Design and Technology

Led by: Mrs Meggs

Cedar Children's Academy

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Design and Technology

Intent

We need the children to say ‘why not?’ not just ‘why?’ DT allows the children to prepare themselves for the ever-changing world. It also allows the children to develop wider skills of experimenting, exploring, risk taking, creativity and greater dexterity. In addition, DT enables the children to use creativity and imagination 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. The subject allows children to learn to think independently and as a part of a team. We provide the children with opportunities to reflect upon and evaluate not only their own product but also the products of others. This in turn allows them to become engineers. We teach the children the safe and effective use of a range of tools, materials and components and develop the children’s understanding of the ways in which people have engineered products in the past and present to meet their requirements. At Cedar, we aim: To develop the children’s understanding and appreciation of the impact DT has on daily life and the wider world. For children to learn how to take risks, become resourceful, innovative, enterprising, and capable citizens. To foster teamwork, commitment and enjoyment when engineering their own functional products with users and purpose in mind.