Essential resources for the Kapow Primary Design and technology scheme

Discover the tools and materials needed to deliver an inspiring DT curriculum. This comprehensive equipment list provides a clear and organised overview of the necessary materials for each year group across EYFS (Reception), KS1 and KS2.

How is the equipment list organised?

The list includes specialised DT supplies (e.g. wire cutters, fabric glue, wooden dowels) and everyday classroom resources (e.g. card, scissors, glue). Links to lesson plans and unit pages on Kapow Primary’s website are provided throughout. 

The Design and technology equipment list is organised by year group and then further broken down into the following core areas, repeated within each year group:

• Cooking and nutrition, e.g. chopping boards, bowls, peelers, scales, baking trays, wooden spoons, graters, paper plates, blenders and cutlery.
• Mechanisms, e.g. glue guns, wooden dowels, lolly sticks, straws, pegs, saws, scissors, hand drills and card.
• Structures, e.g. scissors, glue, sticky tack, straws, tape, card, glue guns, craft materials, sandpaper, pipe cleaners and junk modelling materials.
• Textiles, e.g. fabric, thread, pins, needles, buttons, beads, scissors, fabric glue and decorative items.
• Electrical systems, e.g. circuit components, split pins, foil, batteries, wire cutters, pliers and sticky tack.
• Digital world, e.g. devices with internet access, USB cables, timers, building blocks, card, glue sticks, scissors.

What other Kapow Primary resources support primary DT teaching?

• For our standard D&T scheme, see D&T: Long-term plan.
• If you follow our Long-term plan – condensed, see the corresponding Progression of skills and knowledge – condensed.
• If you subscribe to both subjects and follow our alternating Art and D&T long-term plan, see the corresponding Art and D&T: Progression of skills and knowledge.
• If you follow our Long-term plan – mixed-age, see the corresponding Progression of skills and knowledge – mixed-age version.
• See how children begin their Kapow creative journey with our EYFS (Reception) D&T units. 
• To learn how children develop skills, see our D&T KS1 units.
• Explore more of Kapow’s D&T scheme by browsing our Lower KS2, Upper KS2  and Mixed-age units.