DESIGN TECHNOLOGY

— Steve Jobs.

“Design is not just what it looks and feels like. Design is how it works.”

BWJPS Approach to DT

At BWJPS, we recognise how Design Technology impacts every aspect of daily life and how previous designers have contributed to the innovation and progress within our society. We intend to offer our children the chance to use creative thinking with a clear and tangible outcome. Through a variety of planned practical and creative activities, pupils are taught the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to engage in a process of design making.

Through the study of DT, pupils will acquire a broad range of subject knowledge and draw on disciplines such as mathematics, science, engineering, computing and art. Pupils learn how to take risks, becoming resourceful, innovative, enterprising and capable citizens. Through the evaluation of past and present design and technology, they develop a critical understanding of its impact on daily life. It also makes an essential contribution to the creative, culture, wealth and well-being of the nation.

At BWJPS, DT is carried out each term with children coming away from the timetable to fully immerse themselves into the subject. We ensure a range of topics are covered so that a variety of interests and skillsets are refined. These topics fall within the five strands of design technology:

• mechanisms
• structures
• textiles
• electrical systems
• cooking and nutrition

Each topic follows a similar design process to ensure children are utilising the full range of design technology skills. This process follows: research/ analyse, design, make, evaluate. These skills are built upon each year to ensure progression and increase confidence in each individual’s skillset.