Design and Technology Curriculum

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Illustration of salad, muffin, pencil case, saw, needle and thread

Year 3

Autumn - Second half term

Week 1

Outcome

To introduce the design brief
To generate specification
To generate initial design ideas
Introduce basic sewing skills: threading needle, tying knots, tying off

Week 2

Outcome

To continue basic sewing skills
To practice new techniques on prototype: Running stich, Back stitch, Half Cross stitch, Cross Stitch

Week 3

Outcome

To design bookmark on dotted paper
To practice new techniques on prototype: Running stich, Back stitch, Half Cross stitch, Cross Stitch

Week 4

Outcome

Visual Evalutation as a class
To start sewing design onto bookmark

Week 5

Outcome

To continue sewing design onto bookmark

Week 6

Outcome

To finish sewing design onto bookmark

Week 7

Outcome

To continue sewing design onto bookmark

Week 8

Outcome

To evaluate final design and product using a star profile

Spring - Second half term

Week 1

Outcome

To classify a variety of vegetables into groups

Week 2

Outcome

To know the seasonality of a variety of fruits and vegetables

Week 3

Outcome

To introduce the design brief
To generate a specification
To learn and practice two new cutting techniques, including: baton and dice

Week 4

Outcome

To learn and practice new cutting techniques, including: bridge and claw method, baton, dice, chiffonade, slice and ribbon

Week 5

Outcome

To plan and design our salad

Week 6

Outcome

To prepare and plate salad
To evaluate final design and product using a star profile

Summer - Second half term

Week 1

Outcome

To introduce the design brief
To complete initial visual research (art nouveau, arts and crafts, art deco, Bauhaus)
To generate specification
To generate initial design ideas

Week 2

Outcome

To measure and cut wood for chair
Health and Safety demonstration

Week 3

Outcome

To measure and cut wood for chair
Visual evaluation whole class

Week 4

Outcome

To measure and cut wood for chair
To sand wood for chair
Introduce adhesives, start gluing chair

Week 5

Outcome

To continue the gluing process of chair
To complete chair design ideas

Week 6

Outcome

Paint chair
Complete Evaluation

Autumn

Textiles: developing sewing techniques

Bookmark

Spring

Food Technology: cutting techniques, seasonality & classification of fruit and vegetables

Prepare a plate of salad

Summer

Woodwork – basic joinery

Wooden chair

Year 4

Autumn - First half term

Week 1

Outcome

To introduce the design brief
To complete initial visual research
To generate specification
To generate initial design ideas

Week 2

Outcome

Recap basic sewing skills (running stitch, back stitch, half cross stitch, cross stitch)
To generate final design with sewn boarder
Visual evaluation whole class
To transfer final design onto polystyrene tile

Week 4

Outcome

To print design onto fabric (Binca)
To practice sewing skills

Week 3

Outcome

To embroider boarder onto printed Binca

Week 5

Outcome

To continue embroidery

Extension

To design an additional embroidered element

Week 6

Outcome

To complete embroidery

Extension

To design an additional embroidered element
To sew an additional design element

Week 7

Outcome

To evaluate final design and end product using star profile

Spring - First half term

Week 1

Outcome

To introduce the design brief
To discuss and define the characteristics of a sandwich
To explore the history of sandwiches
To understand different food groups and their importance in relation to our brief

Week 2

Outcome

To compare contrasting bread types.(White, whole meal, 50/50, gluten free, rye, sour dough. flat bread)
How is bread made?

Practical

Taste Panel

Week 3

Outcome

Introduce filling ingredients (dairy, vegan, fruit and veg, fats and sugars)
Taste panel – curated combinations
To design own sandwich using results from taste panel
Exploded diagram

Week 4

Practical – 2 lessons combined

Morning lesson to make dough and let rise (30min lesson)
Come back after an hour and shape into rolls, do second rise (15 min lesson)
Bake them over lunch
Once cooled children construct sandwich
Complete taste panel (60 min lesson)

Week 5

Practical – 2 lessons combined

Morning lesson to make dough and let rise (30min lesson)
Come back after an hour and shape into rolls, do second rise (15 min lesson)
Bake them over lunch
Once cooled children construct sandwich
Complete taste panel (60 min lesson)

Week 6

Outcome

To evaluate final design and product using a star profile
Quiz

Summer - First half term

Week 1

Outcome

To investigate the history of toys
Design styles 1940- 2000

Week 2

Outcome

To introduce design brief and Specification
To generate design ideas for marble maze

Week 3

Outcome

To generate a scale model of final design idea

Week 4

Outcome

To cut wooden dowel with accuracy using a Junior Hacksaw

Week 5

Outcome

To perfect wood finishing techniques. (sandpaper & adhesive)

Week 6

Outcome

To complete construction
To evaluate final design and product using a star profile

Autumn

Textiles: embroidery and print making

Yanoomami square

Spring

Food Technology: food groups, baking bread and preparing and assembling ingredients

Bread and sandwich making

Summer

Strengthen and reinforce complex structures using artstraws

Bridges

Year 5

Autumn - First half term

Week 1

Outcome

To construct a programmable controller

Week 2

Outcome

To program a controller to react to a light sensor

Week 3

Outcome

To program a controller that creates white light using RGB values

Week 4

Outcome

To program a controller to use ascending and descending RGB values in a cycle

Week 5

Outcome

To finish programming a controller to use ascending and descending RGB values in a cycle. To program a controller to react to a light sensor

Week 6

Outcome

To construct a geometric lampshade

Week 7

Outcome

To evaluate final design and product using a star profile

Spring - First half term

Week 1

Outcome

To define the purpose of each ingredient in a basic muffin recipe
History of baking

Week 2

Outcome

To prepare and bake a simple muffin recipe in groups
To understand the role each ingredient has on the integrity of the recipe
Write prediction

Week 3

Outcome

To analyse results of baking experiment
To design own muffin recipe

Week 4

Outcome

To prepare and bake own healthy muffin recipe in groups
To complete a taste panel for your muffin(Double Lesson)

Week 5

Outcome

To prepare and bake own healthy muffin recipe in groups
To complete a taste panel for your muffin(Double Lesson)

Week 6

Outcome

To evaluate final product using a star profile

Summer - First half term

Week 1

Outcome

To introduce the design brief
To complete initial visual research
To generate specification
To generate measurements for our design ideas
Introduce basic sewing skills

Week 2

Outcome

To understand the importance of pattern cutting
To complete design idea
To practice basic sewing skills

Week 3

Outcome

To convert design idea to pattern paper
To transfer pattern onto felt with accuracy
To cut felt with accuracy
To pin felt together
To start sewing product together

Week 4

Outcome

To sew product together
To insert stuffing and continue to complete sewing of product
To apply face, eyes, mouth etc. to product

Week 5

Outcome

To finish sewing product together
To finish inserting stuffing and continue to complete sewing of product

Week 6

Outcome

To finish applying face, eyes, mouth etc. to product
To evaluate final design and product using a star profile

Autumn

Electrical systems: program and control using crumble code

Nightlight

Spring

Woodwork – advanced joinery

Marble Maze

Summer

Food Technology: food groups, preparing and cooking ingredients

Muffins

Year 6

Autumn - Second half term

Week 1

Outcome

To understand the main features of a Morse Code Machine
To introduce the design brief
To generate specification
To generate measurements for boarder and obstacles

Week 2

Outcome

To cut lengths of wooden dowel with accuracy using a junior hacksaw
To construct the circuit board

Week 3

Outcome

To cut wood with accuracy using a Tenon Saw
To construct switch our switch

Week 4

Outcome

To use adhesive accurately
To glue circuit board in place
To apply finishing techniques (sanding) to switch

Week 5

Outcome

To construct a parallel circuit
To finish sanding switch

Week 6

Outcome

To construct switch (torsion spring) and attach circuit
To glue switch to circuit board
To attach circuit to circuit board

Week 7

Outcome

To test function of finished product
To evaluate final design and product using a star profile

Spring - Second half term

Week 1

Outcome

To introduce the design brief
To compare existing products
To generate specification
Generate initial design ideas

Week 2

Outcome

To measure relevant equipment accurately
Use measurements to determine the dimensions of your product
To design and draw pattern for product

Week 3

Outcome

To transfer pattern onto Calico
Recap sewing skills
Introduce cotton thread, needles, demonstrate back stitch

Week 4

Outcome

To start sewing product together
To attach fastening

Extension

Add additional embroidered elements

Week 5

Outcome

To complete sewing product together
To finish attaching fastening

Extension

Finish additional embroidered elements

Week 6

Outcome

To complete sewing product together
To finish attaching fastening

Extension

Finish additional embroidered elements
To evaluate final design and product using a star profile

Summer - Second half term

Week 1

Outcome

To introduce the design brief
To discuss and define the characteristics of pasta
To explore the History of Pasta

Week 2

Outcome

To examine the characteristics of a pasta recipe
Egg whites, egg yolks, water: Identifying the best source of hydration

Week 3

Rhos y Gwaliau

Week 4

Outcome

To describe and demonstrate how to make fresh pasta in groups(Make dough to be used next week)

Week 5

Outcome

To describe and demonstrate how to create tagliatelle
Roll out Pasta from last week

Week 5

Outcome

To complete evaluation using a star profile
Complete end of topic quiz

Autumn

Electrical and mechanical systems: program, control and use a sensor using crumble code

Parking sensor

Spring

Textiles – CAD design and vinyl printing

Printed t-shirt

Summer

Mechanical systems: gears, pulleys, cams and levers

Fairground