Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Create five apparatus designs, applying the design criteria to their work.
- Make suitable changes to their work after peer evaluation.
- Make roughly three different structures from their plans using the materials available.
- Complete their structures, improving the quality of their rough versions and applying some cladding to a few areas.
- Secure their apparatus to a base.
- Make a range of landscape features using a variety of materials which will enhance their apparatus.
Suggested prior learning
Structure: Bridges
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Lesson 1: Design a new playground
Lesson 2: Building structures
Lesson 3: Perfecting structures
Lesson 4: Playground landscapes
Key skills
- Designing a playground featuring
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- To know that structures
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Key vocabulary
apparatus
design criteria
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Unit resources
Assessment – D&T Y6: Structures: Playgrounds
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D&T Long-term plans
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