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 Children have always enjoyed making things
with construction toys, paper, card, wood and junk modelling. Design and technology
extends these activities so that children are challenged to design and make objects to
meet a particular purpose. The children are encouraged to be aware of the need to create a
design in order to solve particular problems.
They learn to plan, to evaluate and to modify their designs. The subject is to do with
choice; selecting appropriate materials, applying suitable techniques and achieving the
best product.
Younger children learn how everyday objects work. They mark, cut and make things, using
simple tools and joining techniques. They learn about food and fabrics and begin to select
materials. Older children test things and plan to make them better. The children learn
about mechanisms and tools. There is a focus on how to select the best materials for any
given task.
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In design and technology the planning and evaluation are at least as important as the
finished product, and the children are always questioned about what they are doing.
As well as making models the children create systems: for instance, they don’t just
make a lighthouse, they also think of a way to make a light flash regularly on the top of
the model.
Design and technology is a fascinating and important subject. It gives us the chance to
reveal and develop the children’s ingenuity, and so helps us to nurture skills of
inventiveness and creativity which are brought to the fore by the challenges of good
design.
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