Design and Technology

“Design is thinking made visual.” Saul Bass

D&T gives children at St. Agnes the opportunity to develop skills, knowledge and understanding of designing and making functional products, whilst applying skills and knowledge learnt in Maths and Science. At St. Agnes, we feel it is vital to nurture creativity and innovation through design, and by exploring the designed and made world in which we all live and work. The approach to Design and Technology at St. Agnes, is in line with the National Curriculum, however the objectives have been deconstructed further and are specific to each year group. This is to ensure that prior knowledge is built upon and new learning is unlocked. The curriculum devised for D&T ensures that our pupils develop lively enquiring minds that are capable of independent thought and are able to acquire the knowledge and skills relevant to adult life and to participate as citizens in a rapidly changing world. It enhances children’s cultural capital and develops their knowledge by allowing for experiences to support the understanding of D&T in real life contexts.