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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Resources and costings sheet - All years
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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

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*New* Mechanisms: Matching slider game
(5 lessons)
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Mechanisms: Making a moving storybook
(4 lessons)
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*New* Structures: Stable structures
(5 lessons)
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Structures: Constructing a windmill
(4 lessons)
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Textiles: Puppets
(4 lessons)
Explore methods of joining fabric. Design and make a character-based hand puppet using a preferred joining technique, before…
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*New* Mechanisms: Wheels and axles
(5 lessons)
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Mechanisms: Wheels and axles
(4 lessons)
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Cooking and nutrition: Smoothies
(6 lessons)
Cutting and juicing fruits and vegetables to create a smoothie that meets a design brief, this unit gives…
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Year 2

Design and technology
*New* Mechanisms: Fairground wheel
(5 lessons)
Building a rotating fairground wheel with a free-standing structure, this unit offers a simplified wheel design made from…
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Cooking and nutrition: Balanced diet
(6 lessons)
Learning about the importance of a balanced diet and using that knowledge to create a tasty wrap, this…
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Mechanisms: Making a moving monster
(4 lessons)
Explore levers, linkages and pivots through existing products and experimentation, use this research to construct and assemble a…
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Structures: A chair for a bear
(5 lessons)
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Structures: Baby Bear’s chair
(4 lessons)
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Textiles: Pouches
(4 lessons)
Learn how to sew a running stitch ready to design, make and decorate a pouch using a template.
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