world.
The subject also allows children to apply the knowledge and skills learned in other subjects, particularly Maths, Science, Computing and Art and Design
Careers that the study of DT supports include:
- Fashion designer
- Product Designer
- Prop maker
- Game designer
- Interior Designer
- Industrial Designer
- Mechanical Engineer
- Robotics Engineer
- Systems Engineer
- Aeronautical Engineer
- Furniture maker
At The Wings’ CE Trust, we aim to:
- encourage children to be curious, ask questions and excited about deconstructing, designing, making and evaluating products
- prepare pupils for the rapidly changing technological world in which they live
- foster enjoyment, satisfaction and purpose in designing and making things and develop confidence to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world
- apply a growing body of knowledge, understanding and skills to the design and construction of prototypes and products for a wide range of users
- fulfil the National Curriculum aims:
National Curriculum Aims
The national curriculum for design and technology aims to ensure that all pupils:
- 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 users
- 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
"Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you look deeper, it's really how it works."
"Technology makes possibilities. Design makes solutions."
Kwa nini Teknolojia ya Ubunifu ni muhimu? Ubunifu na Teknolojia huendeleza ujuzi na maarifa katika kubuni, miundo, taratibu, kudhibiti umeme na mbalimbali ya vifaa, ikiwa ni pamoja na chakula. Inawatia moyo watoto wawe wabunifu na kuwachochea kufikiri juu ya masuala muhimu. D&T inatoa fursa kwa watoto kuendeleza ujuzi, maarifa na uelewa wa kubuni na kutengeneza bidhaa za kazi. Tunahisi ni muhimu kukuza ubunifu na uvumbuzi kupitia kubuni, na kwa kuchunguza ulimwengu ulioundwa na kufanywa ambao sisi sote tunaishi na kufanya kazi, mtaala wetu wa Ubunifu na Teknolojia unaruhusu watoto kutumia ubunifu wao kupitia kubuni na kutengeneza. Somo hili linaendeleza ubunifu wa watoto, huwapa changamoto zinazohusiana na hali halisi za maisha ambazo huvutia na kuchochea, na huwapa watoto maarifa na ujuzi wa kuwa na nguvu na kutatua matatizo. Kupitia tathmini ya zamani na sasa kubuni na teknolojia, watoto kuendeleza uelewa muhimu wa athari zake juu ya maisha ya kila siku na dunia pana. "Kama ""Mwanzilishi wa Vifaa vya Teknolojia"" (DT) na ""Mwanzilishi wa Vifaa vya Teknolojia"" (DT), DT inasaidia wanafunzi kuwa na hamu ya kujua, kuuliza maswali na kufurahiya juu ya kubuni, kubuni, kutengeneza na kutathmini bidhaa - kuandaa wanafunzi kwa ulimwengu wa teknolojia unaobadilika haraka ambao wanaishi - kukuza kufurahiya, kuridhika na kusudi katika kubuni na kutengeneza vitu na kukuza ujasiri wa kushiriki kwa mafanikio katika ulimwengu wa teknolojia inayokua - kutumia mwili wa maarifa, ustadi na ustadi kwa kubuni na ujenzi wa bidhaa na watumiaji - Mpango wa Mafunzo ya Kitaifa." Watu wengine hufikiri kwamba muundo humaanisha jinsi unavyoonekana. Lakini, bila shaka, ukitazama kwa undani zaidi, ndivyo inavyofanya kazi". "Teknolojia hufanya iwezekane. Ubunifu hutokeza suluhisho".