Though ensuring all children in our school are educated by developing creativeness, technical and practical expertise, it enables them to perform everyday tasks confidently. We imbed this through our curriculum maps specifically planning for a purpose within Design and Technology. We achieve this by thriving to give every opportunity to solve real life problems and to consider alternative materials specific to a particular audience. At the end of each unit, we encourage children to be reflective on their designs. Through the evaluation of past and present design and technology, they develop a critical understanding of its impact on daily life and the wider world. High-quality design and technology education makes an essential contribution to the creativity, culture, wealth and well-being of the nation.
Design & Technology in the Early Years:
Design and Technology sits very prominently within the areas of understanding of the world and expressive arts and design. From an early age, the children at Howletch Primary School learn to develop and make sense of their physical world through opportunities to explore, observe and find out about technology. They will do this through creating their own flags through different medias, designing and making a picnic for an alien as well as using experimenting with different materials such as clay in order to create fossil printing. All our learning opportunities at Howletch imbed each child’s interests and to build upon these with exciting and enjoyable learning experience
