At Abberley Primary School, design and technology is taught discretely for two hours a week for three half-terms across a two-year rotation. However, our design and technology curriculum also has links with our science and computing curriculums, where many aspects are covered in a connected way.

Our curriculum follows the sequences of learning produced by Kapow. The curriculum is organised around five key areas (Structures; Mechanisms; Textiles; Electrical systems; and Cooking and nutrition) and four key strands (Design, Make, Evaluate, and Technical Knowledge). 

The scheme of work has been designed as a spiral curriculum with the following key principles in mind:

✓ Cyclical: Pupils return to the key areas again and again during their time in primary school.

✓ Increasing depth: Each time a key area is revisited it is covered with greater complexity.

✓ Prior knowledge: Upon returning to each key area, prior knowledge is utilised so pupils can build upon previous foundations, rather than starting again.

Design and technology at Abberley is fun and productive and children have the opportunity to develop their creativity and reflective practice as they design, build and evaluate their products, using their developing technical knowledge.