Design & Technology
At St Andrew’s, the teaching of Design and Technology demands that pupils are confident and resilient in order to achieve success. Pupils are encouraged to become independent, creative problem-solvers and thinkers as individuals and as part of a team. Our curriculum is planned so that pupils follow a process where evaluation and communication are key. Design and Technology projects allow pupils to apply skills from across the curriculum; Mathematics, Science, Computing and Art – to design, make and evaluate products that solve real and relevant problems.
The study of Design and Technology plays a key role in these ambitions. At St Andrew’s, we work hard to ensure Design and Technology delivers the National Curriculum in full and has depth and breadth. Leading on from our school vision: ‘..being positive participants in the world community’, we want Design and Technology to become beneficial and significant in shaping the children’s lives and the world they inherit. We believe that our children should have big ambitions where there are no glass ceilings, and we want the Design and Technology curriculum to support this. Lincolnshire has a strong link to industrial, electrical, aeronautical, and farming engineering and in a world where engineering, technology and design are critical; we want to ensure the children know about the things that are possible in their future and that they can be part of it. Engineering is about making the world a better place; this is an extremely important message that we want our children to understand. As teachers, it is our job to inspire the future and at St Andrews, we do this through having an engaging and inspiring Design and Technology curriculum. Our Design and Technology teaching uses a problem solving and communication process to support learning and developing new skill. We want to create critical thinkers and shape learning which allows pupils to learn for themselves.
Design & Technology teaching at St Andrew’s, focuses on enabling children to think like designers. Our curriculum is planned to ensure Design & technology knowledge is taught alongside the development of subject specific skills including links to Maths and Science.
The study of Design & Technology plays a key role in our ‘golden threads’ as it offers pupils the ability to learn about different cultures and societies from the past and how we have learnt and benefitted from them, There are links to British values and how the growth of democracy and respect for others have developed through the history of not only the United Kingdom but those countries and citizens of the Commonwealth and beyond who have had such a positive impact on our lives. Our Design & Technology teaching uses an enquiry process by asking and answering questions and using key vocabulary which shapes the learning and allows the pupils to learn for themselves.
