Design and Technology is an integral part of our day to day lives and it is therefore important that our children are taught how this subject is of great importance in our rapidly changing world. Children work individually or as part of a team, and are encouraged to think creatively in order to solve problems and/or make improvements to existing ideas and products.

Design and Technology at Four Oaks is taught as individual projects within the Four Oaks Creative Curriculum. The curriculum is designed to give pupils opportunities to develop skills in designing and making in the four main areas of DT:  food, textiles, structures and mechanisms (which in KS2 incorporate using electrical components). We adopt the six main DT principles – user, purpose, functionality, design decisions, innovation and authenticity,

All Design and Technology tasks are set in as real a context as possible with the emphasis being on the products having a user and a purpose. It is how the final product performs that is the essential criteria, and not how it looks aesthetically! We ensure that the act of designing and making includes the teaching of the 3S’s – something, for someone, for some purpose.