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.

Design and make a bunting
 

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 picture of the solar system. 

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 veg – making fruit smoothies

Africa

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 needed, 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

Use levers, linkages and pulleys to create moving pictures which display Roman battles, the equipment and weapons they used. 

Simple circuits and switches

Electricity - Torches

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

Year 5

Super salads
 

A healthy lifestyle – Super salads

To research the main food groups and use this knowledge to create a healthy balanced salad

Mechanical systems -  gears, levers and pulleys

Using mechanical systems  

Frame structures

Bird Hides

Research into bird hides to design and making our own sturdy, useable bird hides. Begin to use Computer aided design. 

Year 6

Computer-aided design software 

 

Steady hand games
 

Researching the British inventor Frank Hornby. Using computer aided design to support the creation of a steady hand game applying our learning from our Electricity topic.

Sewing

 

Embroidery 

Designing, creating and  decorating felt pencil cases.
 

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. 

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