Design and technology
Explore our practical and progressive primary Design and technology scheme of work for Reception to Year 6, designed to build skills in designing, making and evaluating.
- Complete national curriculum coverage
- 100+ lesson plans, resources and presentations
- Teacher CPD videos
- Pupil demonstration videos
- Standard, mixed-age and combined curriculum options
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Cooking and nutrition
Electrical systems
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Structures
Textiles
Digital world
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Introducing Design and technology
See how our D&T scheme builds teacher confidence through step-by-step guidance and engaging pupil videos, supporting children to design, make and evaluate with confidence.
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D&T community
Connect with other teachers to share ideas, support and inspiration for teaching primary D&T in our Facebook group.
Combined Art and DT curriculum
Combined plan designed for schools that alternate between the subjects every half-term.
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What others say…
I am really enjoying using the Kapow Art and Design scheme. The children are so engaged during lessons and the development of their skills and knowledge is clear to see.
The teacher videos are excellent as are the pupil videos. The explanations are explicit and I particularly like the example works from other schools.
The lessons are broken down into small steps, which gives the children the opportunity to adapt and edit their work throughout. The lessons are easy to find and I love the presentation mode.
As a whole staff, we feel Kapow offers everything we need: clear lesson plans, a broad range of materials and techniques, leadership documents, video examples. It has allowed us to teach engaging lessons and even those staff that disliked teaching art previously have said that they now love to teach this subject. Thank you.
Using Kapow has been hugely positive for both children and teachers. We have even had French awards in our celebration assemblies – something we never had before as the level of engagement was not there. Now children really enjoy their MFL lessons. All teachers report that the resources are easy to use and clear to understand. Teachers fi…
It is incredibly helpful for teachers who have limited French experience. Activities are always relevant and adapted to different needs. They focus on having fun, which makes it incredibly engaging for the pupils. Lessons and units build really cohesively on one another to help them retain key vocabulary. It is incredible! Our school love…
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