Moss Hey Primary SchoolDesign & Technology
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have”
At Moss Hey: Children to become independent, creative problem solvers and thinkers, which will help them to identify needs and opportunities for making constructions and products to fit in today’s world.
Our Design and technology curriculum is built around the following six key areas:
- Cooking and nutrition: discovering where food comes from; creating a balanced diet; following kitchen hygiene and safety; developing preparation and cooking skills; following a recipe.
- Mechanisms: using cams, followers, levers and sliders to mimic natural movements.
- Structures: learning about the properties of materials; improving a structure’s strength and stability; reinforcing structures.
- Textiles: using fabric techniques to fasten, sew and decorate.
- Electrical systems: creating electrical products using series circuits, circuit components, circuit diagrams and symbols.
- Digital world: programming products to perform tasks; developing 2D and 3D designs and models using CAD software.
Our Design and technology curriculum aims to inspire pupils to become curious, creative and innovative thinkers with a broad understanding of how products are designed and made. We guide and encourage our pupils to think like designers and engineers.
Our intent is for pupils to develop the confidence to identify problems, generate ideas, plan and create products and evaluate their outcomes.
Through our curriculum we aim to raise pupils’ awareness of how design and technology shape the way they live, work and interact with the world. It encourages pupils to become resourceful, enterprising individuals who have the skills to contribute to and improve the world around them.