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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Explore engaging Design and technology units for Key Stage 1; strands can be taught in any order, however, follow the suggested order of units in each strand to support progression of knowledge and skills through Years 1 and 2. Lessons cover four key areas: Structures, Mechanisms, Cooking and Nutrition, and Textiles. Each unit includes structured lesson plans, helpful teacher guidance, supporting resources and demo videos to make planning and delivery easier in the primary classroom.
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Design and technologyMechanisms: Matching slider game
Exploring different types of mechanisms used in products, with a focus on how sliding mechanisms create movement.
(5 lessons)
Design and technologyMechanisms: Making a moving storybook
Exploring slider mechanisms and the movement they output to design, make and evaluate a moving storybook.
(4 lessons)
Design and technologyStructures: Stable structures
Investigating stable shapes and using an understanding of balance to discover how wide or heavy bases improve stability in freestanding structures.
(5 lessons)
Design and technologyTextiles: Simple stitches
Examining fabrics, practising basic sewing techniques and identifying how different materials are made from threads.
(5 lessons)
Design and technologyTextiles: Puppets
Developing textile skills to design and create hand puppets based on characters from a well-known fairytale.
(4 lessons)
Design and technologyCooking and nutrition: Smoothies
Selecting fruit and vegetables and preparing food by cutting and juicing to create a smoothie to meet a design brief.
(6 lessons)
Design and technologyMechanisms: Wheels and axles
Developing an understanding of how wheels, axles and axle holders work while practising cutting straight and curved shapes with scissors.
(5 lessons)
