• Design and technology intent

Planning documents

• Subject map
• Knowledge map
• Progression of skills
• Vocabulary
• Design and Technology milestones

Teaching ideas

• Projects on a Page Guide
• Design Technology curriculum
• 1_ 2 Sliders and levers
• 1_2 Freestanding structures
• 1_2 Preparing fruit and vegetables
• 1_2 Templates and joining
• 1_2 Wheels and axles
• 3_4 2D shape to 3D product
• 3_4 Healthy and varied diet
• 3_4 Levers and linkages
• 3_4 Pneumatics
• 3_4 Shell structures using computer-aided design
• 3_4 Shell structures
• 3_4 Simple circuits and switches
• 3_4 Simple programming and control
• 5_6 Cams
• 5_6 Celebrating culture and seasonality
• 5_6 Combining different fabric shapes
• 5_6 Frame structures
• 5_6 Monitoring and control
• 5_6 More complex switches
• 5_6 Pulleys or gears
• 5_6 Using computer-aided design in textiles