DT Information
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These projects will make sure pupils will be able to:
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apply their design and making skills
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apply knowledge and understanding gained in taught sections of the syllabus
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work in a safe manner, caring for the workplace and other children in it
The projects will be either subject specific or cross-curricular, dependent on their content (STEM). As a department we will also endeavour to include industrial links within projects and have recently worked with JCB, Michelin and KMF Engineering.
The syllabus hopes to:
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provide a range of experiences in using materials
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provide a knowledge of materials and processes
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identify problems in a given context, pose a solution after investigation and generate a series of ideas/solutions for it
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ensure projects are relatable to the 'real world' of design and engineering
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provide an awareness of how design and technology links with the other STEM subjects of science and maths
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allow children to communicate their ideas through the spoken word, written word and design
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acquire a method for research and development of ideas
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develop evaluation skills for their own work and others in the team/class
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use different methods of working
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establish some ideas of technology as the centre of human endeavour, in posing solutions to real life situations
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show we live in a multicultural environment
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provide a range of projects which will interest either sex
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produce schemes of work with an input from both sexes
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work in a safe, stimulating and appealing environment
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provide equal access to materials and tools
We also hope to foster the following spiritual capacities through DT:
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an imaginative approach to the world
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a spiritual sense of enquiry and open-mindedness in all areas
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a sense of life’s joys and achievements
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an awareness of community – its demands and values
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an increasing ability to emphasise with others
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the capacity to be aware of one’s own uniqueness and the worth of oneself