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Key stage 1

Full curriculum coverage for Key stage 1 Design and technology, developing pupils’ skills and knowledge across four key areas: Structures; Mechanisms; Cooking and nutrition; and Textiles.
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Three pull-along toys created for a Design and technology unit.
Three pencil pots made from cardboard tubes with different designs to appeal to a Year 1 pupil, on a yellow background.

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Units

Units can be taught in any order within the year group as progression is built on knowledge from previous years rather than between units.

Year 1

Mechanisms: Matching slider game
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Mechanisms: Matching slider game

Making slider mechanisms to create a matching slider game.

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Structures: Stable structures
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Structures: Stable structures

Exploring the stability of structures and making a stable pencil pot for a specific user.

(5 lessons)

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Textiles: Simple stitches
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Textiles: Simple stitches

Learning to make stitches with a needle and thread.

(5 lessons)

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Mechanisms: Wheels and axles
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Mechanisms: Wheels and axles

Making wheels and an axle to create a pull-along toy.

(5 lessons)

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Cooking and nutrition: Smoothies
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Cooking and nutrition: Smoothies

Preparing foods by cutting and juicing and selecting fruits and vegetables to create a smoothie to meet a design brief.

(6 lessons)

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Year 2

Mechanisms: Fairground wheel
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Mechanisms: Fairground wheel

Designing and creating a functional fairground wheel so that the wheel rotates and the structure stands freely.

(5 lessons)

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Cooking and nutrition: Balanced diet
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Cooking and nutrition: Balanced diet

Discovering the importance of a balanced diet and creating a tasty, balanced wrap to meet a design brief.

(6 lessons)

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Mechanisms: Making a moving monster
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Mechanisms: Making a moving monster

This unit hub can be used to inform your medium term plan and to navigate to related resources.

(4 lessons)

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Structures: A chair for a bear
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Structures: A chair for a bear

Testing the strength of materials and making a strong and stable chair.

(5 lessons)

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Textiles: Pouches
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Textiles: Pouches

This unit hub can be used to inform your medium-term plan and to navigate to related resources.

(4 lessons)

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