Design & Technology

At Shaw Wood Academy we intend to deliver a Design and Technology curriculum that is:

inspiring
practical
purposeful

We want our children to solve real life problems that are relevant to them and consider their own wants, needs and values as well as others. Through our Design and Technology curriculum, children are given the opportunity to think creatively, and be resourceful.

Our curriculum aims to create well-rounded, responsible children whom can adapt to given situations. We encourage children to use their imaginations whilst building on prior research and background knowledge to plan, make and evaluate a range of pre-existing products that will influence their own creations.

Our Design and Technology curriculum promotes teamwork as well as independence from year 1 through to year 6. Our staff strive to promote a space where children feel safe to take risks and learn from their mistakes, that improving a child’s ability to evaluate and assess their work and make reasonable and necessary adaptions where necessary.

Over the year we alternate the teaching of D&T with art.

	Curriculum overview 2024-2025 Art and DT Please see the D&T curriculum highlighted in green.
Year 1	Paint Kandinsky	Mechanisms- levers and sliders (moving picture)	Draw Sketching shells- pencil and crayon	Food- A healthy picnic (preparing fruit and veg)	Structures- free standing structures (castles)
Year 2	Paint Yayoi Kusama	Textiles Finger puppets	Draw Still life- pencils	Mechanisms Wheels and axels	Sculpture
Year 3	Paint Van Gogh	Mechanisms- levers and linkages	Draw Mining-charcoal	Food- Healthy and varied diet (pizza)	Frame structure-Earthquake resistant house
Year 4	Paint Lowry	Shell structures- Christmas gift box	Draw- Self portrait	Textiles Design a soft toy	Sculpture
Year 5	Draw- Human body	Mechanical systems Motorised vehicles- pulleys, gears and electrical system	Paint Hockney	Textiles Design and make a pencil case	Sculpture
Year 6	Draw- Human body in motion	Electrical systems Fairground ride	Paint Banksy		Food- celebrating culture and seasonality

	Curriculum overview 2025-2026 Art and DT Please see the D&T curriculum highlighted in green.
Year 1	Draw Sketching shells- pencil and crayon	Mechanisms- levers and sliders (moving picture)	Paint Kandinsky	Food- A healthy picnic (preparing fruit and veg)	Structures- free standing structures (castles)
Year 2	Draw Still life- pencils	Textiles Finger puppets	Paint Yayoi Kusama	Mechanisms Wheels and axels	Sculpture
Year 3	Food- Healthy and varied diet (pizza)	Mechanisms- levers and linkages (poster about a volcano or earthquake)	Draw Mining-charcoal	Frame structure-Earthquake resistant house	Paint Van Gogh
Year 4	Draw- Self portrait	Shell structures- Christmas gift box	Paint Lowry	Textiles Design a soft toy	Sculpture
Year 5	Draw- Human body	Mechanical systems Motorised vehicles- pulleys, gears and electrical system	Paint Hockney	Textiles Design and make a pencil case	Sculpture
Year 6	Draw- Human body in motion	Electrical systems Fairground ride	Paint Banksy		Food- celebrating culture and seasonality