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Honouring David Bowie, A design icon for the classroom On the 10th January 2026, we marked ten years since the passing of David Bowie, one of the most influential figures in music, fashion, and design. His creativity continues to inspire, offering design and technology teachers a wealth of ideas to bring innovation, individuality, and experimentation into the classroom. Bowie’s career, spanning six decades, was defined by reinvention. From his early days in the 1960s to his final works, he blurred the lines between music, performance, and visual design. His iconic stage costumes,...
Let's Look at Vehicles, Let’s Look at Vehicles EYFSAges 3-5 years These resources encourage younger children to take a closer look at wheels and wheeled vehicles. It includes two PowerPoint presentations in which children look at pictures of a range of wheels with discussion prompts, and another inviting them to design a vehicle for an alien of their choice, including stages of investigating, designing, making, finishing and evaluating. There is an accompanying vocabulary list and lesson planning for four lessons. NB: The resource pre-dates the 2012 changes to the EYFS Statutory Framework...
Butterflies in my Tummy, First published 2009The aim of this is to help children develop the skills and attitudes needed for risk taking and innovation. It blends activities that help children design more effectively with a series of SEAL (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning) activities. All materials can be freely downloaded and customised for use with your class, printed out and copied for use in your school or educational establishment. The materials aim to promote innovation and risk-taking when children are designing. There are PowerPoint presentations and worksheets, detailed planning sheets...
Big Bangs and damp squibs, Design and technology has been in the news a lot over the last couple of days - or should I say, design and technology should have been in the news a lot! First was the CBI report, 'Engineering our future,' which talks about the urgent need to address the shortage of engineering skills. In relation to schools it talks about the need for children to study 3 sciences and expanding the UTC programme. No mention of the role of D&T or Computing, even though the CBI supported our campaign to reject...
Membership Support, Convert your Individual membership to Departmental membership Many of our individual members are convincing their schools to invest in secondary Departmental membership from the school budget This offers your school tremendous value, member support and invaluable engagement for your whole team and allows them to budget for resources, events and CPD at discounted rates. We are happy to help you with the conversion from individual to Departmental membership. Importantly our new Design and Technology Self-Review Framework is really applicable to Departmental member schools as it assesses and...
Health and Safety, Teaching Design and Technology presents both a challenging and an exciting experience, yet where teachers work needs to be a safe and secure environment. Best practice comes from staff who are knowledgeable about relevant aspects of Health and Safety and who, as a result, feel confident in managing and maintaining a healthy and safe workplace. Well-qualified staff are empowered to identify hazards and assess risks, and can quickly determine how best to minimise, remove, or control such risks within an educational environment. Are...
Primary D&T roadshow to boost classroom confidence, A new hands-on professional development opportunity is set to support primary teachers in strengthening their approach to design & technology, with the upcoming Primary D&T Roadshow arriving this June. Strengthen your primary D&T skills Taking place on the 23rd June 2026 at the National STEM Learning Centre, this one-day course is a collaboration between STEM Learning and the Design & Technology Association. It has been carefully designed to help teachers feel more confident in both subject knowledge and classroom delivery. Throughout the day, participants...
Celebrate Earth Day with Free Resources to Support Sustainability in D&T, This Earth Day is the perfect opportunity to reflect on the role that design and technology can play in building a more sustainable future — and to inspire students to think critically about the impact of the products they create and use. Whether you're looking to update your own knowledge, refresh your teaching, or spark new conversations in the classroom, there are a range of free, high-quality resources available to support you. Explore the E-Learning Course The online course Embedding...
Are you really teaching D&T? and D&T Principles guidance, Are you really teaching D&T? and D&T Principles guidanceAges 5-11 One of the main aims of the programmes of study for D&T is to clarify the nature of the subject. It is important to check that the D&T you are teaching is genuine D&T, particularly when linking it to other subjects or cross-curricular topics. This PowerPoint will help you decide whether the projects you are teaching have the necessary ingredients to be design and technology and the accompanying guidance will help you evaluate medium...
Materials handling pack – Polymers MSK 601, Materials handling pack – Polymers MSK 601 First released 2017Ages 11-16 This pack of samples helps students get a real feel for polymers and understand their applications in product design. The pack contains 16 different samples and a leaflet summarising the properties and uses of each. Samples: Bakelite Polyester Resin Melamine Formaldehyde Urea Formaldehyde Epoxy Resin Phenol Formaldehyde Acrylic High Impact Polystyrene Expanded Polystyrene High Density Polyethelene Low Density Polyethelene Polyethelene Terephthalate Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene Thermoplastic Elastomer Polypropylene Polyvinyl Chloride Prices...
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