Design & Technology: Mixed-age
Mixed-age Design and technology scheme of work and lesson plans. Including teacher and pupil videos. Teach your class with confidence!
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How it works
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 six key areas: structures, mechanisms, electrical systems, cooking and nutrition, digital world and textiles.
The mixed-age units follow a Cycle A and Cycle B format, supporting the progression of skills for children across the age range.
Year 1/2
Cycle A
Cycle B
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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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Multiple options
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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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*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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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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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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*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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Year 3/4
Cycle A
Cycle B
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*New* Digital world: Wearable technology
(6 lessons)
Designing digital wearable technology and developing a program and housing for a Micro:bit, this unit includes new teacher…
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*New* Cooking and nutrition: Eating seasonally
(6 lessons)
Learning about seasonal foods and creating a seasonal food tart, this unit provides new lessons with teacher and…
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Structures: Constructing a castle
(4 lessons)
Identify and learn about the key features of a castle, before designing and making a recycled-material castle (structure).
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Electrical systems: Electric poster
(4 lessons)
Introducing information design and developing an electric museum display based on the Romans, this unit strengthens the progression…
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*New* Digital world: Mindful moments timer
(6 lessons)
Exploring the concept of mindfulness and writing design criteria to develop a programmed product for timing a mindful…
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*New* Cooking and nutrition: Adapting a recipe
(6 lessons)
Adapting an existing biscuit recipe while considering the cost of ingredients and other expenses against a set budget,…
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Structure: Pavilions
(4 lessons)
Investigate and model frame structures to improve their stability, then apply this research to design and create a…
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Textiles: Fastenings
(4 lessons)
Analyse and evaluate a range of existing fastenings, then devise a list of design criteria to design, generate…
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Electrical systems: Torches
(4 lessons)
Identify the difference between electrical and electronic products. Evaluate a range of existing torches and their features, then…
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Year 5/6
Cycle A
Cycle B
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Textiles: Stuffed toys
(4 lessons)
Designing a stuffed toy and making decisions on materials, decorations and attachments (appendages) after learning how to sew…
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Electrical systems: Doodlers
(4 lessons)
Exploring series circuits and introducing motors by investigating an existing motorised product, this unit encourages the pupils to…
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Structure: Bridges
(4 lessons)
Test and analyse various types of bridge to determine their strength and stability. Explore material properties and sources,…
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Digital world: Monitoring devices
(4 lessons)
Applying computing skills to program a Micro:bit animal monitor and using 3D CAD tools in Tinkercad to design…
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*New* Cooking and nutrition: Developing a recipe
(6 lessons)
Learning a simple bolognese recipe and adapting it to improve nutritional content, this unit provides new lessons with…
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Textiles: Waistcoats
(4 lessons)
Using a combination of textiles skills such as attaching fastenings, appliqué and decorative stitches, children design, assemble and…
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Electrical systems: Steady hand game
(4 lessons)
Understand what is meant by fit for purpose design and form follows function. Design and develop a steady…
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Structures: Playgrounds
(4 lessons)
Research existing playground equipment and their different forms, before designing and developing a range of apparatus to meet…
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Digital world: Navigating the world
(5 lessons)
Design and program a navigation tool to produce a multifunctional device for trekkers using CAD 3D modelling software.…
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*New* Cooking and nutrition: Come dine with me
(6 lessons)
Selecting three recipes to create a three-course meal, this unit includes new lessons that explore basic tastes and…
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*New* Mechanical systems: Automata toys
(4 lessons)
Developing a functional automata window display, this unit offers clearer video instruction, opportunities to interpret exploded diagrams and…
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