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Design & Technology (DT)

Welcome to KSS DT!

Design Technology - our intent

At Kirkstall St Stephen's C of E Primary School we believe that Design Technology prepares pupils to participate in tomorrow's rapidly changing technologies. The children become creative problem-solvers as individuals and as members of a team. They look for needs, wants and opportunities, and respond to them by developing a range of design ideas. Children will feel confident to reflect, learn from and evaluate present and past design and technology, its uses and effects. Design Technology lessons focus on the following areas: mechanisms, structures, textiles and food.

Please see the attached overview document that explains the curriculum and the knowledge, skills and vocabulary progression map from Reception to Year 6. 

We have also begun creating Knowledge Organisers (KO) for each term and these will be added below in due course. These are child-friendly documents that demonstrate how we will implement the new curriculum, including the powerful knowledge that we wish children to learn after each topic. The impact of our curriculum will be based on how well the children retain this knowledge.

Files to Download

  1. KSS DT Policy May 2024
  2. Year 1 DT Autumn term KO- Food
  3. Year 1 DT Spring Term KO- Free Standing Structures
  4. Year 1 DT Summer Term KO- Wheels and Axels
  5. Year 2 DT Autumn term KO- Textiles
  6. Year 2 DT Spring Term KO- Sliders and Levers
  7. Year 2 DT Summer Term KO- Food.
  8. Year 3 DT Autumn term KO- Levers & linkages
  9. Year 3 DT Spring Term KO- Textiles
  10. Year 3 DT Summer Term KO- Food.
  11. Year 4 DT Autumn Term KO- Food.
  12. Year 4 DT Spring Term KO- Shell Structures using CAD
  13. Year 4 DT Summer Term KO- Electrical Systems
  14. Year 5 DT Autumn term KO- Textiles.
  15. Year 5 DT Spring Term KO- Food.
  16. Year 5 DT Summer Term KO- Cams.
  17. Year 6 DT Autumn term KO- Electrical Systems
  18. Year 6 DT Spring Term KO- Food
  19. Year 6 DT Summer Term KO- Frame Structures.
  20. DT overview and progression grid.
  21. DT overview
  22. KSS DT Policy May 2024.

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