Design Technology

"Design is not just what it looks like design is how it works"

- Steve Jobs

Design technology at Knop Law

Design and Technology (D&T) is a subject that involves the study of how to create, design, make, and evaluate products. It's a practical, creative, and rigorous subject that helps students develop a range of skills and knowledge

At Knop Law Primary School, design and technology provides our children with opportunities of creativity and imagination to design and make using a range of skills whilst gaining an understanding of the designed world around them considering their own and other’s needs, wants and values. The subject enables the application of cross-curricular skills, drawing knowledge from mathematics, science, engineering, computing and art, in a creative and real world context making learning more accessible and more engaging for our children.

Through Knop Law Primary School’s design and technology curriculum, we aim to widen our children’s knowledge, skills and understanding of the wider world through the application of this subject. We will promote how design and technology surrounds us and we would like our children to recognise and think about design and technology within and beyond their own familiar surroundings, allowing them to take risks, becoming more resourceful, innovative, enterprising and capable citizens.

Our ambition is for our children to be able to confidently appraise other people’s designs, share their opinions and reflect on this information, using it to inform their own design and technology projects including high quality prototypes and products. Through exploring a variety of contexts and problems, we aim for our children to develop a curiosity and resilience to evaluate and suggest alternative methods to their own work and the work of others.

Through exploring real world technology, we aim to inspire our children to understand and consider potential careers in the field of technology as well as develop the necessary skills they will need to participate with success in today’s increasingly technological world. We will promote a range of practical, technical and creative skills, which our children may not previously have opportunities to explore including cookery and nutrition.

Find out more about Design & Technology at Knop Law by following the links below:

Design & Technology - Intent, Implementation and Impact

Design & Technology - Curriculum Overview

Design & Technology - National Curriculum