We are totally committed to learning of the highest standard in academic, personal and social forms and have these aspirations for all children in our care.

Our D&T Curriculum draws on the aims and subject content of The National Curriculum in England. Topics are organised over a two year rolling programme due to mixed aged classes; making cross-curricular links with other parts of the curriculum.

Many skills are revisited in all year groups with progression focused on advancing skills across the phases rather than by year group. These skills are built on with more scope for resources/more challenging materials to use and with the progression of more intricate tools.

Design and Technology inspires creativity and imagination. Being creative, children learn how to take risks and ‘think outside of the box’, then through evaluating their plans and designs, they develop an understanding of the wider world.

Objectives are covered in a variety of ways; some as part of the learning on school trips/residential and others as a block of learning over half days/full days.

We also participate in FESP (Furness Education and Skills Partnership) this facilitates projects/ events which enable and drive innovation and enterprise. This includes events such as Skills Fest, Furness Big Bang, Build My Skills and The Road To Engineering. The Barrow Engineering Project raises the profile of Engineering in the local area and enriches STEM projects in school. Our school has championed these schemes and has a successful after school ‘Engineering Club’ which enters the IET ‘First Lego League’ each year.

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.