Intent

At The Limes Primary Academy we deliver our Design and Technology curriculum through CUSP.

Th CUSP Design and Technology curriculum is organised into blocks with each block covering a particular set of disciplines, including food and nutrition, mechanisms, structures, systems, electrical systems, understanding materials and textiles.

Vertical progression in each discipline has been deliberately woven into the fabric of the curriculum so that children revisit key disciplines throughout their Primary journey at increasing degrees of challenge and complexity. In addition to the core knowledge required to be successful within each discipline, the curriculum outlines key aspects of development in the Working as a Designer section. Each module will focus on promoting different aspects of these competencies. This will support teachers in understanding pupils’ progress as designers more broadly, as well as how successfully they are acquiring the taught knowledge and skills.

Working as a Designer

Design

Make Evaluate

Apply
The art or processes of deciding how something will look or work. Create something by combining materials or putting parts together. Form an opinion of the value or quality of something after careful thought. Use something or make something work in a particular situation.

Lesson activities are designed to develop children's oracy and vocabulary skills to enable them to use the language associated with design and technology meaningfully when talking about their work and the work of others.

 

What do we teach?

See an overview of our Design & Technology curriculum here

DT – Intent, Implementation and Impact

Intent, Implementation and Impact

DT – Policy

Policy

DT – Long Term Plan

Long Term Plan

DT – Vocabulary Progression

Vocabulary Progression

DT – Progress Map

Progress Map