Long-term plan rationale
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The plan ensures balanced

Mixed-age two-year cycle

 

Reception/Year1 long-term plan

Cycle A

Cycle B

Autumn 1

Structures
Junk modelling
Cooking and nutrition
Soup

Autumn 2

Textiles
Bookmarks
Structures
Boats

Spring 1

Mechanisms
Matching slider game
Structures
Stable structures

Spring 2

Textiles
Simple stitches
Mechanisms
Wheels and axles

Summer 1

Cooking and nutrition
Smoothies
3 seasonal projects

Flower threading, Designing a rainbow salad and Making a rainbow salad

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.
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