Design and Technology

Design and Technology (DT) is about providing children with the opportunity to use creativity and imagination to design and make products that solve real and relevant problems, considering their own and others’ needs.
High quality D&T helps children to become creative problem solvers, both as individuals and as part of a team
DT should assist children in developing a greater awareness and understanding of how everyday products are designed and made

When children leave Norton St Nicholas they will have:

developed the creative, technical and practical expertise needed to perform everyday tasks confidently and be able to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world
built and applied a repertoire of knowledge, understanding and skills in order to design and make high-quality prototypes and products for a wide range of users
critiqued, evaluated and tested their ideas and products and the work of others
understood and applied the principles of nutrition, learnt how to use a range of kitchen tools safely and used ingredients to make dishes fulfilling a design criteria

Across all year groups children will design and make ‘Something for Somebody for Some Purpose’. At Norton St Nicholas School we follow the ‘Design, Make, Evaluate’ approach to the teaching of DT, as outlined in the National Curriculum Programmes of Study document.
The technical skills that we teach encompass the following areas: Construction, Mechanisms, Textiles and Food and Nutrition.
We feel that the teaching of Food and Nutrition is a great importance and holds great relevance in current times. For this reason, children will study a Food and Nutrition unit every year.
Additionally, either a Construction unit, Mechanisms or Textiles unit be taught. This ensures that the technical skills are covered with greater depth.

Norton St Nicholas C of E (VA) Primary School and Nursery