BPS Subject Information: Design and Technology

Our vision at Bournville is for our Design and Technology curriculum to be an inspiring, rigorous and practical subject. Using creativity and imagination, pupils design and make products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts, considering their own and others’ needs, wants and values. They acquire a broad range of subject knowledge and draw on disciplines such as mathematics, science, engineering, computing and art. Pupils learn how to take risks, becoming resourceful, innovative, enterprising and capable citizens. Through the evaluation of past and present design and technology, they develop a critical understanding of its impact on daily life and the wider world. We feel it is vital to nurture creativity and innovation through design, and by exploring the designed and made world in which we all live and work.

In KS1 and 2,  Design and Technology is taught through three units per year.  These are planned coherently for children to acquire both knowledge and skills, matching the requirements of the National Curriculum.

Within our planning, a structure of design, investigate, make and evaluate is followed with technical knowledge and skills threaded throughout each stage. Designing, making and evaluating structures, mechanisms, electrical control and a range of materials, including food and nutrition, are all part of our design and technology curriculum.