DT
At St Augustine's we explore Design and Technology through our Creative Curriculum and topics.
Design and Technology helps the children to develop the skills they need to perform everyday tasks confidently, to solve problems and to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world.
The children will study:
Existing design solutions and their makers.
Design for a purpose - Who will use it? What does it need to do?
Making of a prototype - bringing our design to life.
Evaluation of design - Has their design and prototype met it's purpose? How could it be changed or improved
The children will explore this subject through Engineering, Food Technology and Textile disciplines.
In addition, Food technology, helps the children to understand and apply their knowledge of nutrition and learn how to cook.
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Home Learning
Please find below our Design and Technology topic for each term.
| Year Group | Autumn Term | Spring Term | Summer Term |
| Early Years | Engineering - Vehicles | Textiles - Threading | Food - Fruit Salad |
| Year 1 |
Textiles - How can we use recycled materials to create a running stitch in textiles? |
Engineering - How can levers and sliders be used in engineering? |
Food - How is the claw chop suited to preparing a salad? |
| Year 2 |
Engineering - Why are axels and wheels used in vehicles? |
Food - How is spreading and claw chop used in preparing a sandwich? |
Textiles - How is weaving used in textiles? |
| Year 3 |
Food - Is kneading always required when making bread? How is grating suited to preparing a soup? |
Textiles - Why is a backstitch used when adding buttons? |
Engineering - What are pulleys used for in everyday life?
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| Year 4 |
Food - How does the use of sweet and savoury flavours impact your product? |
Engineering - How are cams and linkages used in everyday life? |
Textiles - How and why is the blanket stitch used in textiles? |
| Year 5 |
Textiles - How are e-textiles used in the textile industry? |
Food - How can we adapt a tomato-based sauce? |
Engineering - How is computing used to aid engineering? |
| Year 6 |
Textiles - How is batik used to change and adapt textiles?
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Food - How is the cross chop suited to a vegetarian curry?
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Engineering - How are electrical systems used to create products? |
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