Design & Technology

Design Technology Statement.

At St George’s Catholic School, children receive a Design Technology curriculum which allows them to exercise their creativity and passion through exciting designing and making opportunities. The children are taught to combine their designing and making skills with knowledge and understanding in order to design and make an end product. Skills are taught progressively to ensure that all children are able to learn and practise in order to develop as they move through the school. Evaluation is an integral part of the design process and allows children to adapt and improve their product, developing a key skill which they need throughout their life. Through engaging in a creative and challenging curriculum, the children will develop a lifelong love of learning. The Design Technology curriculum will provide all children with the opportunity to develop their critical thinking and problem-solving skills, equipping them with the values to live well in our society and prepare for the challenges of the modern world.

Design Technology at our school allows children to apply the knowledge and skills learned in other subjects, particularly Maths, Science and Art. All children will be given the opportunity to develop their understanding the importance of nutrition and safe food preparation. This will subsequently provide them with a lifelong skill, whilst also learning about ingredients and food traditions from different cultures around the world.

By the time children leave St George’s Catholic School they will have:

• An excellent attitude to learning and independent working.
• The ability to use time efficiently and work constructively and in collaboration with others, supporting one another in a respectful and constructive way.
• The ability to carry out research, show initiative and ask questions to develop a knowledge of an end-users’ needs.
• The ability to act as responsible designers and makers, working ethically, using finite materials carefully and working safely.
• A thorough knowledge of which tools, equipment and materials to use to make their products.
• The ability to apply mathematical knowledge and skills accurately.
• The ability to manage risks exceptionally well to manufacture products safely and hygienically.
• A passion for the subject, which they will hopefully carry throughout the rest of their education and beyond.