Welcome to the Design Technology (D.T.) area of our website!

The subject leader for Design Technology at St James' is Miss Smith. 

Our Christian Vision for D.T:

In D.T children are encouraged to look at what exists in the world around them, giving them opportunities to appreciate the world.  Children will develop a love of learning through an engaging,  variety of projects and have the ability to explore individual ideas whilst in a safe, supportive environment.  Through research, practice, creativity, and evaluation, each child at St James’ will gain confidence in their own achievements and the ability to question and improve. Every child is encouraged to adopt new skills and further their knowledge ensuring the D.T at St James’ is inclusive and embracing for all children, allowing them to prosper.

Everything in the world that we live in has been designed. In our modern lives, things are being designed to make our lives easier and more fruitful. As time continues, these products are reviewed, analysed and then redesigned to meet the needs of the people now. Our children will experience this process of reviewing what there currently is, developing it and then create a new version of it. This is design. The children will use a range of materials and tools to enable them to convert their design ideas into a product. They will learn that the process does not work successfully first every time and that changes and alterations may be appropriate to achieve the desired outcome. 

Snapshot of D.T.

D.T is taught in every year at St. James and follows the national curriculum. We use Kapow's condensed scheme to deliver our D.T curriculum. This means that the children will complete one D.T unit every term (three in total throughout the year) but everything the children need to learn and develop as outlined in the national curriculum is covered.

After winning the class attendance award ten times, Y2 got to chose what they would like to do for their Super Learning Day and they requested D.T and art activities.