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 Textiles -Templates and joining techniques to create a new cape for Traction Man
| Preparing fruit and veg – making fruit smoothies
Africa Preparing fruit and vegetables – Creating an African Fruit Smoothie
| Wheels and axles
Catapults Mechanisms - Wheels and axles – Creating 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 pyramids for a class museum display
| Healthy and varied diet
Making Wraps Investigating and making wraps to take on a journey when following a map |
Year 4 | Structures
Pavilions - Monarchs | Levers and linkages
Romans – Lever and linkages
| Simple circuits and switches Electricity - Torches Making a nightlight |
Year 5 | Mechanical systems - gears, levers and pulleys “The Iron Man” - Cranes Making a crane to pull the Iron Man out of a hole | 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 performace
Macbeth- creating character puppets and pop up scenes
| Food
The year 6 bake off – to design and create a themed cake.
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