At Alderman Cogan’s we want to give all our children the best possible start in life academically, as citizens and as lifelong learners. Above all, we want them to be highly literate and able to have all the learning necessary to help them to thrive in a complex, changing and competitive world. We want all our students to be ambitious for themselves and about their futures. We will provide the pathways and support for them to realise their ambitions, ‘through a Christian lens’.
Our DT curriculum will engage, inspire and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to design, make and evaluate a wide range of structures, mechanisms, electrical circuits, food technology, computing programing and textiles. The curriculum will also support children’s DT knowledge through evaluation of architects, chefs and other professionals’ work. This alongside our ‘Cogan Learning Goal’ provides children with lifetime skills and knowledge which will support them though primary school, into secondary school and into the world. The curriculum ensures this through a love of learning by providing challenging progression and enriching, practical lessons.
Our DT curriculum runs through our whole school with FS1 and FS2 ‘Expressive arts and design’ curriculum where children gain an understanding of structures and foods around them locally. Foundation children then enhance this knowledge through provision where the children design, make and evaluate their creations with support from peers and staff and individually. Foundation children will design, make and evaluate a vehicle with moving wheels and axles. As the children progress through the school their prior knowledge is key to the understanding and development of DT. Key Stage 1 will enhance the knowledge and skills around structures, mechanisms and food technology by adding enriching enhancements for wonder, complexity and challenge. Key Stage 1 enhancements will build on that of Foundations by creating a vehicle that has movable wheels and axles with the inclusion of levers and sliders. They will evaluate their projects more deeply and will compare and discuss how it can be improved. to Key Stage 2 further the children’s DT knowledge and skills through building on prior knowledge and introducing new skills. New skills introduced will follow the DT theme of Design, Make and Evaluate. This supports children to link new knowledge and skills to prior. Key Stage 2 further the progression of prior knowledge through the designing, making and evaluating of mechanical systems through creation of a vehicle with movable wheels, axels, levers and sliders with the addition of gears, pulleys, cams and linkages.
DT Year 1 lesson by lesson progression
DT Year 2 lesson by lesson progression
DT Year 3 lesson by lesson progression
DT Year 4 lesson by lesson progression
DT Year 5 lesson by lesson progression
DT Year 6 lesson by lesson progression
