Leaders: Miss Ware

At Greenfields, we ensure that children are at the heart of our teaching and learning in DT.  We aim to make DT an inspiring, creative, and practical subject. In Early Years, KS1 and KS2 children learn a wide range of practical skills which they can use to develop their own products and designs. Our D.T. curriculum is broken down into 3 strands; Cooking and Nutrition, Mechanisms and Mechanical systems/structures and Textiles.

DT links are made to key topical issues and, where relevant, our History & Geography curriculum, to ensure the pupils design and make products that solve real and relevant problems. They draw on subject knowledge from STEAM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths). By making links to DT during STEAM and World of Work workshops, we aim to show children the careers that could be open to them in the future with design & technology skills.

At Greenfields we like to make our learning fun and hands on so we widen the children’s opportunities wherever possible. D&T gives children the opportunity to develop skills, knowledge and understanding of designing and making functional products. At Greenfields we feel it is vital to nurture creativity and imagination through design, and by exploring the designed and made world in which we all live and work. We also encourage parent involvement and have had parents & carers into school to talk to children about their careers, making them aware of the wonder of the world of work and future careers to think about.

DT lessons also help to educate children in nutrition and the teaching of cooking skills and techniques. Not only that, but all children at Greenfields have the opportunity to cook outside during their Forest School sessions.