At St Teresa’s we teach Design & Technology through the Kapow Primary scheme of work. This fully meets the National Curriculum for EYFS, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 and reflects the Ofsted research review for D&T. Our curriculum inspires pupils to design and make products that solve real and relevant problems, applying creativity and practical skills.
We aim for children to:
Develop creative, technical and practical expertise to perform everyday tasks confidently.
Build and apply knowledge to design, make and evaluate high-quality prototypes and products.
Understand and apply principles of nutrition and cooking, and learn where food comes from.
Appreciate how design and technology shape the world.
Kapow’s spiral curriculum ensures key areas—Structures, Mechanisms/Mechanical Systems, Textiles, Electrical Systems, Digital World, and Cooking & Nutrition—are revisited with increasing depth.
Each unit follows the design → make → evaluate process, underpinned by the necessary technical knowledge
Pupils investigate real products, generate and develop ideas using annotated sketches, CAD and prototypes, and reflect critically on their own and others’ work.
Dedicated cooking and nutrition units teach food preparation, hygiene and healthy eating, linked to seasonal and global food knowledge.
Lessons are practical and collaborative, developing oracy and problem-solving skills as pupils explain and refine their designs.
By the end of Year 6 pupils:
Demonstrate secure knowledge of materials, mechanisms, electrical systems and digital control.
Design and build purposeful, functional products, using an iterative process to improve outcomes.
Apply cooking and nutrition principles confidently and safely.
Recognise the social, environmental and technological influences on design.