D.T
We believe that high-quality DT lessons will inspire children to think innovatively and develop their planning, designing, assessing and evaluation skills. Our DT curriculum provides children with opportunities to develop their skills using a range of media, materials and tools. Children learn a range of skills through cooking and nutrition, textiles, mechanisms and construction and that the protected characteristics are promoted throughout. The skills they acquire are applied to their cross-curricular topics, allowing children to use their DT skills to develop their own products. DT contributes to children’s personal development in independence, judgment and self -reflection. It is paramount that DT work be purposeful. Pupils should be clear what the intended outcomes are and have a means to measure their own work against this. In DT, children are expected to be reflective and evaluate their work, thinking about how they can make changes and keep improving. This should be meaningful and continuous throughout the process, with evidence of age-related verbal and written reflection. Children are encouraged to take risks and experiment and then reflect on why some ideas and techniques are successful or not for a particular project.