Mount Carmel
Catholic School

Our Design and Technology Curriculum

The Power of Learning through Design and Technology

'I have come so that they may have life and have it to the full.'
Mark 10:10

Mount Carmel Values

Our aim is for every child to leave here an Ambassador of Christ.
Our values are deeply rooted in the high expectations that we have of each child in the school. Our Values permeate across the school through children's learning, friendships, behaviour and leadership.
Our values come from the Church.

C - consideration
H - helpfulness
U - unity
R - respect
C - commitment
H - honesty

Our British Values

Our children learn about our British Values through 5 areas. These are discussed at whole school liturgies and during lunch times. We are committed to serving our community, with the strong belief that we are one school for all.

Our Power Values

Our aim is for every child to leave with the power to make a positive change in the world. Through our subjects there are five themes that we believe are integral with teaching children how to become powerful adults.

We ensure that these themes run through our subjects. Children learn about 5 areas of power - Education, Religion, Resources, People and Legacy.

Our aim for your child by the time they leave Mount Carmel in Design and Technology:-

To ensure that your child

 develops the creative, technical and practical expertise needed to perform everyday tasks confidently and to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world
 built and applied a repertoire of knowledge, understanding and skills in order to design and make high-quality prototypes and products for a wide range of users
 been able to critique, evaluate and test their ideas and products and the work of others
 understands and applies the principles of nutrition and learn how to cook.

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The Power of Learning

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How Food Technology is taught across the school

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EYFS

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Y1

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Y2

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Children are taught the importance of hygiene when cooking. Children will learn how to use the correct tools with care and precision, when cutting, stirring, mixing, peeling, grating etc.
Children will learn about the importance of healthy eating.

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Understanding the difference 
between fruit and vegetables to know what food keeps them healthy. To know where fruit and vegetables grow. They will be making their own smoothies.

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Will look at the hidden sugars within drinks. Designing and making their own wrap, which has a range of new foods in it. Choose between three different wrap types. Using the bridge and claw grip when chopping food.

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The Power of Learning

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How Food Technology is taught across the school

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Y3

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Y4

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Y5

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Y6

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Children to make Japanese fruit 
skewers with plum sauce, fruit crumble and a vegetable tart. Looking at cooking skills to create food that is healthy and from around the world.

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For children to lead up to a Biscuit Bake Off – trying different recipes to see what makes the best biscuit. What biscuit would a rat like?
Children will need to consider biscuits they have tasted and the successes of the prototypes they have made. 

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For children to learn about where their
food comes from. Looking at healthy food. Comparing
ingredients to make a dish healthier. Looking at packaging to make it ethical.

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Research and prepare a three-course meal and taste-test and score their food. Research the journey of their main ingredient from ‘farm to fork’ or write a favourite recipe.

The Power of Learning

How Mechanisms are taught across the school

EYFS

Y1

Y2

Children will develop small motor skills so that they can use a range of tools competently, safely and confidently, including a range of small tools, including scissors, paint brushes and cutlery.
Children will learn how to safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.

To make a car for Beegu to travel around. To know how wheels
move, to fix a broken wheel, to race their designs for Beegu.

To understand the difference between Pivots, Linkages and Levers and design a animal that reflects all three skills. Evaluate and improve from others views. Children to create their own mechanical animals. 

The Power of Learning

How Mechanisms are taught across the school

Y3

Y4

Y5

Y6

For children to create a pneumatic system to create a desired motion. 
To build secure housing for a pneumatic system
that uses syringes and balloons. To make a moving toy that will be able to cut rocks in half.

Children to make their own sling shot chariot, that can move independently.
Children to remember that nets are flat shapes that can be turned into 3D structures
Measuring, marking and cutting the panels (nets) against the dimensions of their chassis
Including tabs on my net so they can secure it to the panels of their chassis

Children learning how to use the correct mechanisms to make their own pop up books. Looking at layers and spacers to help create their book.
To work through each phase of the design method, changing their own design as they proceed through the process.

Use woodworking skills, pupils construct an automata; measuring and cutting their materials, assembling the frame, choosing cams and designing the characters that sit on the followers to form an interactive shop display

The Power of Learning

How Structures are taught across the school

EYFS

Y1

Y2

Children will develop small motor skills so that they can use a range of tools competently, safely and confidently, including a range of small tools, including scissors, paint brushes and cutlery.
Children will learn how to safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.

Design a structure of a windmill. To assemble the structure, complete 
the turbines and attach for stability and then to test and evaluate.

Children to make a chair for a bear. They will look at materials that will strengthen it and keep it stable for when a bear sits on it. They will design it and look at how to make it better through their own ideas. How do they make their own design unique?

The Power of Learning

How Structures are taught across the school

Y3

Y4

Y5

Y6

Children designing a castle to keep the Egyptian jewels safe. To design and then build from 2D to 3D. 
Learning about the features of a castle, children design and make one of their own. They will also be using configurations of handmade nets and recycled materials to make towers and turrets and constructing a base to secure them.

Children to create their own Greek Pavillion. To make their own design and then build it. Then add cladding to their structure. Children to focus on learning how to build in corners to help with the stability of the structure.

Children will learn about various types of bridges and explore how the strength of structures can be affected by the shapes used, create their own bridge and test its durability - using woodworking tools and techniques. 

Design and create a model for a new playground featuring five apparatus, made from three different structures. Using a footprint as the base, practise 
visualising 
objects in plan view and get creative including natural features. 

The Power of Learning

How Textiles are taught across the school

EYFS

Y1

Y2

Children will practise and apply threading skills with specific materials e.g. hessian and wool.
They will develop weaving skills, through a range of materials.
Children will develop their small motor skills so that they can use a range of tools competently, safely and confidently.

Being able to join fabrics by making
their own puppet. To design and refine their own puppet,
make and join the puppet and add decoration to the puppet.

To use a template to follow to make a pouch for Anna Hibiscus. To make it with a running stitch and to design and decorate it.