I am a designer. I seek to use creativity to innovate. I surround myself in a range of products and inspirational contexts, before I find meaning and tell a story that sets up a new design challenge. I shape my ideas to become practical and attractive products for users. When designing, I use my knowledge and skills towards delivering a specific end and utilise appropriate technologies.

At St Georges Church Primary School we intend to provide Design Technology opportunities that will inspire children to be creative unicorns using their imaginations working creatively to design and make. We believe that high-quality DT lessons will inspire children to think independently and innovatively as well as support them to develop creative, procedural and technical understanding. Our DT curriculum provides children with opportunities to research and generate ideas, enabling them to represent them in a number of ways. Children will also be able to explore, problem solve and investigate, develop their ideas to make a product and evaluate their work. They will use a range of ways to design, monitor and control their products. Children will be exposed to a wide range of media and through this, children will develop their knowledge, skills, vocabulary and resilience. It is our aim to create strong cross-curricular links with other subjects, such as Mathematics, Science, Computing, and Art. We want Design and Technology to prepare our children, to give them the opportunities, responsibilities, and experiences they need to be successful in later life.

 

What children say about being designers at St Georges

What do you enjoy about being a designer and maker?

“I enjoy exploring and showing off my talents.”

“I enjoy the creativity-there is more freedom than in other subjects.”

“I like tasting and eating the food I have made.”

“Using equipment you don’t have at home.”
 

How can designing and making support us with friends and relationships?

“By working with others and sharing ideas.”

“We work as a team and have to talk things through to solve problems.”
“We might work with different people so we can make new friends.”

How does learning designing and making help us with our feelings and emotions?

“The practical tasks help me to feel calmer.”
“It makes me feel happy.”
“It takes your mind off of worries and calms you down.”

What ELLI characters have you been as designers and makers?

Creative Unicorn-making and designing a new product.

Busy Bee-working together to make something.

Resilient tortoise-not giving up if something doesn’t work or we need to change it.

 

The National Curriculum for design and technology can be found by clicking here.