Whole School Intent:

• To ensure high quality Design and Technology education throughout the school which provides for our children an understanding of how ideas can inform the design of products.
• For our children to be able to apply a repertoire of learned technical knowledge, understanding and skills (drawing on disciplines such as mathematics, science, engineering, computing, art, textiles and cooking) in order to design, make and evaluate a wide variety of prototypes.
• Opportunities for our children to evaluate their made prototypes and using what they have learned, create an improved design and a better end product. 

National Curriculum Aims

The national curriculum for design and technology aims to ensure that all pupils:

 develop the creative, technical and practical expertise needed to perform everyday tasks confidently and to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world

 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

 critique, evaluate and test their ideas and products and the work of others  understand and apply the principles of nutrition and learn how to cook.