Design & Technology

At Beck, we want our pupils to be exposed to inspiring, rigorous and practical DT projects, whilst acquiring skills and knowledge to create products suitable for a purpose and audience. We encourage our pupils to use their creativity and imagination to design and make products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts, considering their own and others’ needs, wants and values. We want our pupils to see where possible that DT links with other curriculum disciplines including mathematics, science, computing and art. 

Our DT curriculum is designed to build skills incrementally with careful mapping across key stages and between year groups. The curriculum promotes creativity, independence, justification and self-reflection. We want our pupils to love, appreciate and be able to evaluate the products that they have designed and made. 

When our pupils leave Beck at the end of key stage 2, we aspire for all of our students to have acquired the knowledge, concepts and skills outlined in the National Curriculum, alongside a positive attitude and enjoyment towards the subject. We want them to have a wealth of experience that has been gained through the designing and making of a wide range of purposeful products. We endeavor to ensure that the DT curriculum provides pupils with confidence to be innovative, resilient risk-takers. Our pupils will have learnt how to design and make a variety of products across a range of disciplines including: textiles; mechanisms; cooking and nutrition; structures; systems; electrical systems and joining techniques. Throughout our DT curriculum we give pupils the opportunity to market the products they design and make whilst being mindful of their target audience, packaging etc. We want our pupils to have acquired skills and knowledge whilst making their designs that inspire innovative thinking and an awareness of the role that designers and manufacturers have in the wider world. For some children their experiences will form the first steps of their future career.