D&T
Vision Statement
“After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, Science and Art tend to coalesce in aesthetics, plasticity and form. The greatest Scientists are always artists as well.” - Albert Einstein. In Design Technology, we combine maths, science, engineering, computing and art to analyse past and present designs directed towards solving everyday problems. Utilising perception and understanding to create innovative, diverse design solutions. This prepares our children to succeed in an ever-evolving technological environment.
Intent Statement
At Hornsea Burton and Skipsea Federation, our intent is to build a Design Technology curriculum which develops learning and results in the acquisition of knowledge and skills. Children will know more, remember more and understand more. We have designed a design technology curriculum with appropriate subject knowledge, skills and understanding as set out in the National Curriculum Design Technology Programmes of study, to fulfil the duties of the NC whereby schools must provide a balanced and broadly-based curriculum which promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils and prepares them for the opportunities and responsibilities and experiences for later life.
Design and technology prepares children to take part in the development of tomorrow’s rapidly changing world. Creative thinking encourages children to make positive changes to their quality of life. The subject encourages children to become autonomous and creative problem-solvers, both as individuals and as part of a team. It enables them to identify needs and opportunities and to respond by developing ideas and eventually making products and systems. Through the study of design and technology they combine practical skills with an understanding of aesthetic, social and environmental issues, as well as functions and industrial practices. This allows them to reflect on and evaluate present and past design and technology, its uses and its impacts. Design and technology helps all children to become discriminating and informed consumers and potential innovators.
The aims of design and technology are:
To develop imaginative thinking in children and to enable them to talk about what they like and dislike when designing and making;
To enable children to talk about how things work, and to draw and model their ideas;
To encourage children to select appropriate tools and techniques for making a product, whilst following safe procedures;
To explore attitudes towards the made world and how we live and work within it;
To develop an understanding of technological processes, products, and their manufacture, and their contribution to our society;
To foster enjoyment, satisfaction and purpose in designing and making.
