DT Long Term Plan
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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 bird themed souvenir
Bird Feeders Exploring different types of bird feeders before designing, making and evaluating our very own Bird feeder.
| Sliders and levers
Moving space pictures Learning about how to create sliders and levers, and then using these to create a moving space picture.
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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 wheels and axles to create a catapult.
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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/ labyrinth
| Healthy and varied diet
Making Wraps Investigating and making wraps to take on a journey when following a map
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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 “The Iron Man” - Cranes | Super salads
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.
| Using different mechanisms for performance
Macbeth- creating character puppets and pop up scenes
Creating pop up books using scenes from Macbeth and developing an understanding of the different mechanisms needed. Creating table top puppets for Macbeth performances and again looking at the mechanisms needed to make the puppet move.
| Food
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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