Design and Technology

Design and technology at Holy Ghost allows children to combine their creativity and imagination with their developing knowledge and skills to design and create products and solve problems.

Fully aligned to the goals of the national curriculum, children will acquire skills and knowledge in each of Design and Technology's key areas:  Structures, Mechanisms / mechanical structures, Electrical systems (KS2), Cooking and Nutrition, Textiles and Digital World (KS2). 

Within each key area, the development of the core skills (design, make, evaluate) and technical knowledge is detailed, to ensure that progression if logical, achievable and measurable.

Knowledge and skills developed

• Develop the creative, technical and practical expertise needed to perform everyday tasks confidently and to participate successfully in an increasingly technological world.
• Follow a process clearly-applying prior knowledge and new knowledge to their pieces.
• Build and apply their knowledge, understanding and skills in order to design and make high-quality prototypes and products for a wide range of users.
• Critique, evaluate and test their ideas and products and the work of others suggesting improvements where needed.