Design and Technology

Design and Technology

Ellwood Community Primary School’s mission statement:

As designers we purposefully plan, make and evaluate to help our ideas to come to life.

National Curriculum Link

National Curriculum

Design and Technology: Intent, Implementation and Impact

Design and Technology Intent Implementation and Impact

Design and Technology: Policy

Design and Technology Policy

Design and Technology: Skills and Knowledge Progression Overview

Skills and Knowledge

2025-2026 Learning!

Sycamore have been adapting recipes to make biscuits

Sycamore have been adapting recipes to make biscuits

2023-2024 Learning

The children in Oak class have been learning about the Autumn season and Harvest time. The children listened to the story `Pumpkin Soup` they then decided it would be a good idea to make some pumpkin soup. The children enjoyed scooping out the contents of the pumpkins. They have even saved the pumpkin seeds to have for their maths area and for some pumpkin seed planting later on in the year. The children really enjoyed making and tasting the soup. It was DELICIOUS!

The children in Willow class have started to create their stuffed toys, they designed their template and cut it out. They selected their fabric and pinned their sections together. The children enjoyed designing the applique the go onto the stuffed toys and practised their blanket stitch ready to stuff them and sew them up!

On Friday the Willow Year 5 children took part in a DT lesson at Dean Academy. They had a great afternoon practising their woodworking skills through making a pencil case. The children worked really hard and were very accurate with their nailing and measuring skills.

Beech Class

Beech class have really enjoyed investigating the features of castles, the 2D and 3D shapes that castles could be made of. They created their own designs, thinking about the design criteria. They created, improved and evaluated their designs.

Chestnut class have designed coasters for family member, they have chose colours and patterns that they would like. This week they have starting sewing our designs on to their coasters.