DT INTENT

Through our Design and Technology curriculum at Carter’s Charity Primary School, we want all our children by the end of year 6 to have developed the skills they need for designing and making through a range of creative and practical activities. We aim to prepare pupils to participate in our everchanging technological world using the skills and techniques developed in our Design and Technology curriculum to ensure that children are equipped for the next stages in their lives. Children are given the opportunity to develop their ability to investigate, analyse and evaluate a range of products, applying their understanding and technical knowledge across a range of products and materials. We provide opportunities for children to work in a range of relevant contexts offering valuable life skills. Underpinning all this is a key focus on improving our children’s communication skills, vocabulary, and the ambition so that all children will be designers regardless of background, needs or ability. Our curriculum gives children a hands-on approach that also uses other areas of the curriculum, such as Mathematics, Science, Computing and Art, to be creative and solve problems.