Curriculum Statement for DT at Chatsworth Primary School

We aim to provide children with a Design and Technology education that is relevant in our rapidly changing world.  We want to encourage our children to become problem solvers, who can work creatively on a shared project. We believe that high-quality DT lessons will inspire children to think independently, innovatively and develop creative, procedural and technical understanding. Our DT curriculum provides children with opportunities to research, represent their ideas, explore and investigate, develop their ideas, make a product and evaluate their work. Children will be exposed to a wide range of media. Through this, children will develop their skills, vocabulary and resilience.

PRINCIPLES:

• Children should have clear enjoyment and confidence in design and technology that they will then apply to other areas of the curriculum.
• Children will develop the creative, technical and practical expertise needed to perform everyday tasks confidently and to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world.
• Children will build and apply a repertoire of knowledge, understanding and skills in order to design and make high-quality prototypes and products for a wide range of users.
• They will critique, evaluate and test their ideas and products and the work of others.
• As designers children will develop skills and attributes they can use beyond school and into adulthood.