INTENT
At English Martyrs’ Roman Catholic Primary School we intend to build a Design and Technology Curriculum which develops learning and results in the acquisition of knowledge and skills as set out in the National Curriculum Design and Technology Programmes of study. Through design and technology we want children to know more, remember more and understand more. We intend to design a Design and Technology Curriculum which prepares children to deal with tomorrow’s rapidly changing world. Design and technology is designed at our school to encourage children to become thinkers, doers and explainers of the world. We strive to support children to develop into adults who can be proactive humans that can creatively work independently, as a team and develop the confidence and skills to also be encouraged to lead. Design and Technology at English Martyrs’ helps them to consider their and others’ own spirituality, morals, culture, mentality and physical development and prepares them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences for later life.
Design and technology enables them to identify problems and opportunities and to respond to them by developing a range of ideas and by making products and systems so that they can become problem solvers. They will combine practical skills with an 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. We aim, as much as possible, to ensure cross-curricular links with disciplines such as art, computing, science, PSHE, literacy and mathematics.