17.03.26 Maths and DT – Measuring and baking
17-03-2026
One little learner had so much fun making some chocolate cakes today. He added the ingredients, stirred it all, decorated them and sampled a few too! Well done, they smelled amazing!
Purpose of Study
Design and Technology (D&T) at our school is about giving children the skills, knowledge and creativity to design and make purposeful products. We follow the Kapow Primary scheme, which provides a well-structured and engaging curriculum that helps children understand how design and technology impacts everyday life.
The National Curriculum for Design and Technology states that a high-quality D&T education should inspire children to be resourceful, innovative, enterprising and capable citizens. Through Kapow, children learn to research, design, make and evaluate products, developing practical skills in areas such as construction, textiles, mechanisms, electrical systems and food technology. They also learn how design and technology connects with real-world problems and future possibilities.
Through the delivery of Design and Technology, we aim to improve children’ skills in these five areas:
- Generating ideas – including generating ideas and exploring the work of others
- Making – planning, practical skills and techniques
- Evaluating ideas – own ideas and products, existing products, key events and individuals
- Technical knowledge – making products work
- Cooking and nutrition – where food comes from, preparing and cooking food and nutrition
Aims
Our Design and Technology curriculum, delivered through Kapow Primary, aims to ensure that all children:
- Develop creative, technical and practical skills to perform everyday tasks confidently.
- Research, design, make and evaluate products that solve real and relevant problems.
- Apply knowledge from other subjects such as maths, science, computing and art in meaningful ways.
- Learn about key designers, inventors, engineers and chefs, and the impact of their work.
- Build cooking and nutrition knowledge, understanding how to prepare food and make healthy choices.
- Gain confidence to take risks, become resourceful problem-solvers, and reflect on how to improve their ideas and products.
Documents
Design Technology (DT) Chatter
06.03.2026 – DT – Textiles
06-03-2026
This term in class, we are exploring Textiles as part of our DT unit. Today the children began developing their basic sewing skills. They practised cross stitch and running stitch. The children also started experimenting with appliqué, where they cut out small fabric shapes and attach them onto another. A fantastic way to end this week’s learning! Happy weekend everyone!
17.12.25- DT-Truss bridge
17-12-2025
We have carried on working on our truss bridges, but this time using straws. This is because straws are a stronger material for us to use. Everyone worked in teams to develop bridges that were strong. There were some amazing creations. Well done year 5!
12.12.25 – DT – Perfecting our builds
12-12-2025
During today’s lesson, we have been working on perfecting our builds. We looked at a range of methods to help our scriptures stand independently. They are starting to look good. One more lesson and they will be complete.
05.12.25 – DT – Beginning of the build
12-12-2025
Our DT project, this half term has been to create a playground using different methods to create structures. Today we began our playground. At the start of the lesson we thought it was going to be very simple however that was not the case. We had to problem solve to get our structures to stand independent.
11.12.25 – DT – Strengthening our helmets
11-12-2025
Today we have continued our design and technology project of making helmets, which are shell structures. Our focus today was how we can use layering to strengthen the structure of the helmets.
09. 12.25- DT- Truss Bridge
09-12-2025
Today year 5 had an exciting lesson making a truss bridge out of spaghetti. It was great to see everybody working as a team to build their bridges! They were then able to test the strength of their bridge and compare them to the arch and beam bridge that we made last week.
09.12.25 D.T. – Slider game
09-12-2025
Today we created a mock up of our slider game. We discussed the slider mechanism and used the model to test our ideas and what words would work well.
04.12.25- DT- Beam and Arch bridges
04-12-2025
In DT, we have been looking at bridges and their structures. To help us understand the difference between a beam bridge and an arch bridge, we had a go at making both types physically. Year 5 then investigated to see which bridge could hold more weight. We discovered that the structure of the arch bridge was able to carry more weight.
28.11.25 – DT – Planning our playgrounds
28-11-2025
Year 6 have been taking inspiration from local playgrounds and some designs online when designing their own playground. We plan to make a 3D structure of a playground. We need something to swing on, something to hide in and something to climb on.
13.11.25 -DT- Investigation sliders
12-11-2025
We have begun our DT unit be discussing what we know about different mechanisms and how they move. We have practised using specific vocabulary such as – slider, lever, turn, twist, forwards backwards and left and right. We then went on a mechanism hunt around our school to find sliders. Look at our picture to see what we found.
