Technology
Design technology
‘Good buildings come from good people, and all problems are solved by good design’ Stephen Gardiner
The teaching of design and technology raises conscious awareness of the process of planning, making and evaluating as a cyclical process. Opportunities are provided for the children to learn to meet a need and create for a purpose. Children will broaden their designing experiences, learning about materials and how to use different equipment to enhance their making skills. Children will develop their knowledge of subject specific vocabulary, simple mechanisms, structures and existing products.
Our aim is to develop children’s knowledge and understanding of design technology and apply learned skills to their own work. We have an annual STEAM week where design and technology projects can be blocked. Teachers follow guidelines to ensure the progression of skills is taught year on year. An awareness of health and safety is taught throughout, with special emphasis given to new skills and tools.
Each unit will always include:
- investigative and evaluative activities
- focused practical tasks
- designing and making
Computing
‘Whether you want to uncover the secrets of the universe, or you want to pursue a career in the 21st Century, computing is an essential skill to learn’ Professor Stephen Hawking
Through our computing curriculum we aim to give our pupils the life-skills that will enable them to embrace and utilise new technology in a socially responsible and safe way. We want our pupils to be able to operate in the 21st century workplace and we want them to know the career opportunities that will be open to them if they study computing. We want children to become autonomous, independent users of computing technologies, gaining confidence and enjoyment from their activities. We want the use of technology to support learning across the entire curriculum and to ensure that our curriculum is accessible to every child.
Not only do we want them to be digitally literate and competent users of technology but through our computer science lessons we want them to develop creativity, resilience and problem-solving skills by learning how to be ‘computational thinkers’. We want our pupils to have a breadth of experience to develop their understanding of themselves as individuals within their community but also as members of a wider global community and as responsible digital citizens
We rigorously promote e-safety and celebrate ‘Safer Internet Day’ annually. For more on e-safety visit our e-safety page https://www.beckingtonandmellsfederation.co.uk/e-safety-2/