Design Technology National Curriculum

Intent Statement

At Medlar-with-Wesham C of E we are Designers!

We want our children to love Design and Technology. We want them to be ambitious and feel confident enough to access roles as architects, graphic designers, chefs or carpenters.

Design and Technology is dynamic and multidimensional. It is our intention that our DT curriculum will provide opportunities to solve real and relevant problems, allowing our pupils to develop resilience and essential everyday skills and unlock their potential to be the designers and innovators of tomorrow. The DT curriculum will encourage children to be curious about their learning and to think and intervene creatively to solve problems both as an individual and as part of a team.

Design and Technology will allow all Medlar with Wesham pupils to put their learning from other areas of the curriculum into practice, and will work to enhance and deepen their understanding of those areas, including maths, computing, science, and art.

Our pupils will learn about cooking, food and nutrition, ensuring that they acquire the fundamental life skills in order to be able to feed themselves healthily and independently, whilst learning about where food comes from, therefore making connections with their geographical and scientific knowledge.

What do we teach?

We teach Design and Technology following an ambitious curriculum. CUSP Design Technology is built around the principles of cumulative knowledge. 

• Design and Technology- National Curriculum.pdf
• Design and Technology Overview
• Design and Technology Policy