Design and Technology

Intent  

 We aim to provide all children with an ambitious Design & Technology (D&T) education that is inspiring, practical and relevant in our rapidly changing world. We recognise that D&T helps to shape the citizens of the future, therefore we aim to build an awareness of the impact of Design and Technology on our lives and encourage children to become resourceful, enterprising citizens who will have the skills to contribute to future design advancements. We empower our children to use creativity and imagination and to design and make products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts, considering their own and others’ needs, wants and values. 

 At Brodetsky, our D&T curriculum encourages the children to take risks, be innovative, creative and independent thinkers who have an appreciation for the product design cycle through ideation, creation and evaluation. This is in addition to enabling them to acquire a procedural and technical understanding. In short, throughout our curriculum, D&T projects provide children with opportunities to research, explore their ideas, investigate, develop, make a product and evaluate their work.  

 We intend for all children to acquire appropriate subject knowledge, skills and understanding as set out in the National Curriculum, whilst encouraging children to develop our three learning behaviours to support them in being successful; creativity, independence and resilient.  

 Using guidance from the Design & Technology Association (including the Design and Technology Progression Framework document produced by the DATA National Curriculum Expert Group), our curriculum is planned and sequenced so that new knowledge and skills are built upon previous learning with recognised and clearly defined end points. It is our aim to promote strong cross curricular links with other subjects, such as Mathematics, Science, Computing and Art. We want D&T to prepare our children, to give them the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences they need to be successful in later life. 

 During their learning, children will be encouraged to reflect on the school’s core values of Tzedek (integrity & respect), Chessed (kindness to all), Mishpat (respect for rules and laws), Rachamim (compassion & forgiveness).