DT

Summer-

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Willow love getting to make things they never have before
Maple love that they get to make things and that they get to eat the food that they make.
Hazel like that they get to use their skills in the projects
Beech love that DT is fun
Sycamore love to be creative and trying to make things better like an engineer
Elder enjoy that DT can be difficult but they get challenge themselves
Oak enjoy learning different skills to give them opportunities to make choices in their final projects, making informed decisions and using their imagination. Oak also enjoyed opportunities to test things out and keep working on them.

EBI:

In this session we focused prior learning, skill practice and vocabulary.

Children shared the ways that their teachers help them.

	Vocabulary	Skill Retrieval	Prior Learning
Willow	On the powerpoint	Copying what the teacher shows them.	EY creative area
Maple	Words and pictures shown on the powerpoints	Getting lots of time to practice	Sliding pictures
Hazel	On the powerpoints Words being repeated multiple times to help them remember	The teacher models to them what they need to do	EY tower construction
Beech	Words on the powerpoints Teacher explains them Used in instructions including the teacher reteaching if they don’t get it	Teacher models with clear instructions and then they have different lessons to practice in on their own	Pizza and fruit salads in KS1
Sycamore	Class discussions Shown on the working wall	Using the visualizer to show them what they need to do	Light boxes in year 3
Elder	Powerpoints Whiteboards Working walls Examples Start of lessons Retrieval questions link to vocab	Multiple lessons to practice a range of skills that they can use to make choices in their final pieces	Fair ground rides linked to structures of greenhouses in year 4 and light up boxes in year 3
Oak	Title pages Retrieval quizzes Working wall powerpoints	Being able to draw on skills that they have learnt in other years and becoming even better at them	Making sandwiches and wraps in years 3 and 4 and crumble in year 5

Spring-

In this session we focused on using visualisation skills to design a product.

We discussed the importance of the the user and purpose of a product and then children designed a new package for a Cadbury creme egg!

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All children spoke positively about their topics.
KS2 children could clearly articulate their learning.
KS2 children asked lots of questions about ways they can further develop their skills.
KS1 children talked a lot about their enjoyment of their topics.
Children could retrieve learning from last year about engineering and its links to DT.
Years 5 and 6 spoke about using their engineering skills in this years DT topics.
Children could explain that visualisation helps them to see what they want to do.

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Children shared that they wanted more time to focus on their final outcome so that they can work more on their appearance.
Children suggested being able to do more engineering tasks.
Children wanted to find out more about how DT helps them in the 'real world' and how it links to jobs in the future.

Autumn-

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Children could articulate what DT is as a subject
Children could talk about the engineering project and why they enjoyed it.
Children explained that they loved getting to do practical skills.
Children who find English difficult shared that they enjoy how they don’t have to write as much but still feel like they are learning a lot.

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All Saints' C of E Primary School