Design and Technology
Subject Co-ordinator: Mrs Hughes
What is Design and Technology?
Design and Technology prepares children to deal with tomorrow's rapidly changing world. It encourages children to become independent, creative problems solvers and thinkers as individuals and as part of a team. It enables them to identify needs and opportunities and to respond to them by developing a range of ideas and by making products and systems. Through the study of Design and Technology, they combine practical skills and understanding of aesthetic, social and environmental issues, as well as functions and industry. This allows them to reflect on and evaluate past and present technology, its uses and impacts. At Yew Tree, Design and Technology is taught through our Projects on a Page curriculum.
The National Curriculum for Design and Technology aims to ensure that all pupils: