Design & Technology: Key Stage 1

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Kapow Primary's topics are based on the D&T Association's Projects on a Page themes, with pupils' skills and knowledge being developed across five key areas: structures, mechanisms, electrical systems, cooking and nutrition and textiles. Units can be taught within any order within the year group, as progression builds upon learning from the previous year.

Year 1

Design and technology
Mechanisms: Making a moving storybook
(4 lessons)
Explore slider mechanisms and the movement they output to design, make and evaluate a moving storybook from a…
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*New* Structures: Constructing a windmill
(4 lessons)
Exploring windmills, identifying their key features and constructing a windmill, this unit includes a new windmill design for…
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Textiles: Puppets
(4 lessons)
Explore methods of joining fabric. Design and make a character-based hand puppet using a preferred joining technique, before…
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Option 1: *New* Mechanisms: Wheels and axles
(5 lessons)
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Option 2: Mechanisms: Wheels and axles
(4 lessons)
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*New* Cooking and nutrition: Smoothies
(6 lessons)
Cutting and juicing fruits and vegetables to create a smoothie that meets a design brief, this unit gives…
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Year 2

Design and technology
*New* Mechanisms: Fairground wheel
(5 lessons)
Building a rotating fairground wheel with a free-standing structure, this unit offers a simplified wheel design made from…
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Design and technology
*New* Cooking and nutrition: Balanced diet
(6 lessons)
Learning about the importance of a balanced diet and using that knowledge to create a tasty wrap, this…
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Design and technology
Mechanisms: Making a moving monster
(4 lessons)
Explore levers, linkages and pivots through existing products and experimentation, use this research to construct and assemble a…
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Design and technology
Structures: Baby Bear’s chair
(4 lessons)
Explore stability and methods to strengthen structures, to understand Baby Bear’s chair weaknesses and develop an improved solution…
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Textiles: Pouches
(4 lessons)
Learn how to sew a running stitch ready to design, make and decorate a pouch using a template.
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