Curriculum Intent
At Hambrough Primary School, our Design and Technology (DT) curriculum aims to encourage creativity and equip pupils with the skills to turn ideas into reality. We want pupils to become confident designers who can solve problems and create purposeful products for real‑life contexts.
From the Early Years Foundation Stage, children begin to explore materials, tools and construction through play and guided activities, developing early design thinking. As pupils progress through the school, they build the technical knowledge and skills needed to design, make and evaluate meaningful products, including food, while understanding the impact of Design and Technology on everyday life and different cultures.
DT complements learning across the curriculum, bringing subjects such as English, Maths, Science, Computing and Art and Design to life through practical application.
Curriculum Implementation
In EYFS, Design and Technology is taught through Expressive Arts and Design and Understanding the World, where children explore materials, build models and talk about their ideas and creations.
From Key Stage 1 onwards, pupils follow a carefully sequenced DT curriculum that develops key disciplinary skills, including designing, making, evaluating, technical knowledge and communicating as a designer. Learning is supported through knowledge of materials and components, health and safety, measuring and shaping, joining and finishing techniques, existing products, designers, and understanding context, users and purpose.
Pupils are given regular opportunities to imagine, plan, create, test and improve their work using a range of tools, equipment and materials.
Curriculum Impact
By the end of EYFS, children confidently explore materials and can talk about what they have made.
As pupils move through the school, they develop the confidence, creativity and practical skills needed to design and make products for a purpose. Pupils leave Hambrough Primary School as reflective, capable learners who can apply technical skills safely and understand the role of Design and Technology in shaping the world around them.
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