Our Design and Technology Curriculum

At Telford Junior School, Design and Technology (D&T) is crafted to engage students in the iterative process of designing, making, and evaluating through creative and practical problem-solving tasks. Students will explore various materials, tools, and techniques to develop their skills and deepen their understanding, enhancing their overall knowledge in the process. We encourage children to use their creativity and imagination to design, make, and evaluate projects in a range of contexts. They will have opportunities to solve problems, drawing on their own experiences—or those of others—to consider how to improve existing products.

Our students acquire a wide range of skills related to structures, mechanisms, electrical systems, textiles, and cooking, including nutrition. D&T also connects with many other subjects in the primary curriculum, particularly the STEAM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics). These skills are developed progressively each year. Cookery lessons emphasise seasonality and help students develop an understanding of where food comes from. Each topic follows a clear sequence of lessons—explore, design, create, and evaluate.

The primary goal of the D&T curriculum at Telford Junior School is to encourage pupils to be resourceful, resilient, and innovative, while fostering an appreciation for human creativity and achievement.