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Long-term plan rationale
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The plan ensures balanced

Mixed-age three-year cycle

 

Reception/Y1/Y2 long-term plan

Cycle A

Cycle B

Cycle C

Autumn 1

 Structures
Junk modelling		 Cooking and nutrition
Soup		 Structures
Boats

Autumn 2

 Textiles
Bookmarks		 Textiles
Simple stitches		 Mechanisms
Wheels and axles

Spring 1

 Mechanisms
Matching slider game		 Structures
Stable structures		 Cooking and nutrition
Smoothies

Spring 2

 Cooking and nutrition
Balanced diet		 Mechanisms
Levers		 Structures
A chair for a bear

Summer 1

 Mechanisms
Fairground wheel 		 3 seasonal projects

Flower threading, Designing a rainbow salad and Making a rainbow salad (R)

 Textiles
Pouches

Summer 2
  • Celebrate KS1’s achievements in D&T, with a gallery of their products.
  • Set an invention challenge with scrap materials.
  • Extra-curricular trips.
  • Overflow time to complete units.
  • Celebrate KS1’s achievements in D&T, with a gallery of their products.
  • Set an invention challenge with scrap materials.
  • Extra-curricular trips.
  • Overflow time to complete units.
  • Celebrate KS1’s achievements in D&T, with a gallery of their products.
  • Set an invention challenge with scrap materials.
  • Extra-curricular trips.
  • Overflow time to complete units.
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