Our Lady Of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary School

Design Technology 

Our Vision for Design Technology DT 
At Our Lady’s pupils are encouraged to explore all aspects of Design and 
Technology and to build and develop their knowledge and practical skills 
thought-out key stages. Pupils will be encouraged to use their imagination and 
creativity to help to solve problems and create products for purpose.

Intent
We intend to develop creativity and imagination, enabling pupils to design and 
make products that solve real and relevant problems in a variety of real world 
contexts. Teachers will model skills, the correct use of equipment and teach all 
safety aspects involved in a task. DT lessons will be full of hands on active 
learning, with pupils being able to work on new skills independently.
Across both key stages, we ensure that pupils have the chance to explore 
cooking and nutrition and develop their knowledge of healthy eating and food 
preparation. 
Pupils will design, make and evaluate their designs. They will explore past and 
present designs and will be encourage to evaluate and test both their own and 
existing designs.
Impact 
As children have progressed through their DT learning at Our Lady’s they will 
have developed their creativity, problems solving skills and confidence. Pupils 
will understand the design process and will be able to design, make and evaluate 
products that solve real and relevant problems. They will have a knowledge of a 
wide range of transferrable skills and a love of cooking and creating.