Design and Technology at Huish

Design and Technology is an inspiring, rigorous and practical subject. Design and Technology encourages children to learn to think and intervene creatively to solve problems both as individuals and as members of a team. It requires children to be active learners with the confidence to ‘have a go,’ and the resilience to persist with a project when challenges occur. 

At Huish, the Design and Technology curriculum combines skills, knowledge, concepts and values to enable children to tackle real problems. It can improve critical analysis, problem solving, and practical capability and evaluation skills. We aim to, wherever possible, link work to other subject areas such as mathematics, science, computing and art thereby enabling pupils to notice connections and patterns in their learning. We also aim to, wherever possible, build relationships with local businesses and members of the school community. 

Through Design Technology children are encouraged to become innovators and risk-takers. High-quality Design and Technology education makes an essential contribution to the creativity, culture, wealth and well-being of the nation.

Here at Huish we aim to:

• develop imaginative thinking in children and to enable them to talk about what they like and dislike when designing and making;
• enable children to talk about how things work, and to draw and model their ideas;
• encourage children to select appropriate tools and techniques for making a product, whilst following safe procedures;
• foster enjoyment, satisfaction and purpose in designing and making

Structures -
Junk Modelling

Structures -
Clay craft

Cooking and Nutrition - Fruit Kebabs

Cooking and Nutrition- Christmas Gingerbread Men

Textiles - Making puppets/peg dolls
Toys

Structures - Tudor windmills

Structures
Baby Bears Chair

Cooking and Nutrition- Bread making unit

Mechanisms - Wheels and axles

Mechanical systems - Slingshot cars

Cooking and Nutrition- Eating seasonally

Structures - Design and make an Olympic stadium

Electrical system - Torches

Science:  electricity

Textiles - Making volcanic tie-dye cushions

Cooking and Nutrition - Ready steady cook - adapting a recipe

Structures - Bridges

Textiles - making parachutes

Cooking and Nutrition -Come dine with me ona budget 3 course meal

Mechanical systems - pop up books

Electrical systems - steady hand games