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St Columba’s Catholic Primary School - Design and Technology Curriculum plan
Year group | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
Reception | Textiles – picture frame | Christmas Cards | Junk model rockets | Fruit salad | Father’s Day cards (levers) | Fabric – upcycle trousers |
Year 1 | Eat More Fruit & Vegetables (Planning Bee) or dips & dippers (PKC) | Toy Car Garages (Planning Bee) | Moving Mini beasts (Planning Bee) | Fabric faces (Twinkl) | Jam tarts and Mince pies (PKC) | Pirate Paddy’s Packed Lunch Problem (Twinkl) |
Year 2 | Perfect Pizzas (PKC or Planning Bee) | Vehicles (Planning Bee) | Puppets (Planning Bee) or pencil cases (PKC) | Gingerbread (PKC) | Fabric Bunting (Twinkl) | Moving Pictures (PKC) |
Year 3 | British Inventors (Planning Bee) | Fabric Key ring decorations (PKC) or juggling balls (Twinkl) | Pop up books (PKC) or story books (Planning Bee) | The Great Bread bake off (Twinkl) or bread & butter or pasta (PKC) | Let’s go fly a kite (Twinkl) | Light up Signs (Planning Bee) |
Year 4 | Making Mini Greenhouses (Planning Bee) | Seasonal Stockings (Planning Bee) | Moving miniature playgrounds (PKC) | Seasonal Foods (Planning Bee) or apple crumble or ratatouille and couscous (PKC) | Cushions (PKC) | Battery Operated Lights (Twinkl) |
Year 5 | Fashion and Textiles (Planning Bee) or Bags (PKC) | Super Seasonal Cooking (Twinkl) or Honey cake/pitta bread (PKC) | Building Bridges (Planning Bee) | Automata Animals (Twinkl) or Cams Toys (PKC) | Programming adventures (Twinkl) | Marbulous Creations (Twinkl) |
Year 6 | Burgers (Planning Bee) | Water walls (PKC) | Electrical toys (PKC) | Global food (Twinkl) | Bird House Builders (Planning Bee) | Felt Phone Cases (Twinkl) or upcycling fashion (PKC) |
Textiles | Cooking and Nutrition | Mechanical Systems | Stable Structures | Programming/electrical Systems |