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Reinforcing gender stereotypes, or are we all just showing our ignorance with respect to design and technology education

Reinforcing gender stereotypes, or are we all just showing our ignorance with respect to design and technology education , If there was ever an example of journalists, fabricating and fanning the flames of an education ‘story’, in pursuit of a salacious report, then this was it. It all started as parent (or someone representing a child), questioned the school ‘taster’ experience that a class of year 4 primary children would receive when visiting one of two single sex local secondary school, Spalding High School and Spalding Grammar School. A letter was sent home to parents in the normal fashion,...

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Free D&T Resource Pack for Primary Teachers, Empower your classroom with this comprehensive collection of free key resources designed to support D&T teaching across EYFS, KS1 and KS2. Whether you're building confidence in early years, embedding progression across the curriculum, or adapting for inclusive learning, this pack offers practical, ready-to-use guidance rooted in best practice. Included in the Full Pack: D&T in the EYFS – Aligns D&T with all seven areas of early years learning, packed with hands-on tips, vocabulary development, and child-led exploration. KS1–KS2 Progression...

Willy Wonka's Fair Trade Cookies

Willy Wonka's Fair Trade Cookies, Willy Wonka's Fair Trade Cookies Year 5-6Age 9-11 First published 2011 This project is adapted from unit 5D and focuses on developing children’s skills, knowledge and understanding of food, building on previous learning in which children prepared food products using simple processes. Children learn how to adapt a basic recipe to develop a product with specified criteria. Investigation of existing products, including fair trade, will inform design ideas. There are opportunities to apply maths by measuring accurately, converting measures and applying ratio and proportion to recipes. The...

Heat transfer project

Heat transfer project, First published 2013 The Heat Transfer Project contains two activities for with cross-curricular links to Science asking Year 9 students to investigate materials that are most suitable for fast food packaging, and learn more about how a vacuum flask works. The project consists of two main activities: Hot Potatoes! A Science based activity where students make predictions, carry out an experiment, analyse results and make conclusions about which materials are most suitable for fast food packaging and apply this information to a design task. How do...

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Secondary member Christmas downloads 2020, Merry Christmas to all our Secondary members in what has been a very challenging year. We will continue to support you teaching inspiring D&T courses in 2021. In case you haven't already, please feel free to download these useful member free resources. Have a lovely Christmas break, see you in 2021. 1. All About Food pack of six 2. Design Legends - Charles Rennie Mackintosh 3. Learning About Structures and Mechanisms at KS3 4. Skills for Industry - Jaguar Land Rover , Download your resources..., Merry...

Designing 94 PDF Copy

Designing 94 PDF Copy, Designing magazine is a showcase for excellence in design across all phases of education, from primary schools to universities, and in commercial and industrial design. Its regular features include interviews with top designers in product design, architecture, engineering, fashion design, food, etc and includes examples of the best work taking place in schools in the UK and across the world. Designing is an inspiration to all budding designers, as well as being informative and challenging in the ideas it includes. Published three times a year, Designing is in large-scale A3 format, ideal for...

Case Study - The Oaks Collegiate

Case Study - The Oaks Collegiate, Our Director of Education Ryan Ball visited King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls in Birmingham to deliver an INSET for the Oaks Collegiate. The Oaks Collegiate is a group of nine mainstream secondary schools and one special school. Their mission is to work together in partnership to develop best practice and improve the quality of learning in all the Oaks schools. The first workshop was delivered by our Curriculum Consultant, Paul Woodward. The session delved into CAD using both Tinkercad and Onshape - two prominent, free, cloud-based platforms. The...

When should children in KS2 to learn about important people in D&T who have helped shaped the world?

When should children in KS2 to learn about important people in D&T who have helped shaped the world?, We recommend that schools address ‘key events and individuals in D&T’ in those projects where it will be most interesting and meaningful for the children – not necessarily in every project. Schools may also want to bias this work towards Y5 and Y6. Across KS2, children should learn about a range of inventors, designers, engineers, chefs and manufacturers who have developed ground-breaking products, find out what they are famous for designing and/or making and what characteristics enabled them to become...

Soups - Celebrating culture and seasonality

Soups - Celebrating culture and seasonality, Soups - Celebrating culture and seasonalityAges 9-10 yearsFirst released 2015 Both ‘preparing and cooking a range of predominantly savoury dishes’, and an ‘understanding of seasonality’ are key areas of subject content in the National Curriculum at Key Stage 2, and this project, developed for Year 5 pupils using the relevant planner from Projects on a Page, addresses both aspects effectively. Soups offer an excellent alternative to other, more limiting food projects and this resource comprehensively covers the planning and delivery. It includes a highlighted planning sheet, lesson plans, worksheets...

Mapping out careers

Mapping out careers, This pdf poster will help your students focus on their career paths and the routes they will need to follow to get to their chosen job. The routes and locations on the map will help them identify and decide on their future paths and the options needed to get them to where they want to be. How to use the mapPrint out the map and put it in a prominent place where students can pause and consider their options. The map is coloured according to a D&T focus area (electronics, food, textiles, product design...

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