Learning in DT follows the National Curriculum Programme of Study.
Year Group | Area of Study |
Designers to Study |
EYFS | Use a range of material and joining techniques. | What is a Designer? |
Year 1 | Structures and mechanisms. Select and use a range of tools and materials. | Norman Foster (The Gherkin) Hans J Wegner Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
Year 2 | Structures and mechanisms. Select and use a range of tools and materials. | Annie Atkins (graphic designer) Henry Ford James Dyson |
Year 3 | Structures, mechanisms, electrical systems and programmable products. Select and use a wide range of tools and materials. | Thomas Eddison Olli Kirk Christianson Maya Lynn |
Year 4 | Structures, mechanisms, electrical systems and programmable products. Select and use a wide range of tools and materials | Thomas Lloyd Chesterfield Horace Jones Samuel Ingersoll |
Year 5 | Structures, mechanisms, electrical systems and programmable products. Select and use a wide range of tools and materials | Beatrice Schilling Wright Brothers Ruth Handler |
Year 6 | Structures, mechanisms, electrical systems and programmable products. Select and use a wide range of tools and materials | John Anderson Andrew Smith Hallidie Steve Jobs |
Every unit of work has an associated knowledge web that goes with it.
See below for a KS1 and a KS2 example.