Autumn

Spring

Summer

Year 1

Freestanding structures

Freestanding structures – making a Billy Goats Gruff Bridge

Learning about freestanding structures within our environment and designing and making our own Billy Goats Gruff Bridge.

Joining materials 

Bunting

Designing and creating bunting and experimenting with ways to join materials. 

Sliders and levers

Moving space pictures

Learning about how to create sliders and levers, and then using these to create a moving space picture.

Year 2

Templates and joining

Capes for Traction Man

Creating and using templates and then using joining  techniques with textiles to create a new cape for Traction Man.

Preparing fruit and vegetables

Africa - making fruit smoothies

Creating a whole class recipe from individual investigations of food to then create an African fruit smoothie

Wheels and axles

Catapults

Looking at the mechanisms

wheels and axles to create a catapult.

Year 3

2d shape to 3d product – sewing

“Ugg the stone age boy” - Sewing

Making soft trousers for Ugg

Shell structures

Egyptians

Making model marble run mazes using a variety of materials.

Healthy and varied diet

Making Wraps

Investigating and making wraps to take on a journey when following a map

Year 4

Structures

Pavilions - Monarchs

Designing a standing structure using 3D shaped drawings. Creating the wooden structure as designed and decorating with material.
 

Levers and linkages

Romans – Lever and linkages

Simple circuits and switches

Electricity - Torches

Combining Design and Technology skills with knowledge from science to make a nightlight.

Year 5

Mechanical systems -  gears, levers and pulleys
 

Cranes

Using mechanical systems to make a crane to pull Santa out of a chimney.
 

Healthy and balanced diet

A healthy lifestyle – Super salads

Frame structures

Bird Hides

Year 6

Structures –making replicas of WW1 trenches

“Stay where you are and then leave” - WW1 model trenches

Creating replica/model WW1 trenches for

the purpose of displaying and educating a person/people.

Computer-aided design software 

Macbeth- creating character puppets 

Designing and creating table top puppets with inspiration from the play Macbeth. Using a computer-aided design software to think about the size, shape and placement of the integral parts of the puppet. 

Food packaging

Mayan themed wraps and packaging.

Investigating Mayan food and using this knowledge to design, create and evaluate Mayan wraps. Researching into packaging and designing packaging for our wraps.